Y'all broke the game

[kabouter]

Originally Posted by Isey [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Confused about all the anger. My main is a 53 Enchanter. Heard about the changes, patched and logged in. Setup pet command macros and put them on a social bar. Played like normal.

Yes, it is an adjustment to have to query my pet's health frequently and pretty sure that will be even more hectic in a group setting. Just not like it ruined the game or anything. I had to pay just a bit more attention.

The OP's issue seems to be with the character select screen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.], he isn't even complaining about the reduction in hotkeys or the removal of the pet window.

I don't see why people care that much, none of these changes (pet window, hotkeys) are deal breakers and if we are looking at it from a purist EQ classic view: the previous character select screen wasn't "classic" either.

Having said that I'm not a big fan of the let's keep it classic just for the sake of it. Some things were clearly worse in classic and not fun, no need to patch those back in [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]. But the P1999 crew put a lot of work into it and they get to choose the direction they want to take their project in, and it is impressive that they managed to replicate a classic experience so well!

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by kabouter [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Some things were clearly worse in classic and not fun, no need to patch those back in [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Such as?

[kabouter]

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Such as?

I should have said worse in my opinion, since I still see a lot of user advocating for these changes, but:
- classic ui at 800x600 with 70% of the screen real estate taken up by buttons. I mean this made sense because the computers were so weak back then, but I'd quit if they introduced it and made it mandatory for green.
- 1 chat window
- no item linking
- bag open amount limited to 2

[YendorLootmonkey]

Maintaining classic is so important to the dev team that I heard Rogean is using the P99 donations to fund the construction of a time machine so he can go back to 1999, take notes on the rest of the mechanics that we can't verify, live in that era for about 2 years through Kunark and Velious, and then return to our timeline to replicate the rest of the changes that need to be made.

I'm sure you've read about the recent developments in quantum entanglement experiments on the science websites, as well as the black hole swallowing a neutron star that was recently detected ... that is all in preparation for Rogean's next steps before green launches.

Please do not underestimate the importance of this venture to humanity.

[Jimjam]

Isey do you use a auto sense heading key?

if you do, get rid of it. Assign sense heading to an abilities page, then use /doability # and /pet report (or is it health report?) then you can have your pet update its hp each time you press a direction key. This is your new automatic sense heading key, with added pet health functionality.

[Katran]

Can I have your stuff?

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Isey do you use a auto sense heading key?

if you do, get rid of it. Assign sense heading to an abilities page, then use /doability # and /pet report (or is it health report?) then you can have your pet update its hp each time you press a direction key. This is your new automatic sense heading key, with added pet health functionality.

Jimjam ftw.

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Isey do you use a auto sense heading key?

if you do, get rid of it. Assign sense heading to an abilities page, then use /doability # and /pet report (or is it health report?) then you can have your pet update its hp each time you press a direction key. This is your new automatic sense heading key, with added pet health functionality.

Originally Posted by Mblake81 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Jimjam ftw.

Another poster mentioned elsewhere you could then program a GINA trigger which projected a proxy hp bar based off your logs from your sense heading triggers.

I don't GINA so I have no idea how to implement that, but at least having the idea available is a start!

[Mblake81]

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Another poster mentioned elsewhere you could then program a GINA trigger which projected a proxy hp bar based off your logs from your sense heading triggers.

Pass. The in game method will work fine.

Originally Posted by Jimjam [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't GINA so I have no idea how to implement that, but at least having the idea available is a start!

I have used it. I like the RP idea of a gnomish device. I vote to ban it though, its nothing but a crutch to increase laziness QoL. Its a game, if its not worth playing..

[sacman08]

Originally Posted by JDFriend99 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

With your announcement of the very last patch for blue and red and a totally non classic character select screen from omens of war, you all broke the game. This one will go down in history as on par with Warcraft for annoying the players enough to have them say enough.

Been a hell of a fun time till this show of disdain for loyalty. Peace out.

Sorry you feel that way... Goodbye and good luck on your future endeavours.