Velious Gear, What to look forward to?

[Tewaz]

Brawl sticks FTW

[aerah]

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

I'm also looking forward to the Coldain Ring War. That was one event I remember that everyone would come out to help.

or would attract people who wanted to rain on your day and kill the coldain heroes.

your mileage may vary?

[mwatt]

Elder Holgresh Beads.

[Doktoor]

Killing snow bunnies.

Velious isnt coming out anytime soon, is it?

[Nytewind TP]

Flayed Barbarian Skin Leggings & the quest for the Lodi Shell Shield!

[greatdane]

There's lots to look forward to whether you're a casual player or a raider. Still, I think it's sad that Velious is the point when those two types of players are officially placed far apart. In original and Kunark, almost all the high-end gear can be traded and often acquired with just a group and there's not a huge difference between someone in raid gear and someone with good tradeable gear. Most of the BiS pieces can be traded. In Velious, every slot has a BiS piece that's only available to hardcore raiders, and you can get 100 HP/30+ AC/20 resists in pretty much every slot if you're one of those. Velious is the real dawn of the überguilds and the two-tier playerbase where the non-raiders become kind of second rate. If you're a casual player, there's something discouraging about the feeling that every piece of gear you own can be upgraded significantly if you were a raider. It makes the game feel less open.

All that said, the item I look forward to the most is Eyepatch of Plunder. I loved that shit. Pretty good stats and a priceless clicky. My ranger wore it until whatever expansion it was that came after PoP.

[mwatt]

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

There's lots to look forward to whether you're a casual player or a raider. Still, I think it's sad that Velious is the point when those two types of players are officially placed far apart. In original and Kunark, almost all the high-end gear can be traded and often acquired with just a group and there's not a huge difference between someone in raid gear and someone with good tradeable gear. Most of the BiS pieces can be traded. In Velious, every slot has a BiS piece that's only available to hardcore raiders, and you can get +100 HP/30+ AC/20 resists in pretty much every slot if you're one of those. Velious is the real dawn of the überguilds and the two-tier playerbase where the non-raiders become kind of second rate. If you're a casual player, there's something discouraging about the feeling that every piece of gear you own can be upgraded significantly if you were a raider. It makes the game feel less open.

All that said, the item I look forward to the most is Eyepatch of Plunder. I loved that shit. Pretty good stats and a priceless clicky. My ranger wore it until whatever expansion it was that came after PoP.

What he said. Ultimately, this bifurcation of the player base and continued changes along these lines was one of the major factors in the demise of EQ as the King of MMOs. Still, Velious should be fun.

[astuce999]

lodi shield
vindi BP and boots
drums of the motherfucking beast!
neriad shawl
lute of the howler


and tons more!

[Anger]

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

I am looking forward to the biggest RnF bitching thread when the sleeper is woken up after 3 to 4 weeks of the server being up.

Empty Sleepers for the life of the server.

Asher

Sleeper will likely never be woken up on this server.

[hedbonker]

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