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Playstation/Gaming Discussions => PS3 Discussion => Topic started by: jiggs on December 10, 2002, 09:37:46 PM
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Great day in the west after recieveing the Beta Phase 3 EQ online adventures.
I will need to buy another memory card because it will require 4mb of space for game updates all my memory cards are full. With 10 races 14 classes for 65 different combinations I am finally going to dive into the world of Evercrack.
Welcome to EQOA\'s third public Beta Phase! BOOYAA. I am ready.
Also got my forms for E3, wonderful. It was a good day. See whoever else got it online.
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give us a report will ya ?
please
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got mine last saturday
its gonna be pretty cool, but in no way, shape, or form does it compare to the PC version
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I got mine the previous Sunday. Too bad I can\'t play it ;)
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For everyone who got it how bout us getting together and forming a little group.
What do you say mm? Count jiggles(ok I might change that)
BTW. just noticed all the threads about this in the online section and will post anything else further about this in that fourm.
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One Word !
http://pc.ign.com/articles/377/377881p1.html
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Got mine too, just to hard pressed for time as finals and what not are on my ass, I will be on some time this weekend, really haven\'t got the jist of the game quite yet!!!
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SqMarker find me sometime on the weekends
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Originally posted by Agnino
One Word !
http://pc.ign.com/articles/377/377881p1.html
Bleh.
I\'ll pass.
Seperate banks? That right there kills it for me. I don\'t want to travel halfway across the world from Freeport just to get a sword I put in the Qeynos bank.
Not to mention Verant doesn\'t have the best codes... EQ runs like shit. I\'d hate to see what they do to a game as graphically intense as EQ2.
Anyway... my guys name in EQOA is Nataku... sitting in Qeynos right now. Send me a tell if you ever see me on.
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actually freeport, is only 3 zones from qeynos (less if u use PoP portal)
:)
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Lol, I know that. It\'s really not that far.
Maybe I should use a different city... how about Hallas to Kelethin, or maybe Felwithe?
Or Odus to Kelethin or Fewithe.
Either way, even just Freeport to Qeynos, it\'s a stupid way to do it. Having seperate banks is one of the dumbest ideas they\'ve come up with.
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lets say u put a sword in the bank in halas
how does it show up in the bank in kelethin?
i\'m all for making the game possess even more of a role play atmosphere
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I\'m not saying the current way is realistic, but more convenient. A lot more convenient.
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Originally posted by nataku
Bleh.
I\'ll pass.
Seperate banks? That right there kills it for me. I don\'t want to travel halfway across the world from Freeport just to get a sword I put in the Qeynos bank.
Not to mention Verant doesn\'t have the best codes... EQ runs like shit. I\'d hate to see what they do to a game as graphically intense as EQ2.
Anyway... my guys name in EQOA is Nataku... sitting in Qeynos right now. Send me a tell if you ever see me on.
1. U never ever need to travell halfthrough eq, and I doubt u need to do that in eq2 ether, if u dumb enough to put items in a bank in Halas, while u are most of the time in FP. That will be your problem, and getting to halas will take u about 2min if u have a well oriented guild, or cash to pay those noobs to port u around.
2. EQ runs like shit ? Wtf, I have tested every single mmorpg out there, and EQ runs better then any of em. How can u say that eq runs like shit, do u have a 300mhz or somethng ? With a uptodate pc, u can actually have all spelleffects turned on while being on a raid, and still get no lag.
s3. As it is now, I think EQ2 will be the best of all the mmorpgs that are comming out next year, because Verant have more experience about 3d mmorpg`s then any other company.
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Good god Agnino, don\'t take my remarks so personal.
1. You\'re right, porting would get you to places much quicker. And The PoP portals would do it even faster. But that doesn\'t change the fact that I think seperate banks are a dumb idea.
2. EQ runs like shit, plain and simple. I\'m assuming you group with other people, and don\'t try to solo it to 65. A couple groups on screen casting spell effects and what not will slow down pretty bad. The particle engine in the game is horrible. The code is a sloppy mess. They can\'t patch the game to fix things without breaking others things.
Have you ever been on a raid? Or how about the ring wars in The Great Divide? Hell, even just running around looking for a camp in Sebilis or Karnor\'s. The game slows down unless you look at a floor or a wall. But what fun is that? Have you ever been the the Bazaar? That has got to be the worst case of slowdown I have ever seen in a game.
You ever wonder why people didn\'t flock to the Luclin zones to get exp? They run like crap.
And FYI, no, I don\'t have a 300Mhz PC. It\'s a 1.2GHz Athlon TBird w/ 512MB RAM and a 64MB Radeon8500. I don\'t know about you, but I think that\'s pretty decent. Sure it\'s not the latest, but still, it\'s pretty far about what the recommended system requirements were for Luclin, besides the RAM, which is equal. Hell, at the time I bought Luclin I had 768MB of RAM, but I had a slot go out recently, so I had to take off 256MB.
Oh well... it doesn\'t really matter. You have your opinion, and I have mine. IMO EQ\'s day\'s are numbered. It\'s going down the john, fast. If EQ2 takes off where the original started it\'s only going to catre to the power gamer, the kind of person who pays for the ridiculous Legends server, and the kind of people who have 3 or 4 accounts to power level themselves up. Not even EQ2\'s beautiful graphics can save it. Of course, this is all IMO, no need to jump down my throat again.
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Originally posted by nataku
Good god Agnino, don\'t take my remarks so personal.
1. You\'re right, porting would get you to places much quicker. And The PoP portals would do it even faster. But that doesn\'t change the fact that I think seperate banks are a dumb idea.
2. EQ runs like shit, plain and simple. I\'m assuming you group with other people, and don\'t try to solo it to 65. A couple groups on screen casting spell effects and what not will slow down pretty bad. The particle engine in the game is horrible. The code is a sloppy mess. They can\'t patch the game to fix things without breaking others things.
Have you ever been on a raid? Or how about the ring wars in The Great Divide? Hell, even just running around looking for a camp in Sebilis or Karnor\'s. The game slows down unless you look at a floor or a wall. But what fun is that? Have you ever been the the Bazaar? That has got to be the worst case of slowdown I have ever seen in a game.
You ever wonder why people didn\'t flock to the Luclin zones to get exp? They run like crap.
And FYI, no, I don\'t have a 300Mhz PC. It\'s a 1.2GHz Athlon TBird w/ 512MB RAM and a 64MB Radeon8500. I don\'t know about you, but I think that\'s pretty decent. Sure it\'s not the latest, but still, it\'s pretty far about what the recommended system requirements were for Luclin, besides the RAM, which is equal. Hell, at the time I bought Luclin I had 768MB of RAM, but I had a slot go out recently, so I had to take off 256MB.
Oh well... it doesn\'t really matter. You have your opinion, and I have mine. IMO EQ\'s day\'s are numbered. It\'s going down the john, fast. If EQ2 takes off where the original started it\'s only going to catre to the power gamer, the kind of person who pays for the ridiculous Legends server, and the kind of people who have 3 or 4 accounts to power level themselves up. Not even EQ2\'s beautiful graphics can save it. Of course, this is all IMO, no need to jump down my throat again.
Yes, I have raided everything in all expansions up to velious, and most of the stuff in luclin. Not played the game since January, so how it is now with the new spell effects and stuff, I have no clue about. But as it was untill luclin, the game ran perfect. I have never experienced lag in any zones, except bazaar when it is crowded. But I can agree that after luclin, eq is not as cool as it was before, since the mixture between the new engine and the old seems kinda weird + adding ghey VT key quest that takes forever to complete. EQ was at its best when Velious was released, doing NTov for first time etc is just incredible fun. Now the game`s engine is just too old to impress me enough to keep playing. Half the fun with a new zone is the layout and to see new mobs. As for EQ2, it sounds like eq all over again, and thats what I want. A new eq, Im sure someone had enuff with the 1st one, but as for me.. I cant wait :)
Btw Nataku, what server did u play on ?
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I played on Ayonae Ro. I quit about 4 or 5 months ago. Should have left sooner... I really only stuck around after Luclin because of friends I made in the game, and because of the time I spent on my bard.
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dont forget EQ is a 4 year old PC game thats been PHENOMINALLY updated to keep pace with current hardware
you couldnt solo as a bard? thats the easiest class to solo behind a battle cleric
i got a ranger and enchanter on 7th hammer
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Originally posted by mm
dont forget EQ is a 4 year old PC game thats been PHENOMINALLY updated to keep pace with current hardware
you couldnt solo as a bard? thats the easiest class to solo behind a battle cleric
i got a ranger and enchanter on 7th hammer
I agree, its a great game and even though Im tired of it now, it took me years before I became tired. Now I can look back and I know I have played one of the greatest games ever made (my humble opinion).
But, what is a battlecleric ?
Solo is boring after lvl 50 and yes, bard is one of the best solo classes. But I would rather go for Necro as for soloing. And nothing beats the duo team we had when we lvled for aa exp at 60. Me as Mage and one from the guild as Necro :)
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I never said I couldn\'t solo, mm. I got at least half, if not more, of my bard\'s 55 levels solo. I loved soloing.
I\'m not saying EQ isn\'t fun. For the 3 years I played I had some great gaming moments. It was a great experience. It\'s just recently, with the last two expansions (Luclin and Planes of Power), it\'s gone down hill. I never did buy or play PoP, so I guess I can\'t pass judement on that expansion, but I read so much about it and it really sounded like it wasn\'t something for me. High end content was played out... they needed more low and mid content.
Instead of releasing yet ANOTHER expansion, they should have revamped some older zones, made it so people would want to go back to them, IMO.
/me shrugs
I ramble too much.
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they have to cater to the high levels toons (PoP) to keep them interested and to keep them paying
a battle cleric is a cleric that didnt sit on thier butt medding and healing for thier 1st 40 levels and solo max\'d thier melee skills
ive seen clerics that can outdamage me, and thats without dual wield
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Originally posted by mm
they have to cater to the high levels toons (PoP) to keep them interested and to keep them paying
a battle cleric is a cleric that didnt sit on thier butt medding and healing for thier 1st 40 levels and solo max\'d thier melee skills
ive seen clerics that can outdamage me, and thats without dual wield
Ohh before 40 yes, but later on cleric kinda sucks soloing. And if u even mem a nuke as cleric while in group, Im sure more then 1 person will be pissed :)
I found my cleric effective as a solo class up to lvl 20. After that I gained more exp in group as cleric.
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I know they have to keep the high level players interested mm, it would just be nice if they could go to old zones and maybe add a couple new mobs and some new, worthwhile drops.
They updated Cazic-Thule, but it was changed to an extrememly high level zone. It\'s not the high levels that are boring, it\'s the lower and mid levels.
Ah well. I don\'t play anymore, so I don\'t really care. Heh.
I wanted to ask people who play in the EQOA beta right now... have you noticed ANY stairs in the game? I have yet to see a set of stairs... it\'s all steep ramps. It\'s like they think console gamers can\'t handle stairs or something :P