This looks interesting....

Riggen · Post by **Riggen** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:04 pm

Just bopped by the EQ Live website and saw this article titled "Veteran Rewards". Sounds like an idea with promise, though I bet a lot of newer players will be pissed that they can't get some of the abilities right away.

/em starts counting years from 1999...

Ariannda Kusanagi · Post by **Ariannda Kusanagi** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:19 pm

so lemmie get this straight. 5 years of EQ and the best Sony can give me is.... The player is surrounded by a beautiful blue/white glow as they gain double experience for half an hour every 24 hours.

Oh hi WoW !

Xaber · Post by **Xaber** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:23 pm

Funniest part of this screw up was they crashed the CT server while patching in this stupid ass excuse to get people to subscribe for another 12 months. (Server down during prime time, this pops up... ya sure ill re register for another year) Wtf.
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SOE is the only corporation other than Microsoft that has managed to open their mouths with possible good news then stuff it full of dick because they screwed it up.

Torakus · Post by **Torakus** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:26 pm

Congratulations.

In honor or our 6th year of dumbing down your game play experience, SOE has decided to give you a new host of silly ass abilities. Since we have not been effective enough at playing the game for you, as we have nearly perfected in EQ2, we offer this silly nonsense to you out of pity.

Fortunately we waited a while before making our stupid, unlike every other MMO out that made sure they accomplished that from the start. We will continue to hold true to "The Vision" (TM) until Sigil (and that rat, traitorous bastard, Brad McQuaid) finishes Vanguard. Then we will offer EQ1 + Kunark for free for a year in the tried and true tradition of Anarchy Online so that consolidated server populations will jump to unbelievable numbers. Only when it takes 4 hours to cross West Commons on an Intel Extreme Gamers Edition 4.0Ghz CPU with 4G of RAM and an 768Mb ATI Radeon 9998TI PCI(e), will we consider terminating EQ. At this time we will be sure to license several shitty companies, like goDaddy, to host a couple legacy servers, so that those of you with no sense at all can continue to enjoy the game as it plays itself.

Thank you, and we apologize for the inconvenience.

The Sony EQ Team.

Riggen · Post by **Riggen** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:27 pm

That's not how I read it.

1 -- Lesson of the Devoted: The player is surrounded by a beautiful blue/white glow as they gain double experience for half an hour every 24 hours.

2 -- Infusion of the Faithful: Usable once every 24 hours, the player enjoys maximum resistances and statistics and a faster run speed for 15 minutes while he glows brightly with power.

3 -- Chaotic Jester: Summons a Bristlebane puppet that persists for 15 minutes. Usable once every 24 hours, Bristlebane will randomly cast various spells that provide benefits or minor penalties.

4 -- Expedient Recovery: Usable once per week, all the player’s corpses are summoned to their feet and given 100% experience resurrection.

5 -- Steadfast Servant: Summons a creature that casts healing spells upon the player and others nearby. Lasts for half an hour and is usable once every 24 hours.

6 -- Staunch Recovery: Usable once every 3 days, the player is fully healed with health, mana, and endurance fully restored.

7 -- Intensity of the Resolute: Increases the power of the player’s abilities and heals substantially for 5 minutes once every 24 hours while the player is surrounded by a glow of energy.

So if this is your fifth year then theoretically you should be good for anything up through Steadfast Servant. I especially like Infusion of the Faithful and Expedient Recovery. Though I doubt many will be able to use it at first, Intensity of the Resolute sounds like a handy raiding ability.

Ariannda Kusanagi · Post by **Ariannda Kusanagi** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:29 pm

/agree Tora

Not that i pay attention anymore but i'm pretty sure alot of classe sget some healing thingy. They coulda come up with better hsi then that

Ariannda Kusanagi · Post by **Ariannda Kusanagi** » Mon Apr 11, 2005 8:30 pm

errr... shit

I like the puppet thing, but i always liked PoM too

Akhbarali · Post by **Akhbarali** » Tue Apr 12, 2005 12:24 pm

Looks good to me. I date back to 99 as well and am looking forward to the new abilities. Certainly nothing overpowering but they will definitely help me with some of the more extreme stuff I do.

I do agree with Xaber though. Having the server crash last night and then this announcement (and I think the shared server Cazic-Brell name) appear after the crash was annoying as hell.

Akhbar

Angelfeeties · Post by **Angelfeeties** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:10 am

Man EQ's getting desperate.

Syeni Soulslasher MK6 · Wed Apr 13, 2005 8:12 am

Waiting for them to offer epic 2.0 for the 1 year subscript..........................

Fallakin Kuvari · Post by **Fallakin Kuvari** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 10:33 am

shit, that would bring me back.

Burz · Post by **Burz** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 12:12 pm

Sad irl.

Fallakin Kuvari · Post by **Fallakin Kuvari** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:16 pm

/comfort Burz

Burz · Post by **Burz** » Wed Apr 13, 2005 1:18 pm

No...sad that you'd go back for a epic 2.0

Saevrok · Post by **Saevrok** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 5:43 am

Its a Pirates life for me!

Its gonna take more than a swashbuckler's sword to bring me back. Mabye if they paid several cute girls to dance on the screen in the buff for free I might consider it, but no.

Terd · Post by **Terd** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 11:46 am

EQ is old hat left for those who just can't seem to let go. This game is like a 69 camero, fucking cool to take around the block a few times and down the straight away a couple times a summer.

The interesting study to me currently is EQII and the destruction of the player base in less than a year. This has to be one of the biggest dissapointments in online gamming ever.

Terd

Move to WoW and you can be terd killing

Robyn the Ranger · Post by **Robyn the Ranger** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 1:12 pm

Hell, I wish they'd do something similar in SWG. The only rewards you get are one time reward items. Like a Sorosuub Yacht Ship.. Resource Crates... Mini Replicas of stuff to go in your house, or Anti Decay Kits... I'd rather have abilities like that.

Fallakin Kuvari · Post by **Fallakin Kuvari** » Thu Apr 14, 2005 8:59 pm

Burz wrote:No...sad that you'd go back for a epic 2.0

Eh, Red lightsabers rock.