Ghoulbane...Do rangers have a similar epic weapon quest?

[Bulv]

<DIV>Same as title - just curious if we can look forward to an epic bow or something.</DIV>

[Audio]

<DIV>I would guess so.  Not sure if anyone knows what it is yet though.</DIV>

[Solaar Wynd]

<DIV>I wouldn't doubt that at some point someone will come across a quest for the Legendary Trueshot Longbow.  That to me has always been THE EQ Ranger bow.  It wasn't uber after a while, but it was ours, and a lot of Rangers put in a great deal of time to make one on their own.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Arador Stormbow</DIV> <DIV>20th Ranger</DIV> <DIV>Permafrost</DIV>

[Welt]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Solaar Wynd wrote:<BR> <DIV>I wouldn't doubt that at some point someone will come across a quest for the Legendary Trueshot Longbow.  That to me has always been THE EQ Ranger bow.  It wasn't uber after a while, but it was ours, and a lot of Rangers put in a great deal of time to make one on their own.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Arador Stormbow</DIV> <DIV>20th Ranger</DIV> <DIV>Permafrost</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> Here Here Arador.  I remember when I quested for all of the components so I could fletch mine and would love to quest for it in EQ2 as well.

[GonkSevenT3]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Solaar Wynd wrote:<BR> <DIV>I wouldn't doubt that at some point someone will come across a quest for the Legendary Trueshot Longbow.  That to me has always been THE EQ Ranger bow.  It wasn't uber after a while, but it was ours, and a lot of Rangers put in a great deal of time to make one on their own.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Arador Stormbow</DIV> <DIV>20th Ranger</DIV> <DIV>Permafrost</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P>*sigh*</P> <P>I was never able to complete my bow.  I always failed my combines and I refused to buy one made by another ranger.  I wanted to make it myself.  Spent hours fletching. :smileysad:</P>

[bli]

<DIV>I heard our Epic weapon is going to be a ranger only 2HB maul.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If so this is awesome!!!!!! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can't wait!</DIV>

[ume]

<DIV>Haha Blitz.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Actually, to be honest, I hated duel wield in EQ and used my 2HS all the time.  I used to call my Ardent Protector my Cannon.  I wouldn't mind being able to 2hs again.  I would snare a mob and joust it to death waiting for my cannon to reload for each pass.  Pvp against me...**mods 4 teh win!!1!**, I can't catch that little ranger.  Then he turns around, runs through me and I take 300 damage.  **mods 4 teh win!!1!**...gotta zone again and he's full hp.  lol.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I personally loved my Blessed Faydark Thunderbolt...just the sound of it is cool.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Umer Uberbow</DIV> <DIV>Ubah Ranjah of Crushbone</DIV> <DIV>"Umer has ruined my pickup grouping.  I hold him as the example to play like.  Once you watch Umer run off into a field of double up arrow red mobs and come back with the single quest mob we're hunting, Its hard to group with people who don't know what they are doing"</DIV> <DIV>-my good friend wroclet.</DIV>

[Berak]

<DIV> <DIV>I heard our Epic weapon is going to be a ranger only 2HB maul.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If so this is awesome!!!!!! </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can't wait!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I can't see it being a 2HB weapon when so much of our stuff is piercing or slashing. I think we will see some kind of Bow.</DIV></DIV>

[Aringi]

<blockquote><hr>Berakos wrote:<DIV><DIV>I heard our Epic weapon is going to be a ranger only 2HB maul.</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>If so this is awesome!!!!!! </DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>I can't wait!</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------</DIV><DIV> </DIV><DIV>I can't see it being a 2HB weapon when so much of our stuff is piercing or slashing. I think we will see some kind of Bow.</DIV></DIV><hr></blockquote>I think he was joking <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />From what I heard there are no "Epic" Quests only Heritage quests for items that were in EQL. But I may be mistaken.

[Rolar]

<DIV>heck, we didnt get an epic bow in EQ1...but we DID get two awesome swords, Swiftwind and Earthcaller. Id like to see the Blessed faydark bows make a comeback, or my personal fave, the Nightmarewood compound Bow. man, thats sweet.</DIV>

[Sotaudi]

<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> GonkSevenT3 wrote:<BR><BR> <BLOCKQUOTE> <HR> Solaar Wynd wrote:<BR> <DIV>I wouldn't doubt that at some point someone will come across a quest for the Legendary Trueshot Longbow.  That to me has always been THE EQ Ranger bow.  It wasn't uber after a while, but it was ours, and a lot of Rangers put in a great deal of time to make one on their own.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Arador Stormbow</DIV> <DIV>20th Ranger</DIV> <DIV>Permafrost</DIV><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <P>*sigh*</P> <P>I was never able to complete my bow.  I always failed my combines and I refused to buy one made by another ranger.  I wanted to make it myself.  <STRONG>Spent hours fletching</STRONG>. :smileysad:</P><BR> <HR> </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> <DIV>Try some Pepto Bismol.  Should clear that fletching problem right up. :smileyvery-happy:</DIV>

[Fib]

<DIV>Hmmm.  Personally, I have no real nostalgia for systems and approaches of EQ1.  I like the promise of an engaging storyline of Eq 2 that is based on a past history gleaned from EQ1. But the thought of actually consciously trying to emulate approaches of EQ1 in EQ2  makes me shudder.   I look forward to newness.  If they did bring Epics into the picture for Gosh sake do something different than the tired things of before.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Let me give you an example...for  a long time I have questioned the  clone of the epics.  That is, everybody and their brother gets the same identical epic weapon.  I hate this.  Wanna be superheroes all getting the identical superweapon. Like mass produced Arragorn of arrathorns.  There has to be a better way :smileyhappy:  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Now I know I am preaching heresy to an already developed game engine God but  why not have  only ONE version of an epic weapon available at any one time on a whole server?  How would this work?  It would be the result of a storyline based quest that might even be GM instigated.  The quest opportunity might be randomly provided to someone upon login.  When you logged on, a booming voice tells you that you have been chosen to be the ONE to save the day (insert strylinehere). You have to assemble a team of people to go into an instanced dungeon.  The instance would be a fairly involved complex quest to 1. Obtain the weapon and 2. Get out with the weapon intact.  The act of obtaining the weapon would be pretty involved and might even take place over several days as in your group completes step one on Monday then is obliged to camp and continue on Tuesday, winding your way through the various challenges and obstacles...until the sword (insert epic type here) stands before you. You take the weapon and as you turn to go you hear a deep rumbling.  The  Balrog (or hordes of Gnolls, or the dragon, or the earth itself) confronts you and you have to get out. Your friends may fall in glory and honor in the act of getting you out and the full power of the epic would have to be brought to bear to succeed in your escape. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>If you succeeded in this, your name would be known from far and wide forever and you would possess the epic for 2 real time weeks.  You might even be physically changed to mark you forever as a holder of the Most Great Weapon.  In the end you would have to give it up, or you would loose it, or the power of the responsibility would stun you senseless and the epic would fall back into the depths of time and space to await the next one capable of succeeding.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The epic would be incredible in its abilities.  It could shine a light so brilliant that all foes are blinded in a radius. It could confer grreat strength on the wielder.  It could also potentially require a cost.  Like the RING....the more you use it the more you change.....until you must release it...for thenext one so brave or so foolish to seek it out.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>THAT would be an EPIC.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>There could be LOTS of Epics.  And everyone would have a chance at them but you would only be able to possess an epic once in the lifetime of that character. Some for each class, some for any class,  some greater than others, some with curses but with great power, some that make you turn to the dark (or light side), some that would open the door to PVP of various sorts, some that would transform you into something else, some that would permanently kill your character if you did not return it in time....this is where the next great improvements in mmrpg lie...in the linking of quests, epics,  pvp, and dungeon crawls together in an emmersive storyline that continually evolves....</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Back to thinking about Epics for all....I dont want to be a loot [Removed for Content]. I want adventure and I want the journey to be the reward. To be perfectly honest I like a more realistic image of the average GOOD player relying on sturdy well made player crafted gear.  The average sword should eventually need to be replaced and I think that there ought to be a chance ( a remote one ) that they actually are broken in battle.  I completely dislike the idea of having to keep up with the joneses.   OOh I have the EPIC I am great!!! BAH go stand in line with all the other Epic holders.....it just doesnt cut it in an emmersive world to me.  Next generation game?  Show me with creativity in storyline and interactiveness next time around. For general weapons I am happy with EQ2s approach  my sense is that  there is quested stuff, player made stuff, and dropped stuff.  I am not sure but I think Player made >quested>dropped .  It gives us all a chance to have servicable weapons.  In the meantime I can dream about a development team having genuine creativity and the possibilities.  </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Cheers all</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Fib</DIV><p>Message Edited by Fibta on <span class=date_text>12-15-2004</span> <span class=time_text>02:30 PM</span>

[bli]

<DIV>sounds a bit like soulfire...hmm....</DIV>

[TalinMakin]

One of the things that EQ2 has done nicely is the reward system from questing. In the majority of low-mid levels quests that offer an arms or armor reward, you are able to pick the one that you want.If that sort of mindset is used in higher level quests and rewards, why could there not be an epic bow, an epic 1-h sword (or whip), an epic dagger (or rapier) and an epic 2-handed sword? I have found that EQ2 has advanced beyond many of the shortcomings of the wonderful first EQ - and EQ2 is just starting to evolve.Discussions such as this one are important - the Developers made the game in a way that was designed to be fun and practical. Now is our chance to let them know exactly what we want <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />.

[bli]

<DIV>And what we want is 2HB ranger epic maces!!!</DIV>

[elorei]

<DIV>there are plenty of powerful weapon quests out there for rangers.  why do you consider the GB a class specific weapon?  even a druid can use it.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>there are some powerful bows out there, many powerful DW weapons.</DIV>

[Kilendr]

<DIV>I dont personally want a 2HB weapon but I do think it would be great if we had a choce of witch type of weapon we get rather that be a bow,  duel wield blade, or 2H S/B/P. I think that would be a great idea.</DIV> <DIV>Any one else think its wierd that Rangers cant use 2H when we're supposed to be a kind of Jack-of-all-Trades of the wilderness? I understand though that were are also dps so that might not be quite practical but still Aragorn got one I wish there were a bunch of human rangers running around swinging giant weapons about with abandon. I also hope that if it is a bow there is a new skin for it; so far I have only seen 2 skins for bows short bow and long bow, are there others? I mean the starter melee weapons/armor all look rusted and twisted and as you get up in lvls they start looking a bit more polised why is this not true for bows? ( I havent personally seen alot of bows other than greggors and bow of alacrity but you'd think you'd see one by lvl23 that looked a little different, perhaps at latter levels ill see some)lets see some bow love here!</DIV> <DIV>*cough**quivers**cough*</DIV>

[-vali]

<blockquote><hr>Kilendric wrote:<DIV>I dont personally want a 2HB weapon but I do think it would be great if we had a choce of witch type of weapon we get rather that be a bow, duel wield blade, or 2H S/B/P. I think that would be a great idea.</DIV><DIV>Any one else think its wierd that Rangers cant use 2H when we're supposed to be a kind of Jack-of-all-Trades of the wilderness? I understand though that were are also dps so that might not be quite practical but still Aragorn got one I wish there were a bunch of human rangers running around swinging giant weapons about with abandon. I also hope that if it is a bow there is a new skin for it; so far I have only seen 2 skins for bows short bow and long bow, are there others? I mean the starter melee weapons/armor all look rusted and twisted and as you get up in lvls they start looking a bit more polised why is this not true for bows? ( I havent personally seen alot of bows other than greggors and bow of alacrity but you'd think you'd see one by lvl23 that looked a little different, perhaps at latter levels ill see some)lets see some bow love here!</DIV><DIV>*cough**quivers**cough*</DIV><hr></blockquote>So many people post sayins like "aragorn this" or "legolas" that... just cus aragorn got a big sword and legolas could shoot 5 arrows a second doesnt mean we should either. But we can shoot 3 arrows a second w/ triple shot <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />Secondly, I got a ash longbow - it looks a lot different than the shortbows at least...

[bli]

<DIV>Yeah, the shortbows are like the bows that were fed caffeine as children, they are stunted and curved in odd ways...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>The longbow embodies the grace and elegance that the ranger often displays (look, for instance, at our "Pounce" animation).  A simple thing, but beautiful. Straightforward, large enough to be imposing, but not overdone.  Lovely.</DIV>

[Kilendr]

<DIV>oh I by no means want to be aragon, I am saying how ever that if you want to be a ranger that usess a 2 hand weapon you should have the option to be. I was just trying to give the most known example. I said nothing about legolas(hes not a ranger) so I am sorry for repeating the same old cleachea ??sp?? </DIV>

[Kilendr]

<DIV>oh I do like the long bows sorry i should have said something about that in the other posts. I like the way blitz describes the short bows they dont realy look operational.</DIV>

[Theo]

<DIV>i remember watching one of the eq2 trailors and durring the part when they were in cazic thule the speaker said that they have arrived for their own epic encounter .. guys expect epic weapons <img src="/smilies/3b63d1616c5dfcf29f8a7a031aaa7cad.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Ragepowers]

<DIV>At this point to me it looks like gear and weapons surround the Scout class as awhole not breaking it down to Rangers only.  But I am only 23 and this may not be true after 30 or so.</DIV>

[bli]

<DIV>Remember two things -- that video was add copy, and the phrase 'Epic encounter' could just refer to a battle of epic magnitude.  But with the awesome weapons they have so far, I'm sure we'll see something REALLY cool, if not epics.  Remember, the epics weren't introduced to EQ1 till like the third add-on, and they were one-upped by many weapons added in later addons.</DIV>

[Theo]

<DIV>i just miss clickies and procs .. earings that click ensnare .. or weapons that proc slow ... or .. i dunno /sigh tryn to be patient here <img src="/smilies/9d71f0541cff0a302a0309c5079e8dee.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" /></DIV>

[Demon]

<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>If you want to go skill wise aragorn is a fighter and leaglos is a ranger read the books the movie butchered them. Ranger's are a tribe of people with no homes. Basicaly the drifters. Please quit basing this game off a movie that butchered the book.</FONT></DIV>

[Haele]

<blockquote><hr>Demonos wrote:<DIV><FONT color=#ff0000>If you want to go skill wise aragorn is a fighter and leaglos is a ranger read the books the movie butchered them. Ranger's are a tribe of people with no homes. Basicaly the drifters. Please quit basing this game off a movie that butchered the book.</FONT></DIV><hr></blockquote>The book was pretty crap to begin with, plagirising Germanic mythology and other assorted anglo-saxon epics. <img src="/smilies/8a80c6485cd926be453217d59a84a888.gif" border="0" alt="SMILEY" />/flameretardentsuiton

[Xaniv]

<DIV>There are no epic weapons in EQ2, they are called "Legendary".  I doubt any have been discovered, probably won't be for a long time and when they do, I can almost guarantee that they will be hard as all hell.  2hb is for monks, not rangers also.</DIV>

[Cex]

Ghouldbane is a Heritage quest NOT AN EPIC.

[Aol]

<DIV>I miss my Earthcaller and Swiftwind. :smileysad:</DIV>

[Theo]

i think epic weapons is a cool idea .. even for eq2. we shouldnt think about .. " omg everyone of the same class running around w/ the same weapon " .. the epic for classes should be more of like a merit .. or a trophy .. some really nice weapon to hang over the fireplace as a simbol of your class. something that took a long time to get and something to be proud of .. not nessasarily the most powerfull weapons in game for each class but symbol of hard work reflected thru each class.

[Draghixia]

I want my Legendary Abandoned Orc Shovel!Sorry oldschool ranger reporting in.

[bli]

<DIV>2HB ranger epics!!!!!!!!!!!!!</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>I won't quit till I get enough!</DIV>

[Audio]

<DIV>I used the 2HB Nature's Wrath in EQ1.  I loved it although I didn't use it all of the time but it was good damage with a proc.  I wish we had the option to use 2HB like a staff or bo in this game as well.  The animations rock!  I love seeing my mage  melee just because of the way they flip around the staff.  Oh well.  : </DIV>

[bli]

<DIV>I was joking (obviously), but if the leifling wants it, maybe I should take up a 2hb campaign!</DIV>

[Keld]

<DIV>Yeah it would be nice to have something to call our own. Bow would be nice. btw, nice sig audio. </DIV>