I see some major problems with eq and i know this is NOT going to be popular.
One of the major problems in the game today is that there is just too much eq.
Highbies want to constantly do eq, and they need very little, so the
remaining items that are probably quite good but just not AWESOME get sold off
to midbies. Then these midbies eventually have enuff of these items and sell
these to lowbies, etc. The chain continues. Now, we all know that having a
thriving economy rox and we need to keep that alive..there is the balance here
between having the name on an eq and being able to use an eq for a while
without your name. But i find it odd when your walking through some lowbie
area and you see numeerous dudes equipped with reaver axes or henry mauls,
etc. That eq is rather good. And also, it is bizarre when you kill some mob
and the eq just doenst sell anymore. For instance did inra the other day and
only 1eq was claimed in my eqss and the others get sold for trash money.
Thats not good. I think there are two fixes to this inflation (which ive
talked about b4). I have eq rot off people faster, based on the sac value of
an item. This tune affects lower lvl people a lot more than highbies, but i
think its necessary in that it encourages people to make their own eq and keep
the economy going. It also refers back to my previous post. If you buy some
AWESOME high powered eq for like 5m of constant drawbridge runs, well you
dont want to see it go poof in a month. On the other hand the lil cloak of
fires, purple gloves, behe collars, etc, well fuck that lousy crap. It
shouldnt last so long. People will accuse me of being an asshole for
suggesting this tune, but honestly there is way way too much eq in the game
and id rather see the shit go then the good stuff. Second problem in
combination with that is that there is just not a good way to do money as a
highbie in comparison with doing eq and selling it. For isntance i love doing
money runs and im good at it. i can make like 200k an hr doing a money run.
But fuck, i can do an eq party and spend 2hrs killing something and make 5m!
Thus doing money becomes a total waste of time. I think there should be some
way of making money as a highbie that doesnt involve selling eq to newbies.
Perhaps the sell value on eq could be raised quite a bit. I would sell the
cloak fo fire to the shop instead of contributing to eq inflation if i was
gonna get more than fucking 6k gold for it at the armourer. Obviously this
needs to be watched because some really crap shit has high sac value and can
be abused...but its a system that could be thought about. For instance iwth
items over 1m sac value why give a good return?> Or better yet, make mobs that
have GOLD. I remember in dragon citadel there used to be a room with like 1m
in mithril or something WE need more mobs like that.
Anyways just a lil rambling from me. Post replies id like to know what people
think.