Class changes with Kunark? Who will be buffed /nerfed ?

[Sparkin]

Pretty much everything dropped a lot more frequently in the expansion's first month+ (as it did with all expansions). I think it'd be fun if they could do that here too.

[jtaddei]

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

Pretty much everything dropped a lot more frequently in the expansion's first month+ (as it did with all expansions). I think it'd be fun if they could do that here too.

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[Stefen]

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

Do Bards get any better in Kunark?

In terms of grouping, bards become decidedly weaker. We get only one new mez in Kunark which caps at mobs of level 55, and no new charm song. This means in areas with 56+ mobs, like lower sebilis, we have no viable form of crowd control.

Aside from minor upgrades to our haste, regen, and resist songs, Kunark only brings a few utility additions to the bard class.

Personally, I'm dreading the 55+ grind on this server where everyone is so hyper-aware of the 40% hybrid penalty.

[DevGrousis]

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

They should just remove the Hybrid Penalties at Kunark release -- I think we would see alot of people dropping their mages/druids if they were able to play a Hybrid with a reasonable XP gain.

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

(I'm about 95% convinced that you are a troll considering how much time you spend on these foruams yet still asked this question.)

You will have at least a year to wait before you see Velious after Kunark launches.

pot calling the kettle black? I love how becoming an active forum member is considered trolling. The only thing i dislike on the server is the xp penalty. if you dont like my posts, its much easier to skip over them than to read them and then reply. i dont cause trouble on purpose, and that is what a troll is.

[guineapig]

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

Pretty much everything dropped a lot more frequently in the expansion's first month+ (as it did with all expansions). I think it'd be fun if they could do that here too.

Unless you can provide some evidence to back this up it won't happen here. I haven't seen a single post or link mentioning item drops being lowered after the first month or two of Kunark.

that being said I'm assuming this would only apply to the random items that were set to drop off multiple non-named mobs in each zone. Those are usually trade-able and will indeed be quite common while people are fiercely killing everything in site to get to level 60 but only because most mobs won't have a very long life expectancy.

As named mobs already have a 100% drop rate of items (in most cases), it's just the rarity of the dropped item that's random.

[skipdog]

It's just surprising that you didn't even know the status of Velious, yet you spend so much time on the site.

So yeah, tbh, when I saw you ask that question... my mind went "how can he possibly think Velious comes a few months after Kunark???"

Don't take it personally [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DevGrousis]

just following the time line, velius came out same year kunark did, i didnt say "a few" as in 2 , i just meant as in less than a year, like in the real time line.

[Lazortag]

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

In terms of grouping, bards become decidedly weaker. We get only one new mez in Kunark which caps at mobs of level 55, and no new charm song. This means in areas with 56+ mobs, like lower sebilis, we have no viable form of crowd control.
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Uthgaard said that there will be no level caps on any mezzes in Kunark. Is this inaccurate, classically?

[Stefen]

Unfortunately, Dev, Verant's development team was quite a bit larger than P99s. If we were following the time-line accurately, Kunark would have opened here 4ish months ago.

As Velious content is a lot more complex than Kunark in many ways, I'd guess that we can expect an 18-24 month delay between expansions here without a significant increase in the size of the p99 staff.

[DevGrousis]

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

Unfortunately, Dev, Verant's development team was quite a bit larger than P99s. If we were following the time-line accurately, Kunark would have opened here 4ish months ago.

As Velious content is a lot more complex than Kunark in many ways, I'd guess that we can expect an 18-24 month delay between expansions here without a significant increase in the size of the p99 staff.

i'm totally fine with that. the longer between the expansions the better. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]