The original devs have stated that they didn't expect the game to ever see a first expansion, let alone a second expansion. So for kunark\velious, they basically assumed this is gonna be it, cause that's just how game development cycles went for most game up until that time. They might get one expansion, then it's on to the sequel. That was the business model, and these newfangled mmo's were confusing to the beancounters.
Same reason why it always grinds my gears when anyone complains about p99 not being "classic". It literally can't be. There is emergent player behavior and metas that have developed in the 25 years since eq was developed which are *also* not classic. So the devs here are in the impossible position of either ignoring those things, or making changes to address miserable game breaking behavior that didn't exist in 1999. You'll never have it both ways, but imo they do the best job here at striking that balance of any emu I've ever played.
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06-25-2024, 01:11 PM
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