What I would Like to see added back from EQ1Follow

Bone armor.. hrmm could be cool I guess. Lol anyways, yea I want AA points and all that back. But I don't want another copy of eq1 with better graphics. I like the game where it is now, though it could use more content. Hey it's new...

There will be things added back in over time even if they do change to reflect the passage of time that was supposed to have happened between eq1 and eq2(i.e. destruction of luclin and one of my favorite classes the beastlord). The "adventure packs are to be the 3 or 4 times a year cheap add ons that give more quests and areas to kill in.

They aren't going to "come back".... they were "never here"

i have to agree with ya aranador slicing a weapon like in SWG would be vary nice!

One thing I would love to see come back to EQ2 from EQ1 is all the zones I could go into at any lvl. I mean at lvl 20 where can you really go but into Antonica/Commonlands or Thunder Steppes/Nek Foresst. I miss being able to run into ButcherBlock, Ferrot, Greater and Lesser Faydark, Crushbone, Dragon Caludren, Unrest and on and on. Sure the little zone areas that branch from Antonica and Commonlands are ok but they are small and laggy...I liked being able to zone into big zones where there was plenty of mobs and room to group...While I still love to play EQ2, I just wish there was more options to zone into big areas and I didnt have to try and get Access such as Enchanted Lands and Zek and have to be lvl 30+ to really beable to do anything in them.

I just dont like being limited to a few zones to group and adventure in.

True, but the fact that half the zones you mention are either very small or have to be quested for does detract from the feeling that EQ I does have, a feeling of freedom and non-lineairity. I realise that EQ I didn't have a huge amount of zone when they started, but why such restrictiveness in EQ II?

The last thing I want to see in Eq2 are things that require grinding.

AA's were great but the grinding for them was unbearable. I would love to see AA-like skills available as quests. For example, you get app1 skills for free, can buy app2, can craft app3, and need to loot adept1 - why not let you quest for adept2, or master1?

Skills in EQ1 came with extended use. It was kinda fun to keep swinging that sword and seeing an occasional increase in skill. Eventually, in the end, skills were always maxed, and bringing up neglected skills was a dull exercise in patience. EQ2 also has skills to increase (defense, weapon skills, ect). I don't see a need to expand this, or to make it more EQ1 like.

Armor tinting and more armor choices would be cool, but would tax the hell out of your computer. More choices in general would be nice, and I think the lack of choices is what keeps EQ2 from being even better than it already is.

What I would love to see from EQ1 are things that will never be put into the game.

For example, this game has no "pulling". One thing that never got old was pulling. It required skill and timing (and luck). It also made the game a bit more realistic ad unpredictable. Sony would have to completely redesign the game to incorporate this so I don't see it happening.

Another thing I really hate is that creatures are assigned to a predetermined area and will never overstep their invisible boundaries. Mobs do not wander far from their little radius. They should follow you anywhere in the zone. As it stands, you can attack a mob at its boundary and it will just stand there. If you want to raise your ranged attack skill safely, simply stand past the boundary and pelt the creature with arrows.

One thing that will not make its way from EQ1 is twinking and farming. I like that equipment has levels, but they are too restrictive. Also, there was some satisfaction in EQ1 in getting high enough to be able to solo something that previously raped you and your group when you were newbs. Then you could hand over the loot to your twink. Twinking encouraged people to play other classes and see the game through a different perspective. As much as people complained about farming and twinking, everyone did it. In EQ1 they had zones with a trivial loot code, and everyone hated it. I would love to see to it that grays can drop chests even when they are gray. The existing skill level and attuning system is enough to discourage hardcore farming and twinking.

Along the same line, I do like the mentoring system very much. I didn't like that you couldn't powerlevel in EQ2, but this is an acceptable compromise. In fact, mentoring is probably a good compromise to the twinking and no-chest-dropping grays issues as well.

All that is left is the lack of dueling and/or PK, which I didn't care much for anyway.

In conclusion, all I would like to see from EQ2 is the return of the art of pulling, letting mobs roam (and chase you) all over the zone, questing for new skills/spells/abilities and/or upgrades, removal of the gray mobs not dropping chests rule, and for mobs that wield weapons to actually drop them when you kill them.

This is indeed the case. One easy example is the beetle area in Antonica (just north of NQ gate). If you agro a beetle and run south towards the gate, they will stop chasing you right at the aqueduct. You can safely stand a few feet away and practice Ranged attack on the beetle (getting skill increases). This is the case in every zone for every mob. Try it and you will see.




It's not as easy to farm since the creature has to be at least green, and some greenies can still rape you. I've only found a few farmable named mobs which I looked for as often as I could, but as soon as I dinged, they went away.




The trivial loot code was put into EQ1 and quickly taken out because of all the complaints. Only a small handful of zones kept the TLC, and those were always completely empty.




You can farm, but as I stated above, it is not as rampant and freewheeling as in EQ1. This is both good and bad since it lets newbs have a chance to kill named mobs, yet it takes away that feeling you got in EQ1 of overcoming a mob solo that used to kick your *** as a newb.




Yes, but the items are relegated to a specific level. And frankly, questing for newbie armor gives better exp than buying it and killing creatures. All the money in the game cannot buy your twink an item that he can use that will be above what every other newb has. Such items do not exist. Handing over twink gear does not make your baby level any faster. Having your baby quest for the stuff levels him/her faster.




Mentoring is a great addition. I used it in Antonica to get some exp with a lowbie killing mobs that would otherwise be gray, just so I could pass the time building up foraging skills that had been neglected. That same player met up with me in Stormhold and I mentored again while killing otherwise gray mobs, and even took on some named mobs that would have been gray. All the items I won ended up on my vendor, so yes, mentoring helps with farming in a roundabout way.




Some things that sound absurd can actually add spice and fun to the game. Besting a named mob that killed you as a newb gave a feeling of power and accomplishment that is missing in EQ2. Don't tell me you never went back to Crushbone just to stomp on DVinn, or went back into LGuk to solo Frenzied Ghoul. That part of the game is fun, just like something as irrelevant as having different armor or dyes.




Exactly! The art of pulling is missing, and frankly I think this is a bad thing.




I didn't know about spell quest upgrades. I have not come across one yet. As for the dropped weapons, what matters is not that they sucked, but that you could hoard up on them and make some cash selling them or hand them over to your pet who will look cooler wielding something. They were also not that bad to a newb that didn't have anything better.

I just want armor dyes back. I hate it how every tank from lvls 20-29 pretty much looks the same. I miss my warrior with his full black armor. It would add a little spice to the game if you could control what you look like by dying your armor. I liked Rangers with nice dark green chainmail, or Pallys with nice shiny white armor. The lack of customization is killing me. Im tired of looking like everyone else my level.

I want Powerleveling to return!

Just kidding - EQ2 rocks EQ1 outta that water IMO.

Quote: AA;s in eq1 as they were didn't do anything ----- you obviously never got more than 10 aa's ---- aa's were everything next to gear in eq1 and could very often overcome gear deficiencies

Well all of em are here except for the ninja looters anyhows.

Its back to the single pull grind for exp, the debt is not to bad but some of the new zones can make you leave a shard behind or 2 sometimes :) . Stats discussion really never left. And as far as campers seems like from the big upgrade u see more and more high levels in zones that they really don't need to be in but are due to some of the mobs now con green to them and are easy loot for them.

As for power leveling its back like crazy. I was tanking 26L ^^^ mobs with my 50L Sk and my sons 31 level fury was getting the exp so that is back like crazy

LOL, speaking of alcohol, anyone remember Drunken Dwarf Races in Kelethin? Nothing more satisfying than running on a rope bridge WAYYY up in the air while hammered on elven wine! Also bring back the boat rides!! I can't stand not "seeing" the world i live in.


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