First of all I want to say i have enjoyed reading everyone's ideas. This community has a lot to offer. That being said I want to put in my 2CP about someone who is only flagged for T5. I have been playing EQ since it first came out and I have played it off and on throughout the years. I have seen the game go through many phases some good and some bad. I have also played alot of other MMO's that had better graphics,quest systems, crafting and raid experience. Out of all those games I have always come back to EQ and the reason why is this. EQ is the only game I felt that I actually had to work at it to earn something. It was never intended to be an instant gratification game. What I mean is I should not expect to log on and be max level and raiding within a couple months.
I remember when I first started playing it took me almost 2 years to make max level. I remember being in a group for 5 hours doing SolB and only making 20% xp. You were lucky if you got more than 1 name to spawn. Spending 20 hours camping one name for a quest update (Anyone remember Stormfeather in IC Ocean?). That was the way the game was. I spent maybe 20-30 hours a week on the game and I loved it. Sure there was frustating times and I always saw high tier characters running around and I used to OOH and AWW over the gear they would link in world chat. But at the end of the day they could do that becuase they put in the time to get there. I wasnt jealous or thought it should be easier for me to get there, it just encouraged me to keep plugging away. The problems with all the new MMO's that come out is that they are catering to the masses and making the games so much easier that they cant keep up with thier players. Look at SWTOR great quest and story line but it was so damn easy that after 1 month, I was raiding, and within 2 months I beat all the game content. Then I stood there wondering what am I going to do now.
That what I love about EZ, its the old EQ. You have to work really hard to get to the max tiers. Not everyone is going to be equal and get their at the same time. I am T5 flagged with 12 toons. I only have 2 UC's, and every toon's ROA is at 100 except my tank at 250. Everyone else in my guild is T8 - T9. They help me out every now and then but I dont expect them to. They worked hard to get to where they are and played alot longer on thier toons and they should be rewarded. I am all for T10 being a gut check. I will tell you that T5 is a gut check to me when I got in it. I had 1 group and realized very quickly that I needed 2 groups. I needed to work on my resists, UC's and augs. Now that I am back in there I can tell the difference. Let make T10 the same way and not appeal to the masses (minus the water and damn stationary mobs).
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