Positive Features of TDS.

Silv, they explained why they started with mounts. They actually created the idea and started implementing this for familiars but realized that mounts were a more natural first step. If they like how this turns out, they'll also look at fitting these for illusions and familiars.

10 slots, IMO, is going to fulfill the majority of players in game I believe and very few would need to spend if they want access to all their mounts.

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to Mills, I'd highly doubt they'd start that low on illusions.

Because the statement was false, therefor she implied the poster was clueless?


The only thing that this expansion did that was a plus was to show the masses that previous comments/promises made about future content were lies. Some already knew and now more know. I dont think Ive seen such low support for an expansion. Lots seem to refuse to purchase this expansion, some with hopes that something will come of their refusal, some waiting for more feedback that validates purchasing it, and some just disgusted by this sorry excuse of an expansion.

There seem to be glimmers of hope within these forums, atleast thats my perception. I myself will not be purchasing this expansion until I see the powers that be step up and admit their blatant disregard for the playerbase as a whole and the action to makeup for it. I seriously doubt they have any intent at keeping this game alive. They had plenty of time to deliver on their promises and they failed, big time.

There is an opportunity to turn it all around. We all know EverQuest cannot be duplicated. The success EverQuest saw in the past can return and return big, however without any real effort on the part of managment, EverQuest will continue to decline.

Theyve developed ways for more revenue other than just expansions/subscription fees. All they need to do is deliver the content to capitalize. Theyre not, and the only reason I can come up with that fits, is they have no intention on any future for EverQuest. They have no devotion to this community.

They spend more time listening to a few people with axes to grind instead of working towards an obtainable goal which should be EverQuest and returning it to its original glory. It would seem they have other goals, none of which include a rich and long future of this great game we've all come to love.

You don't have to purchase more slots. For each SC purchased mount that you put into the key-ring, you expand the limit by one. If you remove one (when over 10 slots), your key-ring reduces by 1. The Dev's didn't say what the limit was, but at SOE Live they indicated it would be in the 100's.

The fact that you are answering that as a question makes me think you aren't so sure.

Necromancers had two nerfs coming: their epic and the Twinge of Pain tribute effect. Both of those planned changes are not going live, so I fail to see how this makes Shang clueless.

THAT's what he meant, oh, well, it was hard for them to nerf necros when they stated up front that they liked where necro DPS was at.

All of their eggs are in the EQ Next basket. From what I've seen, which isn't much, none of it appeals to me. The art direction is terrible, the combat is the same failed combat that people are using now (emphasis on fast pace and movement, not strategical use of skills like EQ).

Really if they'd invested the "six figures" it would have taken to modernize EQ's engine they would have been far better off - even WITH EQN in the works.

A shame they haven't put a sliver of the money EQ makes them back in to the game.

In fact, EQ jumped the shark a while ago. Sad really.

Been busy lately with work. The new mount thing only works with SC purchased mounts ?

Please, do not try to debate the necromancer epic. Just because it isnt going live with TDS doesnt mean necromancers dodged it. Its very real and it will come. Fortunately theyre taking their time with it and rightfully so. Its not an easy fix because it was allowed to an integral part of the class for so long.

As far as ToP goes, really? Dont bother, Im sure "you know who" can tell you its not worth your trouble, atleast not right now. Give it some time then try again, you might get lucky (its happened in the past).

This is whats so mind boggling. They could have revitalized EQ while simultaneously attempting to create another game. EQ is a for sure money maker if they would just put the effort/resources into it. They can still invest into other things as a bonus.

Hearing the kudo's going out to the art team is part of what Im seeing as a glimmer of hope. But that alone isnt going to get the job done.

Look at all the posts concerning TDS. You see nothing that makes you want to spend $40.

Very little positive, very little.

The only reason the necro epic hasn't been nerfed is because they let Aristo handle it and he's too nice about big changes for some reason, let Chandrok take it and he'll nerf your epic, the 1.5 and probably the 1.0 just because he can. Also I doubt Elidroth knows you can hit a 100% crit rate for any length of time or he'd nerf it as well because he hates the number 100 when it's followed by a %.

Well, also the fix they tried didn't work, and they ran out of time. It's not like he didn't try....

It's just if they left the "fix" in, necro DPS would have went "through the roof", and by that I mean much more than what they intended the measly DPS increase to be for the expansion.

I find 10 mounts more than enough, I use 1 myself on my main char, because its the 1 I find best, and i got something like 20 LoN mounts, I use 1 on each of the others, and a lot of those I dont use, are on pasture, and I am not using those at all.
Those I got is from statue event in dsh, dragon thing from field of scale, hydras, drakes, and more, all those from expansions and such.

The 1 I use is the statue event in dsh, because its fast, and got levitate. Its the 1 I ensure to get on my chars, and the rest of the mounts .... going back to pasture, when i get the above mentioned on a char who need 1.

What shall I do with more mounts when I dont like them, hydra look, dragon look, they no different in effect, just another look, that I dont care about. I dont use them as a status symbol, and I feel sad for people who has actually spend money on getting latest version. As in 1-2 months its then out of date.


Personally if it had been me, I would have started with illusions, and made the limit to 10 too there. Why, 10 should be more than enough, because those 10 would come from in game items, And as with mount ring, when you buy 1 illusion from markedsplace, it would then increase. As with LoN, you get those for free, and as if you want to get that on illusion ring, you would have to pay, if you had used up your 10.
I think there would be better chance for profit there compared to mounts. Also, I would have put more illusions/mounts into TDS, because it would very likely have given result in more sale for Mount slots.

Mount ring a selling point? Seriously, does the average player actually haul around more than two, possibly three mounts? Once they adjusted the speed so that any mount one had matched the speed of the fastest mount one had, what would be the point of hauling around 10+ mounts?

Just wanted to point out this was in the patch notes on Beta almost a week or so ago.

In essence station cash mounts don't take up a slot. This should alleviate the problem a bit... not entirely though. Allllll dem LoN and claim mounts...

I use a floating mount and a non floating mount (hate floating during combat). My main is a paladin though so it's a non issue for me personally.

The limit is, I believe, 128.

I thought my post was clear when I said, "10 non-SC mounts", that the SC (Marketplace) mounts do not count toward the limit. So, yes, if you have 11 non-SC mounts and you want to have them all on the mount keyring, you would need to buy one slot.

If you have 10 non-SC mounts and 118 SC mounts, you can fit them all on the key ring for no extra charge.

To try to make it more clear, you get 10 free slots for non-SC mounts. In addition, you can fit all the SC (Marketplace) mounts you own as well. If you want more than 10 non-SC mounts, you have to buy extra slots.

Every caster can hit 100% crit rate for multiple minutes, the necro epic has nothing to do with this.

The reason he didn't nerf our epic had nothing to do with him being to nice. It had to do with the fact that they were working with false information, saying it was 40% of our dps, saying it grew in power every year when it remained flat and with the fact that they claimed to be happy with our dps as it is. And yet they were going to implement a method that only removed sustained but that then granted more burst and equal sustained which translates to more burst and higher sustained. IE the fix made no sense unless they wanted to boost necros which I don't think they even realized until it was pointed out 50 different times. The fix is simple but they don't want it to be but it is still TBD.

Yes, you do realize that the second the devs heard that anyone could achieve this that Elidroth stopped upgrading crit for melee and hybrids right? I don't think they really know what's going on.

Necros are at an 82% passive crit rate when TDS launches, right?

78 with epic 2.5