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Originally Posted by Noah EQ2  Signed
- For real though, yes the expansions basically trumps all prior to it. Generally the expansions that add "another tier" - basically 10 levels - make a large portion of the raiding population rather upset. Nothing like busting ass for 6-10 months gearing up only to see a metal chest on a "group" mob drop 8 levels higher and you start to drool / and cry because of the dkp you wasted/or whatever. Very few games seem to have good progression from expansion to expansion anymore. EQ1 seemed to have decent progression/gearing up - but once again - EQ1 was perfect and all bad things in that game never happened. |
This is pretty much what made me quit "hardcore raiding" in Xanadu. We busted our asses gearing up and making a significant equipment / progression gap between the #2 on the server and when the new expansion with 10 levels rolled out, all of our gear was virtually trivial. Noah is right about EQ1 though, in most cases you couldnt essentially "skip" an expansion. You would have to get some basic gear for resists / manaregen before having a realistic shot at new expansion content. EQ2... nope... you can take your Treasured armored character and come out on par with single group content relatively quickly.
It's just a kick in the face to the people who have spent so much time gearing up. It trivializes the accomplishments in a huge way.