tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post5306868444716488918..comments2024-03-28T10:18:05.213+00:00Comments on Inventory Full: Good Things Come: EQ2Bhagpusshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-22049473204807556742019-07-17T13:02:18.740+01:002019-07-17T13:02:18.740+01:00Oddly, I have never crafted in FFXIV (or not since...Oddly, I have never crafted in FFXIV (or not since the original, pre-ARR version). I really should do that.<br /><br />Can't wait for the Panda's next set of explorations!Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-69189853079648848592019-07-17T08:30:23.808+01:002019-07-17T08:30:23.808+01:00It doesn't affect me either, but I do apprecia...It doesn't affect me either, but I do appreciate the general difficulty pitch of the non-raid content. I too look forward to a new expansion, I'll be doing the summer gearing event this year again to get a couple of characters ready. Oh and FFXIV has crafting quests for all the tradeskill professions, but they are only every 5 levels (as are adventuring class quests) and, IMHO, the storytelling isn't as involved as in EQ2 as a result of how fragmented they are. Telwynhttps://gamingsf.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-52573819025751991632019-07-13T15:27:57.730+01:002019-07-13T15:27:57.730+01:00I wish someone who's actually involved in the ...I wish someone who's actually involved in the Heroic/Raid endgame read and commented here because I have to take my soundings from places like the official forums, which have been a breeding ground for discontent for far longer than Daybreak have been around. EQ2 players, historically, are an extremely negative bunch, or at least the ones who post on forums always have been.<br /><br />My experience on Adept drops from around level 100 up, though, is that they are at least as uncommon now as Masters used to be. The upside is that theysell for a fortune when you get one, or they do when there's been a level cap rise. And since in EQ2 you never, ever get a spell drop for the class you play, that's very welcome.<br /><br />Also on the upside, the current system has really brought crafting into its own. The advice at the start of a new expansion nowadays always seems to be "get full mastercrafted" for arrmor and the rares to make Expert spells are no harder to get than they ever were, as far as I can tell.<br /><br />The problem seems to kick in once you get to T1 Heroics, which I have never done. When I was last playing the Group game, dungeons in EQII didn't even have tiers. I don't like the tiered dungeon progression system in any game so it's unlikely to affect me, whatever they do with it. I'm just a bit wary of what might happen if the people who do that sort of stuff finally decide it's not worth it any more. They're probably the ones keeping the lights on...Bhagpusshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03499162165023939880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1510920011443550663.post-10062498214611988582019-07-13T14:18:01.557+01:002019-07-13T14:18:01.557+01:00Oh crap, I wasn't even aware of those drop rat...Oh crap, I wasn't even aware of those drop rate changes.<br /><br />Like you the scarcity of Masters never affected me all that much since I stopped raiding around '08 or '09. Crafting the Experts myself and only upgrading the most important spells by just waiting was more than enough for my needs.<br /><br />But imagining the situation as you descibe it...pretty horrible tbh. I wouldn't have thought they'd go this far, considering how consumer-friendly they still are otherwise.Mailvaltarhttp://mailvaltar.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com