Why do people seem to hate luclin so much?

[rekreant]

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

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Best was Bazaar... Facilitated trading and stabilized the economy.

FIXT FOR YOU

[Feathers]

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

cat people were dumb
bazaar ruined trading
new graphics looked like shit
new ui was dumb
mounts were dumb
porting to nexus was dumb

^^

I never understood, why the moon? That's really jumping the fantasy shark isn't it? I was like, whoa... the moon? It's not like the virtual ocean is going to run out of space for another continent.

[wormed]

Mounts weren't Luclin, were they? I don't even remember mounts at all in EQ and I played to PoP.

Maybe I just selectively forgot them because that'd be lame in EQ.

[Kowalski]

Riddled with bugs, endless patches, constant crashing, and cats !

[Swish]

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

Riddled with bugs, endless patches, constant crashing, and cats !

Raid content was p gud, AAs we're a good idea...not flawless but it added some nice things.

I had a cat shaman, was gr8.

[Sadre Spinegnawer]

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

Raid content was p gud, AAs we're a good idea...not flawless but it added some nice things.
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I found the end content very fun at the time, and it was fun to compete during that era. I thought the keying system for the end content was reasonable, and had to be done, and as I said, was fun to compete for. Getting into Vex Thal meant something, man. We called it "candyland." On hindsight, it foretold of the loot inflation to come in PoP, but at the time, it was pretty mighty.

As to the AA's, if by "not flawless but also added some nice things" I would agree if by that you mean, they were as if someone said, "Here, have few nice sized diamonds. They are somewhere in the 9 tons of morning-after-taco-bell shit I just dumped onto your front yard," where the yard is the game, the diamonds are the abilities that didn't either suck or nerf the game, and the 9 tons of shit is the AA system itself.

[Erydan Ouragan]

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

Getting into Vex Thal meant something, man. We called it "candyland." On hindsight, it foretold of the loot inflation to come in PoP, but at the time, it was pretty mighty.

I'd give a lot to be able to raid Vex Thal. I started to play in Luclin but only started raiding during PoP, so we didn't do VT anymore. I'm not a lore guy at all, but Luclin lore fascinates me, i love the whole Akhevan story line. Mobs having names that are literally in akhevan is one of the coolest things i've ever seen in a game. They invented a language for a computer game, how can you not like it?!

http://www.temerityguild.org/forums/...hevan-language

When you realize "a Qua Liako Xakra" is actually "a Minor Knight Spirit".. Literally the spirit of a fallen knight that was low-ranked, and that every mob name means something, that you learn a culture and a lore invented for a computer game, it starts to get pretty immersive. At least for me, 'cause me and languages, that's a thing.

As for the loot inflation, that's an inevitable consequence of progression. You need the gear from the previous expansion to beat the current expansion and the gear from the current expansion trivializes the previous expansions. It is also needed for the next expansion. And so on.

The thing is, there is a point when the gear (spells and skills and AAs too) becomes ridiculous. This is why i think Luclin/PoP was the peak of the game. Nice focii and FT for casters. Stats and weapon ratios that "made sense". Interesting clickies and procs but nothing over the top while the content was still challenging. You couldn't gear up in a groupable instance that gave gear 90% as good as raiding gear. Nobody ever soloed Aten Ha Ra in PoTime gear, so it's not like it made everyone completely overpowered.

Thus why my argument that Luclin/PoP are classic. It's the same game, you need tanks and clerics and CC, you need to get to camps in static zones. If you want the best gear, you have to compete for it. It's just better with more content available, additional spells/skills/AAs that were missing and oh shit i'm rambling again.

[Magnar]

Tiered raiding was good, itemization was good, storyline was terrible (with the exception of Ssra), beastlord was stupid, moon cats should all be put in a garbage bag and thrown into a river.

[Lorian]

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

moon cats should all be put in a garbage bag and thrown into a river.

Explain why would a moon cat would be any worse than a jungle lizard??

[maskedmelon]

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

Explain why would a moon cat would be any worse than a jungle lizard??

Is this a serious question?

I could get on board with moon rabbits....