Deepwater Harpoon - Gamebreaking on Green?

[Dolalin]

Not enough people play Paladins for this to matter, and the ones who do honestly deserve the help imo.

[Danth]

Being able to obtain the Deepwater Harpoon at ridiculously low level is classic. It's actually a bit harder to obtain on P99 than it was in the original game. Classic shouldn't only mean taking stuff away from people.

It counts as 14/40 from level 10 until level 20, which is strong for the level but not exactly going to rock anybody's world given it's still a Paladin (with Paladin hit tables) swinging it. 18/40 is very nice during the early 20's but it's level-appropriate by the mid/upper 20's and thoroughly ho-hum by the mid 30's. Far from being game-breaking, even mid-level Paladins will mostly want to replace it with things like Ghoulbane or Man-o-War.

Classic is the Paladin's time to enjoy his class at the (relative) strongest it'll ever be, and having access to many of the best weapons for the era is part of the fun of it. Let them have their fun. The actual "OP" classes (hello, Enchanter) will continue doing their thing long after Paladins have fallen by the wayside.

Danth

[Cuktus]

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

Classic shouldn't only mean taking stuff away from people.

100% this. So many people worried about "balanced" gameplay. Its not balanced. Its not going to be balanced. Ever.

Gratz to the guy who got it! Very cool.

[Qaldar]

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

100% this. So many people worried about "balanced" gameplay. Its not balanced. Its not going to be balanced. Ever.

Gratz to the guy who got it! Very cool.

Reading comprehension is a real thing. This game is very obviously not balanced but that is not the topic of discussion. The topic of discussion is inappropriate itemization for a fresh server. No class should be able to get powerful weapons at level 1 solo and do so with no monetary cost. The only reason no one cares is because it’s PAL only.

The “it’s Classic” argument also isn’t legitimate because tons of other classic elements aren’t in the game (necro charm for example). No one in 1999 knew anything about going to OOT on a level 1 for this quest anyways.

[jacob54311]

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

Reading comprehension is a real thing. This game is very obviously not balanced but that is not the topic of discussion. The topic of discussion is inappropriate itemization for a fresh server. No class should be able to get powerful weapons at level 1 solo and do so with no monetary cost. The only reason no one cares is because it’s PAL only.

The “it’s Classic” argument also isn’t legitimate because tons of other classic elements aren’t in the game (necro charm for example). No one in 1999 knew anything about going to OOT on a level 1 for this quest anyways.

Sounds like you're mad because you think the weapon is overpowered for the level the quest can be done at. Seems like a balance issue to me. Some classes have better quests available early on than others. Some classes also have to deal with a 40 percent xp penalty among other disadvantages.

I don't think it's realistic to expect the people running the server to tweak the quests or remove some of them to make them somehow more fair or equal for all the classes/races.

[jacob54311]

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

Not enough people play Paladins for this to matter, and the ones who do honestly deserve the help imo.

This.

If there were hordes of paladins overrunning the game at low levels I might be more convinced the OP had an actual point.

[excalibur]

Give it a week and Mithril 2handers will begin being sold and they are way better

[Yoite]

Kudos for you doing something as cool as a player given quest and grats to Sir Faedoli!

[Pseudechis]

Was proud to hang out with Pockete on day 1. We've been watching your travels daily sneaky rogue.

Nakor

[Jibartik]

Ivory right now

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