Yea Casual players really can not enjoy the full game anymore. I mean back in the old days of Kunark and Velious Even the casual players could enjoy some of the higher end zones such as old world planes, Temple of Veeshan, etc. Sure there was always the hardcore zones like Veeshans Peak, Sleepers Tomb, but 1 or 2 zones per expansion was never a big deal. Then comes along Planes of Power where you have to do insanely difficult tasks just to be aloud to enter most of the zones. Plane of Time of course will never be viewed by the casual player, in fact many of us probably won't ever see the elemental planes. Its not that we are not good enough to take the stuff in these zones, its only cause #1 your high end guilds only want people who live to play the game, and #2 your average guild just can't get enough support to do these quests/tasks.

Now as if that wasn't bad enough, now we got Gates of Discord where 95% of the zones are meant for Plane of Time equiped guilds. This expansion was the biggest waste of money, and far as I am concerned falsely advertised. Lets see a level 50 to 59 enojy more then 1 or 2 of the new zones in GOD. Of course when you complain to SOE about wanting money back they stick there TOS in your face and say forget it your money is ours.

I know it was the designers intentions of haveing those weapons to use the rec level, but how long did they leave it to where they didn't? People, especially casual players, Have spent alot of plat buying up weapons such as Weighty Polearms, CHOS, Stained Axe of the Scions, etc etc for there charactors now to find they are absolutely worthless. Problem is almost every weapon out there with a rec level on it is pretty much junk if your high enough to use it. If there going to nerf that, they could have at least lowered the rec levels on them to a more fair level. Like the Weighty Polearm outta have about a rec level of 30 or 35 on it, Whens the last time you seen a level 50 use a Weighty Polearm for anything other then practicing there 2h slash?

I am just realyl sick of them making expansions that you can't use. I mean Planes of Power I hunt about 4 zones (POI, PON, BOT, POV) Thats about it. Gates of Discord I hunt 1 zone, Natimbi... and only reason I can hunt it is cause my main is a druid, I have never actually gotten a group in this zone.

In any case I finnally learned my lesson. Assumeing anymore expansions comes out I refuse to buy any of them. Im sick of spending $30 for a expansion only to find a couple of new zones huntable. And no way I will ever play another game that involves SOE or VERENT after Im done with Everquest. If I didn't have so much time and effort put into EQ Id probably move on to another game.

You know time after time SOE has nerfed one aspect or another of the game that seriously effects the way casual players make make any real money. Tradskills have always been and should be a decent way to make some cash. On many of the servers the prices you see in the bazaar or what people are asking for items are overinflated to the point of idiocy. The Casual player has to just be in the right place right time to be able to upgrade unless they can generate a decent cashflow. From my point of view I am foiled at every turn when trying to make enough to upgrade my +55 Wizard. First PoP comes out kills all the porters ability to make cash when they introduced the books. As a wizard this becomes compounded since many people dont even offer to donate when asking for a TL. Translocate to many locations still has a spell component cost.

Thing is SoE doesn't want casual players they want players who will spend every bit of available time playing their game, so they make it nearly impossible to compete with the players that do.

Here came fishing I was already close to max when GoD came out (183 or something like that) Ansnd I happened across the selling part on my own the second or third day after I got the expansion. I saw the nerf to the key coming After my first round (it was easy once I got to 200 skill to have caught 5 or 6 keys in an hour thats close to 350 plat an hour just with turning in the keys and selling the potion. I didn't complain it was broke and needed fixing. I figured The fish sell back would get Nerfed as well but not at the level they did. I camped the night before the patch with several backpacks that would have brought between 500 and 600 plat. Total Platnium I received after the patch 1pp 5g whoa can't SoE do anything in moderation. Heck they refuse to clean up their netcode or their system resource usage. But spend so much time "fixing" things in the name of "it's not how the designers intended". Yeah they dont intend for casual players to be able to compete in their broken overinflated economy. Oh they'll have things so you can play but You'll never have they Top of the line best gear unless you do little else but play everquest.

Will I stop playing eq No I enjoy meeting people and Have many people I enjoy playing eq with. Which is the only redeaming factor left in Everquest if you ask me.

AS to putting recomended level on everything wouldn't do much good it's like the many pieces that have effects you will never benifit from at the level it requires to get them. To many to list to where there is "insertFocuseffecthere"1 drops off level 30, 40 and even 50th level creatures and the effect is only good for spells under 20th level give me a break. It should drop off creatures in that level range, the NPC should be no more than 24th level.

SoE will continue to keep dangling carrots out there for us to chase until something better comes along and I doubt that will be eq2 either.

"It's all part of the Government Consiracy to rob you of your mind." I shout as the Guys with the white I Luv me jacket drag me off for my electroshock therapy.

Have fun
Ciws Phalamar
Fennin Ro


Edited, Thu Mar 11 08:03:18 2004

they are just simply ruining the game with all the changes to the changes, and a patch to fix the patch that was used to fix a patch,,,,ect, it's just dumb

I was told by a friend that pet haste was broken with todays patch(3/10/04). I was in veksar today and sure enough my pet's damage seemed alot less. Can anyone validate this?

Ptolomey Exmortum
63 Necromancer of Arcane Sanctum
Kane Bayle server

Is anyone else having problems with their warriors now? I have a 51 warrior, maxed out all weapon skills, as well as offense for level 51. I went into a dungeon and was only connecting 20 percent of the time, and then for about a quarter of what I used to hit for. Just curious, as several of my warriors guild mates noticed the same thing when using two handed weapons.

So now that the Tuna and Crab have been nerfed, anyone know how much they sell for to the vendors? I was getting just under 5gp per pound.

I wonder if my fishing expedition is now over :) .