Re: Changes to Equipment
Posted: 03 Jan 2021 15:15
It's not just those though.
And have you hunted in Raumdor? It's terrible. Most enemies don't even have the opportunity to have them on that spawn (shades and trolls and wraiths and spectres and hands and mists). It's not just the greaves and bracers though. It's the skullplate, the midnight black platemail and great black skull, and now it's also shells. Do you know how quickly a dedicated tank runs through shells?? Lucky to have one last in good condition through one solid day of grinding. And now they're rare too? It's annoying enough to have to go out on the sea even as a mariner.
I haven't ever gotten any of these things but once since I returned to the realms. That's been 8 months if I recall rightly.
That's one thing in a game where these ultra armours last and last. It's a whole other in a game where they last a (generously, because they don't last that long) maximum of 4 days, and start degrading even prior to that.
There's a fine line between making something an awesome find and just torturing people with hopelessness. This is over that line. As a former extremely dedicated EQ hunter prior to all the changes, and I mean dedicated with lots of hours primarily to the art of EQ hunting, I managed to keep myself almost always stocked with great gear and also to hand out a few to allies.
But making everyone spend the entirety of the day EQ hunting in order to achieve partial optimality in the face of such extreme odds is just insane. It removes player choice and, frankly, enjoyment.
And have you hunted in Raumdor? It's terrible. Most enemies don't even have the opportunity to have them on that spawn (shades and trolls and wraiths and spectres and hands and mists). It's not just the greaves and bracers though. It's the skullplate, the midnight black platemail and great black skull, and now it's also shells. Do you know how quickly a dedicated tank runs through shells?? Lucky to have one last in good condition through one solid day of grinding. And now they're rare too? It's annoying enough to have to go out on the sea even as a mariner.
I haven't ever gotten any of these things but once since I returned to the realms. That's been 8 months if I recall rightly.
That's one thing in a game where these ultra armours last and last. It's a whole other in a game where they last a (generously, because they don't last that long) maximum of 4 days, and start degrading even prior to that.
There's a fine line between making something an awesome find and just torturing people with hopelessness. This is over that line. As a former extremely dedicated EQ hunter prior to all the changes, and I mean dedicated with lots of hours primarily to the art of EQ hunting, I managed to keep myself almost always stocked with great gear and also to hand out a few to allies.
But making everyone spend the entirety of the day EQ hunting in order to achieve partial optimality in the face of such extreme odds is just insane. It removes player choice and, frankly, enjoyment.