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Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 03-02-2011, 02:17 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 812
Posted By Leafle
<p>Our current producer is terrible, but I think...

<p>Our current producer is terrible, but I think the problems with the game go higher up than him. Things like a cohesive vision for the game should come from the very top and we're just not seeing...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-22-2011, 09:16 PM
Replies: 248
Views: 982
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>SmokeJumper...

<p><cite>SmokeJumper wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Well, I've only been with the team since last April, so you should really only blame me for things in that time window. <img...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-20-2011, 02:52 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 73
Posted By Leafle
<p>You could do that with blue shinies too but...

<p>You could do that with blue shinies too but they took the lore tag off of them I believe so it's a non-issue now for them.</p>
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-20-2011, 02:41 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 292
Posted By Leafle
<p>Even Smed answers to the board. So blame the...

<p>Even Smed answers to the board. So blame the board of directors. Sony wants a gaming empire but they won't devote the resources needed for (long term) success and they don't have the inclination...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-17-2011, 02:06 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 403
Posted By Leafle
<p>For a company that's supposedly all about the...

<p>For a company that's supposedly all about the money, they don't look very well poised to make boatloads of money from Velious.</p><p>It's also really interesting so see the actions of a company...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-16-2011, 01:54 PM
Replies: 74
Views: 610
Posted By Leafle
<p>I'm sure the team did a good job on the...

<p>I'm sure the team did a good job on the exapnsion with the limited resources they had. But it seems like the last couple years we're getting less and less for our money out of this game. We're...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-16-2011, 12:08 AM
Replies: 95
Views: 624
Posted By Leafle
<p>Maybe they'll leave the NDA up past the launch...

<p>Maybe they'll leave the NDA up past the launch date. That way people can't talk about how bad it is even after they buy it lol.</p><p>The reason they haven't lifted it is totally obvious. Seems...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-14-2011, 04:18 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 265
Posted By Leafle
<p>I thought the guy they had working on it was...

<p>I thought the guy they had working on it was laid off. That at least fits with why they dropped development of it like it was on fire and haven't gone back to it. One would think that something as...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-11-2011, 05:50 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 265
Posted By Leafle
<p>Shh you're not supposed to notice the trail of...

<p>Shh you're not supposed to notice the trail of half finished and broken efforts like shader 3.0 and eq2players. You're just supposed echo how awesome the new stuff like the mobile app is ! And by...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 02-03-2011, 07:03 PM
Replies: 205
Views: 901
Posted By Leafle
<p>Here's the thing. You go to a burger joint and...

<p>Here's the thing. You go to a burger joint and you order a burger. The burger is cold, and you complain to the manager.</p><p>The manager tells you "Sorry, it's corporate headquarters that sets...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 02-03-2011, 05:22 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Frud...

<p><cite>Frud wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Based on a supposed iPhone recording over at EQ Flames, the expansion was delayed to retrofit more Station Cash and F2P crap on...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-03-2011, 01:34 AM
Replies: 53
Views: 232
Posted By Leafle
<p>My wife started a provisioner the day that SF...

<p>My wife started a provisioner the day that SF came out, and the next day after several pots of coffee she was level 90. We couldn't for the life of us figure out where the level 90 reductions were...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 02-02-2011, 03:28 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>Yes, SOE probably spent hundreds/thousands of...

<p>Yes, SOE probably spent hundreds/thousands of man hours and yes, they probably haven't seen a return on their investment yet. That all sounds very altruistic except for the point that SOE came...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-01-2011, 06:53 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 333
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Nivek@Crushbone...

<p><cite>Nivek@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>These uber equipped players that "think" they're better then others are usually the ones that want to blow through instances in 5 minutes with...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 02-01-2011, 06:20 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>I was totally on board with Brad McQuaid's...

<p>I was totally on board with Brad McQuaid's vision of the game. But his execution was terrible. Then SOE picked it up, and their execution was terrible. I'm still waiting (and I know of a few...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 02-01-2011, 06:05 PM
Replies: 83
Views: 333
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Troubor...

<p><cite>Troubor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Gaige wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Troubor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Great.  Just remember that today's "scrub" is often...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 02-01-2011, 01:14 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>What's the first thing SOE did when they got...

<p>What's the first thing SOE did when they got their hot little hands on Vanguard? The game was unstable and buggy. So the first thing they did was stabalize it and address all the bugs, right? Make...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-31-2011, 08:32 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Notsovilepriest@Nagafen...

<p><cite>Notsovilepriest@Nagafen wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Shade Slayer wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>The number of people whining and crying on these forums is insane. People claim...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-27-2011, 04:59 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>Too bad they don't dynamically change the...

<p>Too bad they don't dynamically change the prices of the monthly subscriptions and expansions to reflect the amount of effort going into the game at any given time. Then the game might actually be...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 01-26-2011, 05:26 PM
Replies: 30
Views: 204
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Detor...

<p><cite>Detor wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><div><p><cite>Morrgoth wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Arboreal wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Seriously, for a game that runs 24/7/365, they...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-26-2011, 03:25 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>It's pretty clear that the focus of the...

<p>It's pretty clear that the focus of the development team lies elsewhere, and they're treating the expansion as an after thought.</p><p>How about this: Make the Velious expansion a free game update...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 01-25-2011, 11:21 PM
Replies: 57
Views: 437
Posted By Leafle
<p>By that time they should have a small enough...

<p>By that time they should have a small enough development staff to where they can have expansion names like "Piece of Kunark" and "Snippet of Velious".</p><p>Prediction: It will be "EQ Last"</p>
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 01-24-2011, 05:51 PM
Replies: 142
Views: 1,322
Posted By Leafle
<p>For us, it wasn't just the string of...

<p>For us, it wasn't just the string of disappointments with the Sony games we played, but we are disappointed with the entire Sony brand. I remember when the name used to mean something. You knew...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 01-19-2011, 08:11 PM
Replies: 142
Views: 1,322
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere...

<p><cite>Sigrdrifa@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Crismorn wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Yes, instead of actually caring about keeping customers lets just berate them so they not...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-18-2011, 06:07 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>F2P isn't some new innovation in gaming. It's...

<p>F2P isn't some new innovation in gaming. It's an innovation in marketing, if anything. Either way, the focus on this new form of selling us pixels is the reason we're seeing the first vaporware...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-18-2011, 03:44 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>Just in case anyone missed Massively's article...

<p>Just in case anyone missed Massively's article on how not to release an expansion, since the original thread that linked the story was moved:</p><p><a...
Forum: Official News and Announcements 01-14-2011, 10:20 PM
Replies: 303
Views: 1,466
Posted By Leafle
<p>Velious was my favorite expansion in EQ1 by...

<p>Velious was my favorite expansion in EQ1 by far. I can only imagine the hatchet job they're doing to one of the great MMO experiences of all time. I don't intend to buy whatever watered down,...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 12-14-2010, 06:47 PM
Replies: 45
Views: 210
Posted By Leafle
<p>Nothing in the EULA guarantees that the...

<p>Nothing in the EULA guarantees that the service will be available <span style="text-decoration: underline;">ever</span>. The game could have 100% down time and SOE would be well within the terms...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 10-02-2010, 06:43 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,278
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Rothgar...

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Just an update, we will have a fix for the missing DX9 dll later today.  This update will not require server downtime and will be fixed automatically...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 09-24-2010, 04:16 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 1,278
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Rothgar...

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Just an update, we will have a fix for the missing DX9 dll later today.  This update will not require server downtime and will be fixed automatically...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 09-18-2010, 09:27 AM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p>Well, our last remaining guild...

<p>Well, our last remaining guild member cancelled his 3 accounts today. Our guild is now officially closed for business.</p><p>All the people we played with have cancelled, so maybe folks voting...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 09-17-2010, 05:10 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 94
Posted By Leafle
<p>The double experience bar weekend is supposed...

<p>The double experience bar weekend is supposed to be over!</p>
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 09-09-2010, 05:05 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 836
Posted By Leafle
<p>We've been watching the amount and quality of...

<p>We've been watching the amount and quality of content decline for long enough to where it's too late for us.  They can play whatever semantic games with new content they like ("Frostfell, it's new...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-31-2010, 04:51 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Draylore...

<p><cite>Draylore wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>One thing ive learned in 20some years of software design and testing is that <span>fews thing are "</span><span>just a...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-29-2010, 08:56 AM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Rothgar...

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote> The modifications to the spell effects were started more than a year ago.</blockquote><p>It took you a year to make them worse? Sweet.</p>
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-25-2010, 07:42 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Jrral@Unrest...

<p><cite>Jrral@Unrest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Arandar@Everfrost wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I guess the context of that statement really depends on who the "our" is, but I find it...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-25-2010, 03:11 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p>There's a fairly large (okay, huge) disconnect...

<p>There's a fairly large (okay, huge) disconnect between the folks making the decisions about the game and the folks paying to play the game, and I can't see that as being a good thing.</p><p>The...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-24-2010, 09:43 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>isest...

<p><cite>isest wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>Honestly I'm trying not to rant to hard but you have to ask yourself why remove stuff that folks loved, and replace it with bland stuff.</blockquote><p>For...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-24-2010, 08:23 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 306
Posted By Leafle
<p>You can do the Loping Plains 45% warg quest at...

<p>You can do the Loping Plains 45% warg quest at 56. We died a lot but it can be done.</p>
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-24-2010, 06:59 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 306
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Shareana...

<p><cite>Shareana wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Leaflett wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>I do think 40% is a bit overpowered, though even when the wife and I were level 20, we had the plat...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-24-2010, 06:45 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 306
Posted By Leafle
<p>I do think 40% is a bit overpowered, though...

<p>I do think 40% is a bit overpowered, though even when the wife and I were level 20, we had the plat from harvesting and selling rares to buy the 32% horse from the vendor. I think it was like 2 or...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-24-2010, 05:10 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Rothgar...

<p><cite>Rothgar wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>We definitely hear your concerns on GU57 and we would have loved to give you more features and content.  We are working hard to make sure that the...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-24-2010, 03:49 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Zaktull@Najena...

<p><cite>Zaktull@Najena wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Leaflett wrote:</cite></p><blockquote>For us, it wasn't so much what they put in the game but what they left out.<p>Let's do the math for...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-24-2010, 03:14 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Shill@Lucan DLere...

<p><cite>Shill@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Leaflett wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p><cite>Shill@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Cancelling subscriptions over a UI...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-24-2010, 02:03 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Shill@Lucan DLere...

<p><cite>Shill@Lucan DLere wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>Cancelling subscriptions over a UI update?  Are you people serious?</p></blockquote><p>Since the company we are paying our money to doesn't...
Forum: Developer Roundtable 08-23-2010, 09:15 PM
Replies: 787
Views: 8,899
Posted By Leafle
<p>I've been waiting on someone from the...

<p>I've been waiting on someone from the development team to make an appearance, and then I got to thinking, why on earth would they?</p><p>Unless they find a way to sugar-coat something like the...
Forum: Shadowknight 08-23-2010, 01:30 AM
Replies: 20
Views: 223
Posted By Leafle
<p>Soloing has been a bit more of a challenge...

<p>Soloing has been a bit more of a challenge since the nerf. I didn't realize that I was kinda depending on the heal crits.</p><p>But it's not been that much of a change. More of an adjustment. The...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-22-2010, 03:13 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 83
Posted By Leafle
<p>I noticed that too!</p>

<p>I noticed that too!</p>
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-21-2010, 07:39 AM
Replies: 262
Views: 1,941
Posted By Leafle
<p>Our 12 month rewards showed up and they're...

<p>Our 12 month rewards showed up and they're actually passable. The appearance armour is nothing to write home about but the cloak is kinda cool looking and the mount is really nice. Not only is it...
Forum: General Gameplay Discussion 08-21-2010, 07:14 AM
Replies: 56
Views: 199
Posted By Leafle
<p><cite>Grainer@Crushbone...

<p><cite>Grainer@Crushbone wrote:</cite></p><blockquote><p>What can't figure out, Is why in the world would someone keep paying for a service if there unhappy with it, it seems kind of stupid dosn't...
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