SOE: Future Plans

rukidding · 08-26-2003, 08:06 AM

We’re a couple weeks short of four months since the first “Future Plans” from SOE. Since then, they have released four “plans,” all of which have included the following:

4) Items in the Planes of Power

We will be looking at the quality of Planes of Power item rewards and improving them where appropriate. Items for many of the lower tier gods will be upgraded and more rare items and NPCs will be added to the following zones as needed:

Crypt of Decay
Plane of Torment
Halls of Honor
Plane of Tactics
Plane of Innovation
Bastion of Thunder

5) Class Balance

We are going to look at improving the damage capabilities of melee classes, as they've fallen behind their magic-using counterparts at the very high end of the game. Some options being considered are:

Improve melee damage-increasing disciplines
Improve Planes of Power melee weapons

Additionally, we're looking at the concerns from players about their spells, and changing them where appropriate. The goal here is to remove annoying issues with spells, not necessarily to increase caster power overall.

It’s clearly time to finish the changes before the next expansion. So, give us some information about what is being done to implement these nearly 4-month-old “plans,” instead of cut-n-paste this month please.

Cedil · 08-26-2003, 11:41 PM

ahahha this is such bullshit to distract you guys while theres nothing left in the game

think about it, when a new expansion comes out all anybody talks about is whats next to kill, whats undiscovered, when its gonan be fucking fixed, etc

then when everythings done, all theres left to do is bitch and cause drama over stupid unimportant shit.

and thats what SOE does to pass the time in between content updates... feeds your bitching and changes stupid pointless, really insignifcant in the end, bullshit.

ChewieTobbacca · 08-27-2003, 12:00 AM

cant believe so many people are going to end up buying the expansion regardless of what htey say anyways... most likely only to bitch 6 months later and get quieted with another expansion

Sampo · 08-27-2003, 02:18 AM

there was a lot of efffort put into making pop. That is obvious. now how much are they making?

It just seems appropriate to double the number of people they currently have on new content/code and then go to the class boards, and ASK WHAT THE FUCK THEY WANT,... AND PULL YOU HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS... Absor visits the Necro board for the first time in over a year... .. and their dots still have too much aggro,.... their charm is broken.. their pets still poof when they fd for more than 1 min. their aa suck fat cock are are 100% useless. their dots dont crit. they can outaggro ANY class in a fight over 2 minutes.. Their debuff line of spells sucks dick, their spectre/pet models suck ass, and they stil lhave people thinking they are there to just twitch,.. (which comparatively, no fucking shit, motherfucker) and even there are no new twich spells. what the fuck?

Sampo · 08-27-2003, 02:21 AM

And what do you expect value the potime +specialize alteration items have when they will all be changeing to conjuration due recent (AND OH SO FUCKTASTIC RESIST/DURATION/DMG) spell revelations.

Dauvan · 08-27-2003, 02:53 AM

On the necro issue about people thinking they are there to twitch, its not SoE's fault people get stuck in their hamster wheel and refuse to think outside the box. People in general are sheep and will do whatever they read/hear on xxx uberboard or xxx strat. /shrug, play or quit... thats what I say.

Ceefo · 08-27-2003, 03:03 AM

Your necros suck then.. Cause ours are consistently high on the dmg parses. A well played Necro can deal some impressive damage.

Shogon · 08-27-2003, 04:37 AM

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cant believe so many people are going to end up buying the expansion regardless of what htey say anyways... most likely only to bitch 6 months later and get quieted with another expansion

That's pretty funny... because it's true.

Something that is also funny, is the fact that quite a few people who "threaten" to quit EQ multiple times or make dramatic "I quit" posts multiple times always continue to play, making themselves look like jackasses.

And then there's the people that bitch it up, continue to pay and play, and bitch about future expansions that aren't even out yet!

I can't help but sit back and laugh... it's just so entertaining. More entertaining than the game, even. Heh

But it's like the norm with EQ now.

Lots of players, who will deny it up and down, are so mentally hooked to EQ that just about no matter how bad EQ gets on the fun factor and fresh/new scale, they still pay and play, while bitching all the way!

You just have to question why some people continue to pay when they're clearly not having fun. Time invested? Please... it's a game. Nothing better to do? Hah, you'd probably bring less anguish on yourself by staring at a wall. :P

Wysha · 08-27-2003, 05:25 AM

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Originally posted by Shogon
That's pretty funny... because it's true.

Something that is also funny, is the fact that quite a few people who "threaten" to quit EQ multiple times or make dramatic "I quit" posts multiple times always continue to play, making themselves look like jackasses.

And then there's the people that bitch it up, continue to pay and play, and bitch about future expansions that aren't even out yet!

I can't help but sit back and laugh... it's just so entertaining. More entertaining than the game, even. Heh

But it's like the norm with EQ now.

Lots of players, who will deny it up and down, are so mentally hooked to EQ that just about no matter how bad EQ gets on the fun factor and fresh/new scale, they still pay and play, while bitching all the way!

You just have to question why some people continue to pay when they're clearly not having fun. Time invested? Please... it's a game. Nothing better to do? Hah, you'd probably bring less anguish on yourself by staring at a wall. :P

Incoming Furor pwnage...

NimlothCQ · 08-27-2003, 05:58 AM

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.. and their dots still have too much aggro,.

I have only ever ONCE pulled aggro off our maintank without intending to do so. That was because he was slowed... and shit... i havent even bothered to get the aggro reduction AA. There is nothing "too much" about our aggro at all.

And as far as damage goes..... 220 dps is a number i consider my "norm" for boss fights, not counting pet. With LDoN and Horror i expect to see that number be raised to 300 dps.

If your necros arent doing atleast 170 dps they are retarded or slackers.

08-26-2003, 08:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
rukidding Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 186 -1 Internets	SOE: Future Plans We’re a couple weeks short of four months since the first “Future Plans” from SOE. Since then, they have released four “plans,” all of which have included the following: 4) Items in the Planes of Power We will be looking at the quality of Planes of Power item rewards and improving them where appropriate. Items for many of the lower tier gods will be upgraded and more rare items and NPCs will be added to the following zones as needed: Crypt of Decay Plane of Torment Halls of Honor Plane of Tactics Plane of Innovation Bastion of Thunder 5) Class Balance We are going to look at improving the damage capabilities of melee classes, as they've fallen behind their magic-using counterparts at the very high end of the game. Some options being considered are: Improve melee damage-increasing disciplines Improve Planes of Power melee weapons Additionally, we're looking at the concerns from players about their spells, and changing them where appropriate. The goal here is to remove annoying issues with spells, not necessarily to increase caster power overall. It’s clearly time to finish the changes before the next expansion. So, give us some information about what is being done to implement these nearly 4-month-old “plans,” instead of cut-n-paste this month please.

08-27-2003, 02:53 AM	#6 (permalink)
Dauvan Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 41 +0 Internets	On the necro issue about people thinking they are there to twitch, its not SoE's fault people get stuck in their hamster wheel and refuse to think outside the box. People in general are sheep and will do whatever they read/hear on xxx uberboard or xxx strat. /shrug, play or quit... thats what I say. __________________ Dauvan Arrowstorm Forbidden Union Fennin Ro

08-27-2003, 03:03 AM	#7 (permalink)
Ceefo Registered User Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Somewherevilletown, USA Posts: 131 -3 Internets	Your necros suck then.. Cause ours are consistently high on the dmg parses. A well played Necro can deal some impressive damage. __________________ Ceefo

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08-26-2003, 11:41 PM	#2 (permalink)
Cedil Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 387 -1 Internets	ahahha this is such bullshit to distract you guys while theres nothing left in the game think about it, when a new expansion comes out all anybody talks about is whats next to kill, whats undiscovered, when its gonan be fucking fixed, etc then when everythings done, all theres left to do is bitch and cause drama over stupid unimportant shit. and thats what SOE does to pass the time in between content updates... feeds your bitching and changes stupid pointless, really insignifcant in the end, bullshit.

08-27-2003, 12:00 AM	#3 (permalink)
ChewieTobbacca is a maverick pirate. Yarrrrr Join Date: May 2003 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,707	cant believe so many people are going to end up buying the expansion regardless of what htey say anyways... most likely only to bitch 6 months later and get quieted with another expansion

08-27-2003, 02:18 AM	#4 (permalink)
Sampo Banned Join Date: May 2003 Location: erm Posts: 521 +1 Internets	there was a lot of efffort put into making pop. That is obvious. now how much are they making? It just seems appropriate to double the number of people they currently have on new content/code and then go to the class boards, and ASK WHAT THE FUCK THEY WANT,... AND PULL YOU HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASS... Absor visits the Necro board for the first time in over a year... .. and their dots still have too much aggro,.... their charm is broken.. their pets still poof when they fd for more than 1 min. their aa suck fat cock are are 100% useless. their dots dont crit. they can outaggro ANY class in a fight over 2 minutes.. Their debuff line of spells sucks dick, their spectre/pet models suck ass, and they stil lhave people thinking they are there to just twitch,.. (which comparatively, no fucking shit, motherfucker) and even there are no new twich spells. what the fuck?

08-27-2003, 02:21 AM	#5 (permalink)
Sampo Banned Join Date: May 2003 Location: erm Posts: 521 +1 Internets	And what do you expect value the potime +specialize alteration items have when they will all be changeing to conjuration due recent (AND OH SO FUCKTASTIC RESIST/DURATION/DMG) spell revelations.