Post by niusto on May 18, 2015 5:24:58 GMT -5
In light of Pryme's post to the server and specifically the realization that most feedback tends to be biased towards negative because of the fact that if your happy with everything you probably don't feel the need to be heard I've decided to give my positive feedback just so the dev's can have more encouragement about how amazing they are at making this server the best on eq emu. Just as all feedback posts this is just my opinion and many others may differ on various things.
Forced Progression : I LOOOOOVE that you have to do some form of progression through the general story line of through GoD. When i played on live i never did the entire planes of power progression. I played on FV and i could buy my elemental keys, so i didn't need to do every single little plane before. This gave me the ability to experience planar progression in its entirety and that makes me so happy. The same goes for GoD, i had joined my eventual raiding guild when they were already in qvic, and i just got 85'ed in without the key and ended up doing the back flag. This gave me a place to experience GoD progression from start to finish and you know what? i love it. I think GoD was an amazing expansion now, and i really have insane respect for the original developers because of this. Thank you for helping me play through GoD . I know i would LOOOOOVE OOW progression as well as many other people, that is one of my other favorite expansions but its 100000% understandable why you guys went with the custom route, i read the post about how much work is left to be done on OOW for it to be working and i completely get it, its just a shame but oh well, you guys seem to really know where you want to take everything.
Massive Spell damage and Heal MoD : This was the first and initial thing people realize on this server imo. All it takes is that first artifact to drop at like lvl 12 and you are like. wait WHAT?!? this is so sickk... ect ect, it pulls you in. Then you realize as you mature on the server just how bad ass it is to have dots that normally tick for like 55 damage hitting for up to 16k on good ticks with 15k spell dmg, and even higher with more spell damage, and that is so fricken awesome.
Clickies : It is so cool that there are so many clickies that are usable by all classes, and the lower cast time on those clickies makes them so much more usable. The fact that my paladin has 5 dots in CLICKIES alone on top of all my weapon proced dots is fricken bad ass to me. There is nothing i adore more in everquest then hunting down clickies. I am a god damn clickie whore and i want all the clicks. If they are usable in combat what so ever i want that click in my bags ( THANK YOU ROF2 CLIENT, I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU ) and this server FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDS that to me, and i eat it up with a god damn shovel.
Treasure Goblins : Someone could say, how unoriginal, you just copied Diablo 3...blah blah blah... fuzzy rainbow kitten em, this is pure gold. Im not 100 percent sure what coding is like but thank you for coding this. It is really fun and brings some form of surprise dynamic to trash slaughter not to mention more RNG love.
Custom Charm : This one is simple in the fact that its a charm that when you get to a new teir you are rewarded, but it is just one of those things just makes you so damn happy when you upgrade it. Not to mention ALL DEM AUG SLOTS!! Plus RC 3 click just makes me so happy.
Progression Method : In my opinion using keys for progression where flags are not involved and having those keys drop of a ghost mob is gloriously smart. Instead of requiring the key from a task, you allow people to just have to loot a key. This sets up a few things. It allows for fast tracking an ult and when people are killing bosses for loot but dont need keys someone else can still stroll up and find the keys on the corpse and still move on without wasting their time waiting for 30 minute or 2 hour pops again. Really simple but so clever and just allows everything to flow a bit more smooth.
Custom Effects : Effects like allowing tanks to have rampage for 2 minutes, or warn 1800 damage absorb, or increased flurry chance or double attack chance for dps, all of this kind of stuff is so awesome. This is what i really feel like will make this server the best of the best. This breaks up the expected from everquest and brings in a whole new feel and really makes the player feel like a god. Isn't that what we all want? to grind and grind and grind and in the end feel like ya, im a bad ass mother fucker now, whatcha gun do 'bout it son?
Ridiculously Active Staff : Just wow. You guys are churning out quality content at a really quick pace for a side project. While still finding a way to maintain your full time jobs and family life this is incredible. The key word here was QUALITY. I see the staff on the forums almost constantly, always reading every thread and responding when due very promptly. It is so amazing as a player to be able to voice your opinion or concern and have the developers jump on it and tell you it is as intended or fix it to their liking, but either way you know pretty quickly and its amazing. Gota love when you post about a spell being broken or just way to weak for this kind of server and watching as the next patch fixes that spell. I gota say you guys are premium.
Guild Lobby : Decided to put all of these together. The Guild lobby has features that i adore. The ability to turn plat into aa, even if it probably isnt advised, is still great for people who want to do it, options are always a plus, people love choices no matter what. The greedy goblin is one of my favorite things. I love AA merchants. I LOVE IT. Giving aa's something more to be spent on is exactly what eq needs, and you give us some really cool stuff to buy. The Time dude ( lol at work and dont remember his name right now >< ) instances are needed to some extent, but shouldnt be 100 percent across the board. By giving people the option to use an instance once a day for some key progression stuff and a few fluff zones ( thank god for mistmoore instance! ) I love the idea of having 1 day, if you want more go compete with the other people out there, interact with them, and share . And hardmode is smart and i really hope and look forward to more hardmore with perhaps unique rewards besides just plat, ( like super rare awesome stuff that only drops on hard mode ) The ability to change race and sex at a whim is also probably one of the most underlying but awesome thing for people who love being what they want how they want. Also the ornaments are gold, thank you for these things. Also thank you for allowing me to spend 5k for tradeskills, i hhaaaaate leveling up tradeskills, i absolutely hate it, and i would never do a god damn tradeskill quest ever if i had to actually level them up. Also Thanks for dailies, everyone loves dailies.
MQ 2 : I have never been more thankful for social hotkey buttons then this server, thanks for letting us lightly use this tool and for allowing us the warp within reason. This really allows people to play with their time instead of travel with their time.
I am at work currently and thats all i have time for right now ( was a slow morning but just kicked up ) but its a start. So much stuff is put into this server that makes it one of the best experiences on eq emu and it needed to be said. Thank you staff for all these wonderful features.
Forced Progression : I LOOOOOVE that you have to do some form of progression through the general story line of through GoD. When i played on live i never did the entire planes of power progression. I played on FV and i could buy my elemental keys, so i didn't need to do every single little plane before. This gave me the ability to experience planar progression in its entirety and that makes me so happy. The same goes for GoD, i had joined my eventual raiding guild when they were already in qvic, and i just got 85'ed in without the key and ended up doing the back flag. This gave me a place to experience GoD progression from start to finish and you know what? i love it. I think GoD was an amazing expansion now, and i really have insane respect for the original developers because of this. Thank you for helping me play through GoD . I know i would LOOOOOVE OOW progression as well as many other people, that is one of my other favorite expansions but its 100000% understandable why you guys went with the custom route, i read the post about how much work is left to be done on OOW for it to be working and i completely get it, its just a shame but oh well, you guys seem to really know where you want to take everything.
Massive Spell damage and Heal MoD : This was the first and initial thing people realize on this server imo. All it takes is that first artifact to drop at like lvl 12 and you are like. wait WHAT?!? this is so sickk... ect ect, it pulls you in. Then you realize as you mature on the server just how bad ass it is to have dots that normally tick for like 55 damage hitting for up to 16k on good ticks with 15k spell dmg, and even higher with more spell damage, and that is so fricken awesome.
Clickies : It is so cool that there are so many clickies that are usable by all classes, and the lower cast time on those clickies makes them so much more usable. The fact that my paladin has 5 dots in CLICKIES alone on top of all my weapon proced dots is fricken bad ass to me. There is nothing i adore more in everquest then hunting down clickies. I am a god damn clickie whore and i want all the clicks. If they are usable in combat what so ever i want that click in my bags ( THANK YOU ROF2 CLIENT, I DONT KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT YOU ) and this server FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDS that to me, and i eat it up with a god damn shovel.
Treasure Goblins : Someone could say, how unoriginal, you just copied Diablo 3...blah blah blah... fuzzy rainbow kitten em, this is pure gold. Im not 100 percent sure what coding is like but thank you for coding this. It is really fun and brings some form of surprise dynamic to trash slaughter not to mention more RNG love.
Custom Charm : This one is simple in the fact that its a charm that when you get to a new teir you are rewarded, but it is just one of those things just makes you so damn happy when you upgrade it. Not to mention ALL DEM AUG SLOTS!! Plus RC 3 click just makes me so happy.
Progression Method : In my opinion using keys for progression where flags are not involved and having those keys drop of a ghost mob is gloriously smart. Instead of requiring the key from a task, you allow people to just have to loot a key. This sets up a few things. It allows for fast tracking an ult and when people are killing bosses for loot but dont need keys someone else can still stroll up and find the keys on the corpse and still move on without wasting their time waiting for 30 minute or 2 hour pops again. Really simple but so clever and just allows everything to flow a bit more smooth.
Custom Effects : Effects like allowing tanks to have rampage for 2 minutes, or warn 1800 damage absorb, or increased flurry chance or double attack chance for dps, all of this kind of stuff is so awesome. This is what i really feel like will make this server the best of the best. This breaks up the expected from everquest and brings in a whole new feel and really makes the player feel like a god. Isn't that what we all want? to grind and grind and grind and in the end feel like ya, im a bad ass mother fucker now, whatcha gun do 'bout it son?
Ridiculously Active Staff : Just wow. You guys are churning out quality content at a really quick pace for a side project. While still finding a way to maintain your full time jobs and family life this is incredible. The key word here was QUALITY. I see the staff on the forums almost constantly, always reading every thread and responding when due very promptly. It is so amazing as a player to be able to voice your opinion or concern and have the developers jump on it and tell you it is as intended or fix it to their liking, but either way you know pretty quickly and its amazing. Gota love when you post about a spell being broken or just way to weak for this kind of server and watching as the next patch fixes that spell. I gota say you guys are premium.
Guild Lobby : Decided to put all of these together. The Guild lobby has features that i adore. The ability to turn plat into aa, even if it probably isnt advised, is still great for people who want to do it, options are always a plus, people love choices no matter what. The greedy goblin is one of my favorite things. I love AA merchants. I LOVE IT. Giving aa's something more to be spent on is exactly what eq needs, and you give us some really cool stuff to buy. The Time dude ( lol at work and dont remember his name right now >< ) instances are needed to some extent, but shouldnt be 100 percent across the board. By giving people the option to use an instance once a day for some key progression stuff and a few fluff zones ( thank god for mistmoore instance! ) I love the idea of having 1 day, if you want more go compete with the other people out there, interact with them, and share . And hardmode is smart and i really hope and look forward to more hardmore with perhaps unique rewards besides just plat, ( like super rare awesome stuff that only drops on hard mode ) The ability to change race and sex at a whim is also probably one of the most underlying but awesome thing for people who love being what they want how they want. Also the ornaments are gold, thank you for these things. Also thank you for allowing me to spend 5k for tradeskills, i hhaaaaate leveling up tradeskills, i absolutely hate it, and i would never do a god damn tradeskill quest ever if i had to actually level them up. Also Thanks for dailies, everyone loves dailies.
MQ 2 : I have never been more thankful for social hotkey buttons then this server, thanks for letting us lightly use this tool and for allowing us the warp within reason. This really allows people to play with their time instead of travel with their time.
I am at work currently and thats all i have time for right now ( was a slow morning but just kicked up ) but its a start. So much stuff is put into this server that makes it one of the best experiences on eq emu and it needed to be said. Thank you staff for all these wonderful features.