So often I hear: EQ is addictive. It's not any more addictive than watching daytime TV... Yes, you can get engrossed in it. Yes, it can be frustrating at times. But so are most things in life. If you don't like it, quit. There is NOTHING that stops you. I'm sorry, but I have NEVER seen anyone flamed for leaving EQ, and those who do, ignore them. If you are afraid to get flamed, just cancel your account, don't log on anymore and don't post on a messageboard, announcing your final goodbyes. It's not that hard, honest.
As for Sony only being in it for the money... Erm, yes? Wake up, smell the coffee. Trust me, if they didn't make money off EQ, it would not be up and running today. Do they care about the players? Yupp, to a certain extent. They are not going to make "ubermob X" a lot easier just because "Twink B" from "Unknown guild 4" wants to kill it. Tough. Some things require time and effort to do. As it should be. What would be the fun in my level 54 enchanter running up and killing Lord Inquisitor Seru with my pet? None. Agreed, there could be some tweaking here and there, but Verant have already acknowledged their mistakes in this, and are working on it.
Guides? Yes, there are few guides out there, and honestly I am glad I am no longer one. Why can't people just shape up and act a bit humane? God knows. You have any idea what it is like to listen to whingers who got trained by such and such... Yes, there are logs, but sadly, due to tampering in the past, they are no longer accepted and the/report command was introduced. Learn to use it. It's reather helpful, and in my guide time I got to issue quite a few warnings due to players using it, and a few bannings resulted. As for guides being impotent... pretty sure I wasn't. Guide are there to help, on a limited scale. I had one help me today with a Kill Steal issue. No, they can't re-imburse items, but they can help with issues like stuck characters, lost corpses, bugged mobs etc.
Verant also announced that their GM strategy had not been very good and that it was to be changed slightly. It has. Every sever now has a Server GM (Like in the olden days) on top of the roaming GM team. Also, they have lightened their grip on the "reimbursal" policy. If something goes wrong due to an in game bug, you are more likely to get it resolved. Yes, it takes time... guess what, you're not the only one on the server, and sometimes these things take *gasp* time. I watched a GM transfer an item from one character to another (accidental ninja looted) and it took nearly half an hour. And that was just one item. Imagine if you were looking at a backpack lost of items?
If Verant has ANY problems with their servers, rezzes are authorised to be done by the guides to players who died. A guide can't just rez out of the blue. I have to say, I haven't had any proper server crashes with roll backs in a long time... The servers are in that aspect pretty stable. Or I might just be lucky. *shurgs* I don't know.
I suggest you go visist: www.girlsgametoo.com and have a look at what that half elf is up to... she's *gasp* having FUN in EQ, and will only log on if she wants to. Oh, and she's level 24. She has some of the best equipment in the game, and never seen any "uber" mob zones... How? She is creative, smart and has fun in the game. Try it... if you can't do it, I suggest doing something else... Perhaps spend some time with your family, friends and others you might have neglected in your quest for uberness.
Level 54 Enchanter
3 years and counting in EQ
There is no rush...
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As for Sony only being in it for the money... Erm, yes? Wake up, smell the coffee. Trust me, if they didn't make money off EQ, it would not be up and running today. Do they care about the players? Yupp, to a certain extent. They are not going to make "ubermob X" a lot easier just because "Twink B" from "Unknown guild 4" wants to kill it. Tough. Some things require time and effort to do. As it should be. What would be the fun in my level 54 enchanter running up and killing Lord Inquisitor Seru with my pet? None. Agreed, there could be some tweaking here and there, but Verant have already acknowledged their mistakes in this, and are working on it.
Guides? Yes, there are few guides out there, and honestly I am glad I am no longer one. Why can't people just shape up and act a bit humane? God knows. You have any idea what it is like to listen to whingers who got trained by such and such... Yes, there are logs, but sadly, due to tampering in the past, they are no longer accepted and the /report command was introduced. Learn to use it. It's reather helpful, and in my guide time I got to issue quite a few warnings due to players using it, and a few bannings resulted. As for guides being impotent... pretty sure I wasn't. Guide are there to help, on a limited scale. I had one help me today with a Kill Steal issue. No, they can't re-imburse items, but they can help with issues like stuck characters, lost corpses, bugged mobs etc.
Verant also announced that their GM strategy had not been very good and that it was to be changed slightly. It has. Every sever now has a Server GM (Like in the olden days) on top of the roaming GM team. Also, they have lightened their grip on the "reimbursal" policy. If something goes wrong due to an in game bug, you are more likely to get it resolved. Yes, it takes time... guess what, you're not the only one on the server, and sometimes these things take *gasp* time. I watched a GM transfer an item from one character to another (accidental ninja looted) and it took nearly half an hour. And that was just one item. Imagine if you were looking at a backpack lost of items?
If Verant has ANY problems with their servers, rezzes are authorised to be done by the guides to players who died. A guide can't just rez out of the blue. I have to say, I haven't had any proper server crashes with roll backs in a long time... The servers are in that aspect pretty stable. Or I might just be lucky. *shurgs* I don't know.
I suggest you go visist: www.girlsgametoo.com and have a look at what that half elf is up to... she's *gasp* having FUN in EQ, and will only log on if she wants to. Oh, and she's level 24. She has some of the best equipment in the game, and never seen any "uber" mob zones... How? She is creative, smart and has fun in the game. Try it... if you can't do it, I suggest doing something else... Perhaps spend some time with your family, friends and others you might have neglected in your quest for uberness.
Level 54 Enchanter
3 years and counting in EQ
There is no rush...