jozzfe
11-10-2005, 11:01 PM
<DIV><FONT size=2></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Almost didn't post this... Maybe gushing and victimizing, but bear with me, it's kind of funny too.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Hello. My name is Jozzfest, and I play a level 41 Illusionist on Mistmoore. Formerly, I played a Jedi Master Healer in Star Wars Galaxies on the Tarquinas server.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'm here to make my first, and possibly only, post to the eq2 forums to state that SOE personally hates me. They hate the hundreds of dollars I've spent attempting to enjoy their games. My futile attempts to play support and/or crowd control characters make them cackle gleefully with a deep sense of anguish at my very person. They save their subtle mathematical adjustments until I'm actually having fun playing.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Some history:<BR>I remember the moment I unlocked my Jedi slot in SWG, how happy I felt that for once something went the way I wanted it to. [expletive haxx0red by Raijinn] you, Aurillian Village quests. But then it all became horribly, horribly worse. Soon after, it became possible to complete all of the quests to unlock your Jedi in under 3 months. You could max out on XP for a specific discipline in under an HOUR and convert it to increase your Force Sensitive skills (Which led to unlocking.) That method's dead horse was beaten to death and the servers FLOODED with Jedi. Soon I wasn't unique. I struggled on, completed my template of skills - felt a sense of accomplishment. I'd chosen the Healer discipline because I could keep everyone alive sufficiently and I enjoyed that. The nerf bat swung. The "combat revamp" made me sad that I even played the game. My mind cost increased for the same heals. The cooldowns (aka recast times) were 'adjusted.' I perservered. Lightsaber damage waned drastically. Bounty Hunter encounters with player Jedi were 'Isolated' from the Jedi side, which allowed groups of BHs to get missions and come after singular Jedi all at once when we couldn't get help from anyone. We were forced into exile. Grinding alone or in small groups to decrease the chance you'd ever be seen enough to have a bounty placed on you. Even people in your own group and guild counted towards your visibility. SOE's evil laughter haunted my dreams. They'd created a monster and were intent on seeing it through. Intent on ensuring that I never accepted the Launchpad agreement ever again. The nerf bat flew wildly and crushed the denizens. Burninated our Thatched Roof Cottages. Dogs and cats began living together. Mass hysteria ensued. The guild population diminished as people went to play other games. "It's better over here!" they said.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>When it became apparent that my life as a Jedi was far from what I had expected, I bought EQ2.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>In SWG, I played with a group of people that became refugees of the suckitude in EQ2 and ended up loving it. I chose Enchanter because we had a hole in the group that could only be filled by me. *Nod silently if you got the Extreme reference...* In retrospect, it seems like it was fate that the very things I ran away from are making me desperately want to run away now.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>Back to the history lesson for a sec - veterans feel free to skip:<BR>Illusionist was a fun class to play even before DoF. There were some flaws and lots of powerful aspects, I could basically be used as a mana bot for my group and keep adds mezzed. I had an encounter mez that crippled myself but also found uses. I wasn't doing any comparable damage so I could sit out of the fight for a few seconds to help save the tanks and healers. DoF came out and showed me that the development staff that worked on EQ2 was a good bunch, our roots lasted their intended duration. I had multiple usable mez spells. I could chain mez for a group or encounter mez. I could root mobs and let my Personae tank. I had myself a powerful character and once again I found myself immensly enjoying the game. I actually made the highest level Mage in my guild that isn't someone else's alt. Which, if you've followed along all this time, can only mean one thing. SOE had been constructing a nerf exploding trojan horse, and I welcomed the gift through my castle gates with open arms.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT size=2>I was on the beach in Nektulos the night of October 9th. I had a pretty new model with slightly off movement (My Dark Elf woman runs like a man... *Snicker*.) I had a gray crab rooted. I used the strongest damage dealing spell I have at the moment; Word of Force, a lvl 20 spell that was added with Splitpaw. The lvl 29 replacement direct damage spell pales in comparison to it even at Adept I. But even though they never really worked out that damage thing I still had fun. But back to the crab. It was holding, until I thought I might use it for its (as I believe and had endured for many months) intended purpose. I cast the spell, took a good chunk off (which gives me a false sense of doing lots of damage, beating up gray mobs.) I then sent a DOT its way, Tormenting Visions (lvl 31.) Without warning, the crab was on me. I thought my root was supposed to last its intended duration! What of DoF and the Combat Upgrade?!!</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I then noticed in another fight that my encounter mez duration had been almost halved. My other mezzes had a reduction in duration as well. None of my silence spells actually showed in the cast spells bar, were they working? My power reduction spells no longer had a duration, just an instant effect of power reduction and the same long recast time. A crowd control subclass can no longer effectively control crowds.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>An all too familiar feeling.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>A voice in my head chimed in - "No, it can't be! That's IMPOSSIBLE!" My facial expression became not at all unlike Count Dooku before being beheaded, or, Cypher when he realized that (oh yes) Tank was still alive.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>SOE had found me, noticed that I was having fun, and let the terror rain down once again.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>I'd like to personally apologize to any of you frustrated Enchanters if the recent 'adjustments' were in any way caused by SOE's rampant hatred of me.</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><BR><FONT size=2>Sincerely,</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2><A href="http://eq2players.station.sony.com/en/pplayer.vm?characterId=370617205" target=_blank>Astraea</A> aka <EM><STRONG>"<FONT color=#3300ff>Blue</FONT></STRONG>butt<STRONG>,"</STRONG></EM></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=2>The Order of The Mist<BR>Lvl 41 Dark Elf Illusionist - <EM>Mistmoore</EM><BR></FONT><FONT size=1>formerly Jozzfest,<BR>Jedi Master Healer - <EM>Tarquinas</EM></FONT></DIV><p>Message Edited by jozzfest on <span class=date_text>11-10-2005</span> <span class=time_text>01:08 PM</span>