Demetri's Recent Activity
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Demetri liked Trox2010's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I would say AoC going to character and not account locks and No Trade becoming Heirloom as pretty major changes.=D
Apr 17, 2023 -
Demetri liked Zrender's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Why would it ever be too late after the server is released to tweak or change? It's advertised as an EXPERIMENTAL server. I think the...
Apr 15, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
What about the new server announcement would suggest that they would be thinking about permanently locking the corpse to prevent others...
Apr 15, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
What I am saying is stop putting words in my mouth. Your hostility is misplaced.
Apr 15, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Ahh, okay, I think that's where the disconnect is. You're focused on pickzones and AoC's, and ignored everything else while jumping...
Apr 15, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You do realize the forums have "reset" since then, right? You're asking for evidence that would involve dredging Wayback Machine and...
Apr 15, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Other case I can think of is lag can APPEAR that way. Be it server side or personal. As a puller in XP I always dread when I see...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Maybe back in the day with mobs that required Magic weapons to hit is what you're thinking of? Don't recall that specific interaction,...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Larsen's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
That's simply incorrect, unless there are some weird fringe cases where normal game mechanics don't apply. Under any ordinary...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
That's bluntly wrong. Literally playing right now in a raid, and just had a L1 alt on a box machine swing at rats until he started off...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Interesting, when I'd seen it used it was by taunt classes. And mind you, on the topic of clerics pulling though, the ones doing AE...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Which they may already be, no one knows yet since they've only given the vague statement.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Well first hand I know there's a distance check attached to taunt now, because one of my old favorite tricks for pulling Velks was to...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You seem to understand some basic concepts of polling but not others. Take a statistics course and learn about "push-polling" online...
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Demetri liked Triconx's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You realize swing aggro is the same whether or not you hit the mob? It's easily proven by just...tanking Emp Ssra without a bane wep....
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Don't misses still agro the mobs?
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Misses still aggro, have you even played EQ?
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Because so many of the assumptions on how the system will work is being based on the thought that who ever can hit it with agro first...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I am just stating that we don't know what they mean by engaging a mob and it could easily be something besides getting agro.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
And this is a new mechanic that is being added to the game, there is no reason to assume that it has to be based only on agroing the...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
For how Guides, like myself (in the past, not been one for a long time now) were used to the term being used, no, Engage meant a serious...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Bobbybick's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I'm looking forward to trying out the FTE ruleset, some of the bonuses also look kinda neat. I think there will certainly be wrinkles to...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
It is concerns like this which might have the system designed on locking encounters on something besides agro alone.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I don't use such things and never have, but it's been my understanding that far taunt nonsense hasn't worked in multiple years.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The point is that Aggro alone isn't the ONLY thing, yes, aggro needs to be part of it - that does not mean that Aggro is it alone....
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Captain Video's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The Mischief 2.0 crowd doesn't need to be placated, they need to get a clue. They aren't nearly as large a % of the EQ player base as...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I mean there's 5 guilds now looking for people and we're more than a month out, so clearly plenty of people plan on playing it. You...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Rijacki's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Just because you don't like something doesn't prove anything one way or another either or even that the "vast majority" agree with you....
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
And we wonder why conspiracy theories find such lengthy lives online where people like him can validate/invalidate any random data...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
What are you basing that on? The only data we have of any relevance was a reddit poll that showed only 20% outright hated the idea....
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Demetri liked Ruhi's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
almost all of the negative feedback i've seen has been based around ambiguous scenarios. FTE hasn't been explained in detail - most of...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Trident's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Please guys just let them buy enough time to give us more details. Then at that point when it does come down any further feedback that will...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
This isn't designed to see how popular the idea is rather if it will work and what issues it has that need to be addressed.
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Demetri liked Fhiele's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I don't think the server sounds bad. I'm not sure I'll play, I'm a little worn out from Mischief and then Yelinak. I could skip one....
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
By what metrics? We don't have much information about the full rules of the server or why they decided to attempt these rules. Once...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Koniku's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Removing trains also removes all tickets relating to trains, which is alot of them. You aren't going to forum warrior the devs out of...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Servers_are_Down's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The biggest irony about this post is that it could be stated to support why there should be FTE implemented. You could easily say...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Servers_are_Down's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Nearly every single TLP ever announced hasn't made it past forums. Forums is for people who aren't satisfied with whatever outcome...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
It hasn't even been a week since the announcement and the server is still over a month away. They are likely taking their time to make...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
That is what people are assuming but they can use other metrics for locking such as taking damage similar to mobs going into summon...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
FALSE - other metrics exist like the 98% and 100% checks for summon and call of the zero.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
We don't have all the details about the new FTE rules and we should wait for those before making a final decision.
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
That isn't a fair judgement to make when it hasn't even been a week since the announcement and we don't have all the details. If you...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked MagicOrcen's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
They have been changing stuff that has been part of the game forever for the last 25 years. Are people just noticing this with FTE?
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked code-zero's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Again, "If I can't train I'm not gonna play" is not the flex that you think it is and all the fantasies about "griefing" aren't selling it...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Zansobar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
"Additionally, this server will be our first attempt at encounter locking. In short, once an NPC is engaged, it will be locked to that...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
And you will come back to a suspended account if not an outright ban. Just because they are adding a new system doesn't mean that they...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Ruhi's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
i dont see how they folks will have less. fte gives power to 1 character that's not an sk. your post already shows you win with HT...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Cheaper prices on items would only be true if the server also had increased loot otherwise it will lead to higher prices as more people...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Keilbasa's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I'll be moving from Yelinak to the new server. FTE really has no real issues with how I plan to play the game... Everyone's worries...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked MasterMagnus's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Ignore-ance is bliss. The joy button is close at hand...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Zrender's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Since most of what you're saying is just conspiracy theory that makes little or no objective sense, I'm just going to reply to this...
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Demetri liked UltrawideGameGuy's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
They seem to be trying to grow out of the stagnant tlp cycle with things like updating the back end and the ui and experimental features,...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Obliteration's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You clearly have never played a game with encounter lock as neither of your examples make any sense whatsoever. Currently if you camp...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
No it really doesn't these camps are toxic because they're bottlenecks. The only thing that changes is now single players have a fair...
Apr 13, 2023 -
Demetri liked Tyranthraxus's post in the thread Encounter locking - lets talk about it..
Healing out of group will also have to be removed, or it becomes massively exploitable and or broken. Being unable to assist others...
Apr 12, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Encounter locking - lets talk about it..
We don't even know how they plan on implementing it, but there's nothing really stopping someone from doing that right now. If a...
Apr 12, 2023 -
Demetri liked Trident's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I've witnessed it happen plenty of times. Like anything with their cs department it depends which woebot ends up picking up your ticket.
Apr 8, 2023 -
Demetri liked Beimeith's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
EQ1 has had linked mobs for many, many years. It just isn't used very often.
Apr 8, 2023 -
Demetri liked Waring_McMarrin's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You didn't read what I said about it being unlikely that they would want to make another random loot server that would take players...
Apr 8, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Just went there with my merc, I held aggro with one (Ranger isn't really AE taunt friendly), and the rest jumped on my merc when they...
Apr 8, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You talking the CC in Destiny of Velious or whatever it was called? Because no, those absolutely didn't have linked aggro like EQ2,...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I am not bowing to anyone, I am just playing the game and enjoying myself. You want to deprive them of your wallet juice, you go...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Obliteration's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Yelinak is literally a traditional EverQuest TLP, this is EverQuest right? I haven't been confused and come onto a forum for a...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Linked mobs in EQ1 work nothing like EQ2, it's clearly not the same code, lol. Frankly, I wish they did, I love pulling 4+ mobs at a...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The only thing that players wouldn't be here whining and crying about is if they were given exactly what they asked for, and the...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Not that I'm aware of - but I wasn't part of his guild so really didn't pay him exceptional amounts of mind. (We did banter rarely...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
While I'm sure it WILL reduce CS load if successful, I've got to imagine recoding such fundamental parts of EQ code is hardly as trivial...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Honestly, I'd take his tone from here as him actually being an advocate for it, but I don't want to put words in his mouth....
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Using the lowest part of the spread assuming everyone three-boxed, when I can quote for the guild's I've been part of over here...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Well the quote I had responded to there and QUOTED was that "no guild leader or raid leader would be cool with this"... So obviously...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Oh they're all me, I live in a mainframe building and they're all my boxes. I do so love this modern age where everything is what...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
One of the people on the "wait and see" side of the equation in this thread led a top guild from cradle to grave of a previous TLP,...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
And we live in a day and age where internet culture (like the forums are) are profoundly hyperbolic and make wild, random predictions...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
This is why nobody should take you seriously. None of those servers were flops they all made DPG a lot of money and had 1000s of...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
It really doesn't - just some vague concepts.
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You forgot the caveat of *Assuming it works exactly like we presume sight unseen with just the general title of the concept known.
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Ayar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
haha, stupid me reading the new rule set and thinking it sounds awesome only to come to the forum and see everyone crying (just like every...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
And you are calling others deluded? lol
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Why be disparaging to players who look forward to playing the game?
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Yelinak is the second most popular TLP ATM only slightly behind Mischief and gets 1000s of players nightly. You're delusional.
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Weird, playing there right now and we're still hitting 3-4 General chats with relative frequency... so in the 1200+ range of players...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The first 10-15 pages are before the server announcement. 25 pages of the rest are people pointing out boxer gaslighting. Another 10...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
FYI - for a point of reference for anyone who doesn't know (which is likely many of you) - Magician9001 and I were both relatively big...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
No i base what's popular off how many people end up playing on the server and how many people in the past played on similar servers. The...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The part I like the most is only 23% want a mischief clone.
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I find it rather amusing that you accuse me of trying to spin it, when that's exactly what you are doing by trying to combine neutral...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Vindar's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Well according to a recent poll on Reddit, most are either neutral or willing to try it out. The ones who think it's horrible make up...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Congrats my dude you're 1 dude of 10k that's complaining. Combined with the rest of the forums you're like 1% complaining. 99% of the...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
These changes have very little impact positive or negative when it comes to griefing. Most of the Phinny Clone rerollers hate large...
Apr 7, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Abjectly incorrect in my experience. Had to actually reform a raid due to someone breaking from it before finishing his loot on a...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Assuming every single method works exactly like you THINK it does. As I said elsewhere, there is a FTE type mechanic being...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
My assumption is that FTE will use the * system like exists for current locked mobs. For those you must already be in the group...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Arclyte's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
server will be fine and fun your giant sweeping assertions make no sense btw, why would a casual player not want more exp / rare...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
The forums are notoriously wrong about everything. Only a few hundred people post on the forums and 10s of thousands play on TLPs early...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Was thinking individual scale - I remember a giant blow up over DSK aug farming KSing...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
I can definitely point out parts of every expansion on Yelinak right now that it would benefit. I can also recall cases of drama on...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Also MotM was similar. But yes, in today's online climate of overblown hyperbole, it's basically the same as the equivalent back...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Magician9001's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Cool go cry in a corner and play on one of the other 30 servers without FTE. What takes priority is what creates the healthiest server....
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Aiona's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
There's no more joy in EQ because everyone throws krono at everything and does nothing for themselves. You don't earn anything playing...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
They were widely condemned early on. I remember, as I was one of the two people speaking vocally on them being an improvement, while...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Zrender's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
You're joking, right? There were piles of people that were against both /pick and aocs. To this day there is a huge faction of EQ...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked LoLitsNeal's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Crabman and Tyrant has literally posted like 20 times today on their dislike of the server rule. Please stop cluttering feedback. You are...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Pickzones won't work.... and then they worked... AoCs aren't something people in EQ wanted... and now they're invaluable and loved... Now...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri liked Servers_are_Down's post in the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
100% in support of Oakwynd, finally power to the casual gamers! - About time FTE was introduced into EQ. Albeit, it will probably come...
Apr 6, 2023 -
Demetri replied to the thread Oakwynd Feedback.
Note --- this is not me! I legitimately had to think a second if I posted this, lol.
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