Cats on the Moon

[Striiker]

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

Although I must admit I used the Bazaar almost religiously every single day and my character was in there when ever I wasn't playing. Comparatively I have spent maybe 20 minutes in the EC tunnel since the server launched. I just can't be bothered.

I have to agree here. I've gone to EC a couple times and never enjoyed it. The bazaar however was fine as I could go in, search for something I need, buy it if available and at the right price, and get back to the game. Also, I could unload all of the junk which I accumulate as I adventure during my time away from game..

[Skope]

the bazaar was great, imo. I don't play EQ to sit in EC all fucking day.

[goodthink]

I think SoL was the last expansion that was any good for eq, however, at the same time it did introduce things that fundementally broke the game.

a) the bazaar; no getting around this. You add the bazaar you have 300 afk people selling, and lose all the interactivity of selling over /auc in a zone like ec. the bazaar was the one thing i really believed ruined eq. i would hate to see any kind of bazaar put into the game.

b) the decrease in difficulty from 1 - 10 and hell levels; i believe it was SoL that made getting to level 10 signifigantly easier and added the forumulae that 'evened' out the hell levels.

c) zone like paludal; paludal made it possible to go from 1 to 20 in less than 6hrs. it emptied all the old world zones forever.

i love the bestlord, but i don't think the downsides are worthwhile. sol was certainly marked the decline of eq, imo.

[Hithrohir]

Luclin's features didn't break the game, but they were the first step in the process that eventually did. It was a decent enough expansion, it was just a step in the wrong direction that was inexplicably continued to greater and greater extents in future expansions. It did have its own share of problems, such as the jarring and off-theme setting, insane timesink grinds for keys and bane weapons and shit, and the start of what I like to call "content for the sake of content." A lot of it didn't feel real, immersive or believable (when viewed within the confines of the setting, of course) and just sort of stopped feeling like Everquest. It still had plenty of good gameplay, a fairly neat new class, and one of the best raid zones in the entire history of the game.

[falkun]

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

one of the best raid zones in the entire history of the game.

Ya, ssra temple was a badass raid zone. I loved everything about that zone, except maybe the zone it was linked to, which sucked.

[Tewaz]

I quit before SoL and came back in PoP and quit before the next expansion. I was just looking through the zones on Alla and it made me want to play SoL since I never did. When I played in PoP I leveled to 20 in Paludal then did old world/kunark/velious to 55 then went to PoN. SoL just looks fun.

I wish there was a legit server with it on so I could experience it, oh well, maybe one day.

[Deathrydar]

It would be great if the devs could implement some of the SoL zones and attach them to the old world zones somehow. Hell, they could even throw in the Beastlord class, minus the Vah Shir and it would be cool!!!

But the whole moon, Nexus, Bazaar thingie was horrible and I would never play on a server that has it implemented.

[ziggyholiday]

/shrug

Tier 1 planar armor was good as well as elemental craftables. It could get expensive but was still good for the non raiders. BoT was a good place to grind AAs and even get gear if you couldn't get an elemental group with people you knew/trusted.

To me, things like the graphics, nexus/pok books and bazaar are a non issue that did nothing but make the game more convenient. Sorry that is not a bad thing.

Spot on about the barrier to raid though. You had a lot of work to do if you wanted to start raiding when PoP was current. This was less of a factor when Luclin was current IMO because if you had a decent guild that still did ntov runs for the newbies you could get some ok gear for entry level luclin raids.

[Tewaz]

The big downside that Luclin would pose to this server is our small population would get spread out too much.

[ziggyholiday]

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

The big downside that Luclin would pose to this server is our small population would get spread out too much.

^^^

This! Honestly I think it will get that way with Velious if not now.