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aeio · 03-23-2005, 12:05 AM

Siltha wrote:I think it was bending over to the power gamers and dishing out endgame expansion after endgame expansion that killed EQ1 after all. The gap went too big - while even those expansions didn't satisfy the hardcore base. It just became a grind where casual players had no chance to keep up.So now people who grinded to 50 instead of playing the game are getting bored? Bad for them. But I honestly don't feel too much pity

I agree with this whole-heartedly.. And they have said they want to make EQ2 for the people who didn't like EQ1 or stopped playing it. Personally I just hit level 40... I am in no real hurry to get to 50... I would like to hit 50 around the time the first expansion comes out, which I won't expect will be out for 3-5 months. So I have plenty of time to get those last 10 levels. I would guess the significant portion of the playerbase is in the low to mid 30s at this point and will be a while before they hit 50. That all being said, I am not sure the original poster was protesting for an uber game environment I think he was just asking for more to do at the end. I think they have added content at a signifcant pace so far, and have appealed to the bulk of the players. Those out ahead of the curve are simply going to have to wait for the rest of the players and the game to catch up. I suspect in the next few months you will see more content in the free updates for the 40s and even 50s and we will probably have another adventure pack and an expansion in the next 3-5 months as I mentioned.

03-23-2005, 12:05 AM	#11
aeio Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 267	Siltha wrote:I think it was bending over to the power gamers and dishing out endgame expansion after endgame expansion that killed EQ1 after all. The gap went too big - while even those expansions didn't satisfy the hardcore base. It just became a grind where casual players had no chance to keep up.So now people who grinded to 50 instead of playing the game are getting bored? Bad for them. But I honestly don't feel too much pity I agree with this whole-heartedly.. And they have said they want to make EQ2 for the people who didn't like EQ1 or stopped playing it. Personally I just hit level 40... I am in no real hurry to get to 50... I would like to hit 50 around the time the first expansion comes out, which I won't expect will be out for 3-5 months. So I have plenty of time to get those last 10 levels. I would guess the significant portion of the playerbase is in the low to mid 30s at this point and will be a while before they hit 50. That all being said, I am not sure the original poster was protesting for an uber game environment I think he was just asking for more to do at the end. I think they have added content at a signifcant pace so far, and have appealed to the bulk of the players. Those out ahead of the curve are simply going to have to wait for the rest of the players and the game to catch up. I suspect in the next few months you will see more content in the free updates for the 40s and even 50s and we will probably have another adventure pack and an expansion in the next 3-5 months as I mentioned.