The bait is getting more ghetto

[Soleris]

This is my first post and im sure its about to get shot down in a barrage of flames, but i honestly would like to know what motivates you guys to still play.

NO... this isnt one of those "you fags suck EQ sucks you are all losers but im more of a loser coming to an EQ website taking out my rage in an act of desperation" .. i just honestly am wondering what keeps most of you that still play... playing.

I mean i didnt start EQ when it started and i have lvled two different characters high end.. but to me the game has just reached a point where the bait has gone ghetto. No im not a loot whore.. but when a cloak of flames dropped i didnt care who got it.. it was awesome.. that poor bastard was upgrading a cloak of the ice bear, or when i first got my gebs i was like "holy shit my mana bar just moved.. alot " Do you all get excited when you replace the god like item that has basically maxed out your stats.. with a slightly more god like item that still maxes out your stats?

Or when FOH.. or whoever finally beats the final boss in plane of time.. what else will there be to do? equip yourselves with more equipment to beat him easier? Again this isnt to insult anyone in anyway i honestly have respect for those who still put in the time to have fun with friends online i am just wondering if anyone just feels like there just isnt anything unique about the loot now. When someone was in bronze.. there were no fucking stats for christs sake.. but you were just like wow.. that guy is cool as shit. Or a Yak that was nuts just the name was unlike other weapons.. Now its just inspect and see " burning sword of ass rapage" or " ice wand of icanmeleeandimagoddamngnomeenchanter"

Sorry if a question like this has been posted before too im too lazy to search and i have insomnia

Edit: i am the suck when it comes to the spellings

[Samus Aran]

Doesnt this stupid question get asked every day?

[Balek]

I am betting most FoH members are still at it to 'see shit dead'. Seems to me most of the gear FoH gets is more a means to an end. Furor got a crapload of elemental class armor first, not only because he leads them, but also because getting him properly equiped to take a beating from a god is necessary to continue to advance. I am however not FoH so don't take my word as theirs.

[Iannis]

The bait has pretty much been anemic for at least 2 expansions. So I disagree that it's 'getting' that way. What keeps these guys playing is pretty much the same thing that's kept them playing for the past year and a half... and there isn't any 'one' thing that that happens to be. More like a lotta little things and the offered 'bait' is only a _very_ little thing.

And the question gets asked at least twice a week . Not quite everyday, but close.

Seriously tho, think about the expansions. Kunark and SoV actually did manage to 'expand' the game by adding fresh and interesting content. Some will disagree obviously, but to me SoL and (judging from what I've read) PooP have done nothing but add a few of zones, a few levels (altho AA was a somewhat interesting way to raise the level cap it really wasn't very well done), and a LOT of twink mnk/bst weapons! --but the game itself has solidified. And has been for quite some time. Don't misinterpret. Not nessicarily the mechanics, but certianly the gameplay.

Which from a bidness standpoint, ironically, makes remarkably good sense. If it ain't broke then don't fix it. Wether it annoys you depends on what sort of gamer you tend to be. And sony's found an awful lot of people that it doesn't annoy

If EQ starts to hemmorage accounts I imagine you'll see the return of the creative and attractive 'bait'. But with SWG, EQ2, and at least _2_ more EQ1 expansions so near at hand, I seriously doubt even that.

All of that may sound redundant. But the question is redundant, no offence intended. If you're bored with EQ.. there really is a budding market of mmo's catering to different styles of gaming.

[userr0101]

die

[Uglar]

Two words...


Millie Cyber.

[Uber Uberest ~Rathe]

I play for the glory, THE GLORY PEOPLE.

[aakla]

All of us pre Kunark players have swore an oath that we would not quit everquest until we saw the bug in befallen, the on where the disease rats warp on you while you fight them, get fixed.

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serisously though Everquest isnt like other games that have a goal. what is AC2's ? save some lost king or build cities or something. everquest is an open ended game, you make of it what you will. here is the world, here is its history, have fun.

we have friends from back in 99 that we have played with everyday for the last 4 years.

we have have children together.

we have lost family members in 9/11 together

we have delt with suicides together.

we have been through divorces together.

we have hated and we have loved eachother.

we have had friends pulled out of their house, in foriegn coutries, and executed.


we are friends. Everquest is just the place we come to "Talk Story" and kill shit while we are here.

[Zasthak]

Content, and amusement. Its fun to play EQ, even if you've killed the stuff before - its a test of skill, to see if you -can- do it, and how well you can perfect it. Not always the bait that comes from killing monster, but the actual killing of the monster himself. From the sounds of it you fail to realize the meaning of "game" its all for fun my friend, and that is why most play

[Aspheris]

I think the key is Guild's and Friends, if you have neither then EQ will suck really bad and really fast. Reguardless of the flames and stuff even if your guild is just getting to TOV it is fun and if you relax and just play there is ton's of fun to be had.

I know my guild will not be a FOH or anywhere near it but it's ok, I like reading about FOH and Afterlife as long as the don't put down those that are just trying to play but are not as good or devoted or whatever.

I know having RL friends and In-game friends makes the difference for me, Granted i needed to be in a raid guild because i need to see some progression but it doesnt have to be the fastest progression.

I like to joke with my guild and friends and that allows me to put up with Bugs and camps and KS's. Also im 26 and have been playing games from age 10 so i played Atari 2600 and up and after a while you get tired of some games.

EQ is a game that is always there for you when you want to play and people like that and it's cheap and fun. You can be any race, religon, sex and play you don't need much money and that's they key.

SOE knew what they had after the saw people logged in 24/7 and knew they had to keep it that way this is why we are getting LOY because people cried about POP being to hard so now they give 35 to 60 area's for them that most of us won't go into except for a quick explore.

Also it's a good topic for work, school or home, The whole loser thing is so old, I went to clubs and talked about smoking and my car and girls and now i go to a restarant and talk about EQ my car and my girl.

The key is to find what you like in EQ and go for that and if that doesnt work then quit because this is a game afterall.

[Snagglepuss]

why the fuck do you care why they play eq? quit nuthanging and do something with your life.

[Drutt]

It´s easier to motivate nowdays. SoE knows how to throw out a new carrot, it´s called expansion. When the two gods and the two dragons were slain in old EQ the game was finished, long before even the rumors about Kunark came, everything was dead. Only difference now is, we can be sure more shit is about to come when you get tired of the old.

[Blazar]

something is not quite right about aakla... still

[Tweedius]

I ask myself this question everyday. It's almost though if you give up without getting to where you could go that you feel like you wasted all of your time that you put into gearing up your char(s). ANd yes, I have friends that play too and I like talkin to them and shiz, but I play mostly to kill shit and see some phat loot and perhaps drag the occasional uber item to torment people that I don't like =)

-Tweed

[Furor Planedefiler]

is this thread about anyways?