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Barraind replied to the thread [Request] Apparitional raid drops (NoS).

Its significantly worse at the group level, where you only want a couple specific ones. I cant give non-vis or weapons away at this...

Barraind replied to the thread Current Faction List.

Take that with a grain of salt. "There's still hundreds of quests nobody ever found", after all.

Barraind replied to the thread Has there been a dev response yet....

Holy crap, yeah, $15.50 for a QA analyst in San Diego (and a temp position at that)? That is less than half the salary of that job...

Barraind replied to the thread Has there been a dev response yet....

This is, sadly, just standard now. I can get a response from my cable company in under 2 minutes on Twitter. I cant even get...

Barraind replied to the thread Well, they are doing something :).

probably fixing the display issues they mentioned in discord

Barraind replied to the thread Tradeskill Achievements.

While some of those would be neat I'm not actually sure what benefit most would have. Right now, at the point you can hit 350, the...

Barraind replied to the thread Tradeskills and pottery inquiry.

I was playing with your parser last night. It told me I needed to scribe a few books I already had the scribed notification for....

Barraind replied to the thread Tradeskills and pottery inquiry.

I have issues with that site where all it gives me when trying to upload files is site not available or returned no data errors. I...

Barraind liked Lynada's post in the thread Test Update 5/9/2023 - Patch Notes and Discussions.

Unplayable even in the newbie yard. I hope this version of FTE doesn't get pushed to any other server, I hope people speak up about this...

Barraind liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread NOS Visible Armor.

Under Siege for the visibles. Door for the non-vis. Mean Streets for the augs. Spirit Fades for the weapons/shields. Arly in PD is...

Barraind liked Beimeith's post in the thread I asked AI who is the best EverQuest player in history.

IBM, 1979: [IMG]

Barraind replied to the thread Next expansion ores should be.....

Bridge drops only visible pieces (somewhere between 1 in 2 and 1 in 3 chests). Door drops only non-vis pieces. I had a 100%...

Barraind liked I_Love_My_Bandwidth's post in the thread TLC Blocks level 120's.

TLC should not apply to ornaments. Ever.

Barraind liked Skuz's post in the thread The F2P experience is horrible..

On which version of Earth is this true?

Barraind liked Fenthen's post in the thread The F2P experience is horrible..

Tier 1 raid loot used to be non-prestige. The only difference in raiding as FTP was that some augs were inactive (but many still...

Barraind liked Fanra's post in the thread Aug Gear Compare.

What I do is go to raidloot.com. Create an account there. Upload your /outputfile inventory file there. Then you can view and compare all...

Barraind replied to the thread The F2P experience is horrible..

"True" F2P maybe, but once you get to the point you've purchased expansions, its not, at all. Compare what EQ is like after...

Barraind replied to the thread Test patch notes 'coming soon'...

Oh, its something alright.

Barraind replied to the thread Didn't think the heritage crate change through did you?.

Legally, gambling requires 3 elements: Consideration (a wager) Risk (an element of chance) A prize (something you can win) Most...

Barraind liked Tucoh's post in the thread TLC Blocks level 120's.

Trivial loot code is pretty silly, but if my gear was all recommended level instead required level and there was a bonus to doing it I...

Barraind liked Yinla's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Which is why I don't understand the thought behind Legecy Chars. Those who need faster exp won't be getting it.

Barraind liked Riou's post in the thread ui change delayed ?.

It needs to be delayed on Test until they complete the whole thing tbh In its current state it would have made Live unplayable

Barraind liked Skuz's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

I will happily vote in favour of anti-PL methods once a genuine catch-up method is available - such as side-kicking. Until then anti-PL...

Barraind liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

The game should be designed to help new players catch up to the existing player base and not require help from higher level players in...

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Some people like to do the content they're paying to do with their friends. Its why FF14 had to re-design their leveling process...

Barraind liked Cloud the Third's post in the thread Type 3 Aug.

Does anyone else have issues with these being lore? I am a bard so we have 4 of these that increase dot timer but they are lore and I have...

Barraind liked I_Love_My_Bandwidth's post in the thread Next expansion ores should be.....

Slot-specific ore is dumb, dumb, dumb, dumb. One of the dumbest ideas since the HA scaling hack job back in ... RoS? Ugh. Make...

Barraind replied to the thread Please remove vendor sellback for Apparitional Cloak Fastener.

Who needs a NoS cloak?

Barraind liked Tappin's post in the thread Encounter locking - coming to live?.

No, because it will eventually be on live. It needs to be deleted period.

Barraind liked Tappin's post in the thread Encounter locking - coming to live?.

We don't need an explanation or really care about what server it's intended for. We need this 'hakai' from existence.

Barraind replied to the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

I rolled my iksar shaman on my main account (because i had like 3 40slot bags and some xp pots i could pass it to make it faster),...

Barraind liked Trident's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

Except it won't be 50-50 for Johnny Casual. It actually will not even be remotely close to that.

Barraind liked Trident's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

Why do you think this will stop griefing? All this does is make the level of entry to grief that much lower. Also, LOL at this being...

Barraind liked Aerodru's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

Having a random loot/free trade server, even if it's FTE, would make this a tad more bearable. As it stands, the FTE component that's...

Barraind liked YouDaGoob's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

Move that goalpost. You're not wrong, everyone else is

Barraind replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

I legit have no idea how anyone could see that over the mass of 60+ people using autoclickers on top of that spawn for entire...

Barraind liked FranktheBank's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.

We finally found the idea that is worse than pvp tlp. Honestly, after the first part, I skimmed the rest because it's staggering that...

Barraind replied to the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

This timeline is slightly off, as you could get account transfers done in 2017 during Kunark on Agnarr. It was not long after that...

Barraind liked FranktheBank's post in the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

By that, you mean the person who knew how to do them left.

Barraind liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Cloak of Selenelion - difficulty levels.

It's almost like the devs completely forget what they did in a previous expansion and have to start from scratch every time. They have...

Barraind liked Strife's post in the thread Encounter locking - coming to live?.

Your faith in this...is kinda disturbing tbh. I would remotely agree if the devs had a history of putting in changes that didn't...

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Why release same-level content thats supplementary in nature when you can spend 4 months in Time and 5+ months in Anguish....

Barraind liked Baulkin's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Actually WoW got rid of encounter locking as it wasn't a good feature.

Barraind liked coltongrundy's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Was this a late April Fool's joke???

Barraind liked Twizle's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

FTE is a feature that will be on Live and all future tlps, if we dont say something now our voice will be silenced

Barraind liked Yinla's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

or the other TLPs :)

Barraind liked Windance's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Please do not bring First to Engage mechanics to live servers.

Barraind liked Master Kahleem's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Wrong Knowing a Semi-Truck is hurling towards a toddler in a small plastic tonka-truck isn't a "knee jerk reaction". We KNOW that FTE...

Barraind liked Trident's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Get that cope checked out.

Barraind liked BigBlahformebro's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

I just figured it out! Oakwynd is a late April fools joke, and any day now they're going to post that they were just kidding, and we will...

Barraind liked taliefer's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

giving players the power to suspend other players is a bad idea. to put it mildly.

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Having been in a guild on a non-PvP sever that solved multiple raid mob disputes by killing the leader of the other guild and...

Barraind liked SirGaynar's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Non-Abusable encounter locking has been apart of World of Warcraft for 20 years, there is NOTHING new or experimental about it.

Barraind liked Azuro's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

This is where the devs say April fools and give us the real tlp rules please

Barraind liked Loscropos's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Like many of you here, I am so disappointed. The last two TLP's were bad but this is so so much worse. How they thought FTE was going to be...

Barraind liked Kunfo's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

I'm not a fan of AoE PLing, never used it, it only ever annoyed me when I was trying to group in Velks having everything stolen by a bard...

Barraind liked Atabishii's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

The servers were just announced. It's possible people are still waiting to get more clarifications or to see if any changes are made,...

Barraind liked Soldrin's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Exactly. A ruleset is pointless if it doesn't drive the consumer base, and this rule set alienates the majority

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Something that also needs to be asked is why? oh gods, why? I thought we learned the lesson of pacing same-level content better...

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

Test is like 95 : 5 :: Seeing if the server dies when things get changed : actual testing. Test has roughly a week between getting...

Barraind liked Aerodru's post in the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

This proposed ruleset seems so out of touch with the playerbase. Who is asking for these changes? Who really wants FTE rules? The potential...

Barraind replied to the thread EverQuest Producer’s Letter April 2023.

The ruleset for this server seems to be a solution trying to find a problem, while not realizing its almost certainly going to cause a...

Barraind replied to the thread Encounter locking - coming to live?.

"We're going to be trying new things" Oh, you're going to go the newMMO route and give everyone who engages mobs a share of the...

Barraind replied to the thread 24th anniversary AUGS are terrible.

Rallos Ear is still BiS. TBL gear is still on par with current raid gear for some classes. 0.2% of your HME and a 7/8 isnt better...

Barraind liked Marton's post in the thread 24th anniversary AUGS are terrible.

Augs are good. Personally I'm not a fan of limiting this kind of content to several weeks/Anniversary only.

Barraind liked Syylke_EMarr's post in the thread Next expansion ores should be.....

Yeah that's what I tried to say but you said it much more succinctly than I did :D

Barraind liked Beimeith's post in the thread EQ2 Instates Community Voting on Class Balance.

Step 1: Define Class Balance.

Barraind replied to the thread Next expansion ores should be.....

You dont like playing the "is this rare drop one of the specific shared-table rare drops I care about" game every time you kill a...

Barraind liked Act of Valor's post in the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

not this nonsense again

Barraind liked MustardonWatermelon's post in the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

There is no point to temporary player made items. Mod rods, lifeshards, mage summoned armor/weapons, summoned food/drink and other items...

Barraind replied to the thread Do you enjoy playing Overseer each day?.

Seems pretty simple. They dont find it fun, they dont find it unfun, but they find it essentially mandatory for xp + collectables....

Barraind liked Qimble's post in the thread 1Hr Unity quest request timer is ... PITA.

The rewards were fine for the time (taking into account the low spawn/drop rate when chasing a specific aug) before they changed...

Barraind liked Windance's post in the thread 1Hr Unity quest request timer is ... PITA.

I would like to humbly suggest that the dev's consider changing the mission. The core issue is having the augs placed on a rare mini...

Barraind replied to the thread Zero Apparitionals...

Who wouldnt love playing "how f'd are we", when the alternative is just never being f'd over to begin with? Getting a boat is great, but...

Barraind liked Razorfall's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...

I am still trying to figure out what problem we're thinking we're solving here. Loot was perfect in EoK. Ya did a raid, you got gear,...

Barraind liked Thren's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...

This whole loot system, with named that " can" but usually dont, drop what you want/need is an attempt to force players into keeping their...

Barraind liked Abbydog's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...

Now, I take the exact opposite view. The only way I am ok with alts getting anything from a raid is if that item has absolutely zero...

Barraind liked Marton's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...

Bad loot system doesn't make raids more difficult. It makes then annoying, but not hard.

Barraind liked Koshk's post in the thread How much input did players have in charting the 2023 Roadmap?.

I think we're asking the wrong questions. Personally, I don't believe it's a question of whether "Devs" are listening to the players, or...

Barraind replied to the thread How much input did players have in charting the 2023 Roadmap?.

I feel like, in this era of ease of communication especially, getting the most basic information about what the studio plans to do in...

Barraind liked Golgothird's post in the thread Alchemy potion restrictions changes.

The statement you are making here is that these potions reduce the entire game to auto-attack and AFK. Are you for real? Are you just...

Barraind replied to the thread EQ wiki page.

If the people at Zam were ever compensated or loosely affiliated, I imagine that stopped in 2006 when IGE evolved into what it did and...

Barraind replied to the thread EQ wiki page.

Of the ones you link, only GW2's is official, and the game was built specifically with wiki integration in mind after the popularity...

Barraind replied to the thread The Holy Trinity.

Thats the "Games dont make us know how our toolboxes work anymore" trinity. The 'Holy' trinity is Tank, Healer, Crowd Control. Your...

Barraind replied to the thread Zero Apparitionals...

Ore should just have been a way to combine with a mold to make the equivalent raid-dropped item, to not need to continue the...

Barraind liked KushallaFV's post in the thread Zero Apparitionals...

No, the argument against T1 gear is why it even exists in the first place. Why do raids need two tiers of gear? It’s the same...

Barraind liked Syylke_EMarr's post in the thread NOS tanking difficulty - no slow mitigation.

Honestly, I see no reason for trash (group content) mobs to mitigate slow at all. Group nameds, sure. Raid trash, and especially raid...

Barraind replied to the thread What is your controversial EQ hot take?.

Hot takes and shower thoughts are not the same thing. Thats both my hot take and a response.

Barraind liked alanus's post in the thread Firefall type 7 augs.

I've killed over 100 tier 1 named now and haven't seen it. There's tedious and then there's "you need to take a month off of work to...

Barraind posted a new thread.

Test - AA's reset on zoning out of Guild Hall (Standard)

Category: Character [Cannot reproduce] Date/Time: Sun Jan 15 17:30:00 2023 (Central time - approx.) Server: Test Character: Barraind...

Forum: Bug Reports

Barraind liked Wayylon's post in the thread Suggestions.

I would love if they got rid of augmentation distillers entirely and just added the same corresponding Plat cost to removing the Aug.

Barraind liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Otherworldly Focus of Fortitude and Otherworldly Focus of Heroism.

At least when you did tons of LDoN's, you knew you were getting points so that you could eventually buy the things you wanted. This...

Barraind liked Fenthen's post in the thread Otherworldly Focus of Fortitude and Otherworldly Focus of Heroism.

It's really really broken. You get 1 "group ore" every 5-8 mission chests, and every 10-20 named mobs. And it's random, so you'll...

Barraind replied to the thread Pantheon.

They are already pivoting away from the early vision. In another 5 years if it actually gets to a workable beta state, it wont be...

Barraind liked I_Love_My_Bandwidth's post in the thread Pantheon.

Cohh's coverage of PRotF is pretty rosy. But for a game that's been in development for nearly a decade - gotta say I'm underwhelmed by what...

Barraind liked Smokezz's post in the thread Pantheon.

Rebuild it? So you mean to say it's probably still another 3-4 years away.

Barraind liked Warpeace's post in the thread Suggestion: Make Overseer Collection Rewards Heirloom.

Just make them tradable.

Barraind liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Suggestion: Make Overseer Collection Rewards Heirloom.

No, what they need to do is remove this attuned/unattuned BS they added to collectibles and go back to the way they used to be....

Barraind liked Sancus's post in the thread Test Update 11/22/2022 - Patch Notes and Discussions.

These notes don't do a great job of explaining what's really happening with these AA, and it seems to be creating a lot of confusion....

Barraind replied to the thread Otherworldly etc too rare?.

My main suggestion for the last couple years was "please revamp the way tradeskills work, re: containercraft", and I'm just so very...

Barraind liked Velisaris_MS's post in the thread Otherworldly etc too rare?.

They had that...the universal ores. This is a change no one asked for and no one wants.