The great EQ2 nerf of 03//12/2004Follow

At least this is what its rapidly becoming known as.

Read some of the offical forums, its hugely heated with flames and brimstone.

Can we all say 'miss'?? :P lol

Erm.....did I miss something? Im sooooooo confused....I need a hug..mommy.

Aren't you forgetting the con system nerf, the increase to NPC hp and damage, and when combined, what is essentially a nerf to anyone who wants to solo?

I hope that the EQ2 beta test ends soon so we will be able to see what the game is really going to be like.

Jeez, man, what day is it now? Did you notice no similarity? There are two ways to write a date: MM/DD/YY and DD/MM/YY.

I was only poking fun at a not so funny, but rather common Sony situation. It's pretty obvious that EQ2 was released when it was because of WoW's timeframe. To make sweeping and significant changes now post-release means that we are all paying for what is basically an extended open beta test.

Now, flip side is that I'd rather get in and play now even of they still want to tweak things. It's really a catch-22 situation. Am I glad they released in November? Yep. It still doesn't change basic human nature which resists changes at every step. Each significant change they make now is much harder to swallow than something that had been refined and completed in the actual beta test.



You may want to change the title of the post to the "Dec 03 nerf" to help out those that use US date format :)

Just saying that maybe it wasn't in the best interest to introduce such a strict nerf in so short a time frame, obviously people will resist and grief about it, to me as long as I can still go out, group with some friends and kill the same mobs I was hunting yesterday and the day before, then to me, its all good.

Europeans commonly use the switched around day/month format as well as those in the military.

As far as the great nerf is concerned, I really can't say. I have't played my 20+ char in awhile, but from the sound of the patch message it really just sounds like both NPCs and players had their damage and health upped. If they were both upped the same...nothings really changed.

The EQ2 official forums are not known for their wonderful intellectual debates either, so until I see it for myself I'll consider this a nerf-in-waiting.

FriendBear, first you spout off a thread saying WoW is higher rated than EQ2 and now another thread about a thread you created on the official forums about a "nerf"... oh sorry, the "GREAT EQ2 NERF"...

What's wrong with you?

Why are you trolling these forums trying to spark reactions from people?

Try to discuss things, not cause a panic from people who play Rangers, or want to play them.

Rate up for you!

I never understood why people complain about so-called nerfs and other changes. Do they honestly expect that nothing will change in an online game?

I'll try to explain to you why "reasonable" people complain about nerfs. Players invest a lot of time in something and get used to it being that way. Then the nerf bat comes - and wham - they're investment is upset. They may no longer have much fun doing it the nerfed way. Of course they have a right to be upset.

Now, in some cases the nerf is totally reasonable and makes the game better. In other cases the nerf is completely arbitrary and punitive. Developers are *only human* and ***** up all the time. That's why it is important for us to complain on boards like these - and the official boards. It makes the game better if we complain. If we always take it on the chin and say nothing, then the devs assume we are okay with the changes.

Note, devs aren't always great players - I sometimes wonder if any of them play at all. Their perspective must certainly be different because it is a *job* for them - not a pasttime.

Please note, you are perfectly in your right to wonder why ranters and flamers make unjustifiable complaints. But when people make reasonable complaints - that's different. We should support them, even if we don't always agree with them. To suggest we shouldn't complain and simply accept what the devs throw at us ... let me humbly stress that I think this would not be good. Stagnation will result.

GL all!