Hero Classes dead in the water

[Lost Ranger]

Originally Posted by Itzena

UO had necromancy 'on the drawing board' for, what four or five years before they finally added it in?

I'd expect siege engines (in a new BG) before hero classes, though.

Thing about UO was that Origin had Necromancy on the table, but if I remember correctly when it was added Origin no longer owned UO heh. I dont think Richard ever planned to add it himself.

As for WoW... Hero classes are something I was hoping for. I was expecting them to be WoW's "AA" system but I see thats not going to happen. Ill tell you though I am sick too death of the only way my character advances anymore is by getting the next boring ass "purple" item. It sickens me that the only reason to really grind/farm/group now is to gear up alts or farm repair money for your 1000000BWL raid.

[Froofy-D]

Originally Posted by Lost Ranger

I was expecting them to be WoW's "AA" system but I see thats not going to happen. Ill tell you though I am sick too death of the only way my character advances anymore is by getting the next boring ass "purple" item.

So what happens when you get max AA?

[Chaid]

Originally Posted by Froofy-D

So what happens when you get max AA?

The name above your head will appear in gold.

[Cybsled]

Any more info about this/timeframe?

It was an e3 article...may have been with Tigole, but in a nutshell they talked about changing the current dynamics of rank grinding which favor time over skill. I may be mistaken, but I think they talked about a more linear honor system that would encourage more people to PVP. As it is, alot of people don't bother because of massive rank decay or the near impossibility of obtaining high ranks.

[Samflam]

Originally Posted by Kluz

hate to know you here, but there's a reason why the "number of battles won" isn't rising particularly fast. The rewards are complete crap for the levels that the invasions were built for.

The invasion gave really good Argent Dawn rep, and there was some decent gear off of the temporary bosses. ( http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=53574 , BI2U DM Tribute).
If anything, the event ended too quickly.
It's also kind of fun to wear the entire undead slaying set and head into Strat;P