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Game Forum / Role Playing Games / EverQuest / April 2008Flagged Zones and Locked Content
Flagged Zones and Locked Content - changing http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=130431 Quoting, As I'm sure most of you are aware, backflagging has been a hot topic for EQ for quite a while now. The complex flagging mechanisms for older expansions can make it difficult for guilds that take on new people to experience the content they are wanting to do. With the sheer amount of content between Qeynos and Crystallos it can be extremely difficult for new players to catch up with their friends in any reasonable time frame. So, in order to make it easier for players to access appropriate content we would like to make some changes to previous flags. All of the existing flags will stay in place, as will the various quest rewards that were additional benefits to their completion. However, the following zones will have an alternate entry criteria of a minimum level. It's important to know that either the previous key OR the new minimum level is required to enter the zone, not both. Required Level 46 1. The Howling Stones 2. Old Sebilis 3. Cobalt Scar Required Level 55 1. Veeshan's Peak 2. Vex Thal 3. Sleeper's Tomb 4. Locked areas of the Temple of Ssraeshza Required level 57 1. Bastion of Thunder 2. Halls of Honor 3. The Temple of Marr 4. Tower of Solusek Ro 5. Drunder, The Fortress of Zek 6. Yxxta 7. Kod`taz Required Level 60 1. Plane of Water 2. Plane of Air 3. Plane of Fire 4. Plane of Earth 5. Uqua 6. Ikkinz Required Level 62 1. Plane of Time 2. Qvic 3. Inktu`Ta Required Level 65 1. Txevu 2. Tacvi End quote.  SignatureTony Evans Saving trees and wasting electrons since 1993 blog -> http://perception-is-truth.blogspot.com/ [ anything below this line wasn't written by me ] >Flagged Zones and Locked Content - changing > [quoted text clipped - 61 lines] > >End quote. I see this different. Anyone who thinks this is an advantage deceives himself. How can taking content away be a good thing? And you miss the feeling of satisfaction once you finished one of the access quests. One can easily make level 80 without ever entering those zones. If you want access to these special zones then do your homework. >If you want access to these special zones then do your homework. I'd be glad to if I didn't need 50 other people to help. I don't mind tedious pointless busywork quests as much as I mind being forced to beg acceptance into some kind of virtual country club to be allowed to access game content my user fees support. >One can easily make level 80 without ever entering those zones. I have. I'd still like to see Time before they shut down the last server. And no, I don't want to join a guild. If I liked company I'd have been a cleric. Looks like a brave step and one I'm happy with. Family life (2 children, husband, cats and a full time job), means my time availible to wait on raids forming, scratching because somebody didn't listen to instructions, waiting to reform only to loose to main mob because lag dragged the main healers down, has never been condusive toletting me get into the keyed zones. As "the warf rat" says, it would be nice to see what my subscription fees are being used for by seeing some of these zones. Seven years in the game and there are some I've not been able to get to - so perma camping twink farmers asise, these open zones can only help support the non-raiding crowd and the benefitsdownfalls to the ubber guilds/players will be minimal, so "grats" SoE for a decent line of supporting all your fee payers. > Looks like a brave step and one I'm happy with. Family life (2 children, > husband, cats and a full time job), means my time availible to wait on [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > minimal, so "grats" SoE for a decent line of supporting all your fee > payers. Does anyone ever actually bother raiding in these zones anymore? Seems like content that is 5 or 6 expansions behind what is current would likely be a total waste of time. But what would I know, I defected to WOW during OOW. > Does anyone ever actually bother raiding in these zones anymore? > Seems like content that is 5 or 6 expansions behind what is current would > likely be a total waste of time. > > But what would I know, I defected to WOW during OOW. Yes, some of us still raid those zones. I'm in a casual raiding guild, so we often raid with only 15-20 people. We flagged our way to the Elemental Planes just for the fun of it, and took down some of the EP bosses until we got tired of backflagging new members. We also flagged our way to Emp Ssra and Vex Thal, for the fun of it. And even if they change it so everyone can zone into Vex Thal, we still had fun! -- Don. --------------------------------------------------------------------- -- See the a.g.e/EQ1 FAQ at http://www.iCynic.com/~don/EQ/age.faq.htm -- -- Sukrasisx, Monk 76 on E. Marr Note: If you reply by mail, -- Terrwini, Druid 60 on E. Marr I'll get to it sooner if you -- Teviron, Knight 59 on E. Marr remove the "hyphen n s" -- Wizbeau, Wizard 36 on E. Marr > > Does anyone ever actually bother raiding in these zones anymore? > > Seems like content that is 5 or 6 expansions behind what is current would [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > -- Teviron, Knight 59 on E. Marr remove the "hyphen n s" > -- Wizbeau, Wizard 36 on E. Marr if most people think opening up old, locked zones is alright, it's either because they think no one cares about that content (so who cares if it's free now?) OR because they think it's too hard for people to earn access properly but you, you're still doing that content - you should be the one who's upset and you're not, so that's great seems sony's done something right for once (though as others have pointed out, it's too little too late for some people...) people being happy about a move by sony = funny >> > Does anyone ever actually bother raiding in these zones anymore? >> > Seems like content that is 5 or 6 expansions behind what is current [quoted text clipped - 35 lines] > > people being happy about a move by sony = funny Someone who still does that content would probably be glad for the changes, since now finding other people to come on the raids is going to be so much easier. No more farming maidens eye for hours helping friends (who subsequently run off to a higher guild) >>Flagged Zones and Locked Content - changing >> [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] > One can easily make level 80 without ever entering those zones. > If you want access to these special zones then do your homework. There was a time when I would have agreed with you, but then again, there was no need for this change back then. Now, it's nigh impossible to get enough people together to help someone get flagged, even in a guild. The player base has moved on to later content. Getting them to raid older content is tough enough. Getting them to help with flagging *and* raid that content is just more than the typical player can expect. SignatureRichard Carpenter Too late to keep me as a subscriber. >Too late to keep me as a subscriber. /applaud |
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