Did they just take away combat bind wound??

[Sonark]

I solo'd my Monk from 25 ish to 50 ish in the Overthere on Classic.

And that was without even a haste item or fungi

Think it took me like 3 years, but hey it's doable.

[Barlu]

I just tried this tonight in a good corner and didn’t have a problem. Anyone else test this out?

[Fammaden]

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

I will say, the one thing that makes me sad about it is that it reduces melee soloing ability, and meles are already screwed relative to casters on that front, so they don't need further screwing. But ... classic.

Maybe custom content will give melee some way to solo? Although I have a hard time envisioning any such mechanism that would "feel classic" ...

Meh, they shouldn't be able to solo. Pure melee should be reliant on grouping. Nerf fungi's and ikky bp's next!!!!

[loramin]

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

Meh, they shouldn't be able to solo. Pure melee should be reliant on grouping. Nerf fungi's and ikky bp's next!!!!

Classically was that how it worked? Yes, 100% I agree.

But in the larger sense ... I don't think there's something fundamental to the game (even the game of just classic EQ), such that if you felt like wanting to swing a sword when you picked your character, you should never be able to earn XP without other people (past level 10). Those two things being connected is happenstance, not part of the secret sauce IMHO (although obviously teasing one out from the other is an exercise in futility).

I think it's great and classic for casters to be able to solo better (and of course for some casters to be able to do it better than others). But I just don't think it would ruin things if a Warrior could solo poorly, which is all combat bind wounds offered.

[Arvan]

inb4 it's changed back due to complaints?

[El-Hefe]

"We'Ve hAD ComBAT BinD WOunD FoR a DECadE! ThIS maKeS Me NoT waNT to PLay AnYmoRE!!!"

[Jimjam]

"mElEe LiTeRalLy uNPlaYaBle"

[Lojik]

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

Meh, they shouldn't be able to solo. Pure melee should be reliant on grouping. Nerf fungi's and ikky bp's next!!!!

I do think that monks shouldn't be able to wear fungus tunics /shrug

[loramin]

If we're talking CustomQuest, I think it's hard to even justify the Fungi's existence at all: when you compare it to all other items, regen 15 is unparalleled ... and then especially with it being droppable, one-groupable, not insanely rare, etc. ... it's out of line.

[Sonark]

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

If we're talking CustomQuest, I think it's hard to even justify the Fungi's existence at all: when you compare it to all other items, regen 15 is unparalleled ... and then especially with it being droppable, one-groupable, not insanely rare, etc. ... it's out of line.

None of that compares to it being perma camped for NINE YEARS and still selling for as much as it does.