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- Major nerf to necromancer 2.0/2.5 coming next week
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- Aradune true boxing
- How can I go through and destroy all of PoP?
| Major nerf to necromancer 2.0/2.5 coming next week Posted: 11 Aug 2020 07:33 PM PDT Well, here we are again. Back in 2004, when we released Omens of War, we also released 16 different epic weapons. Warriors got two activated effects to use on theirs. Everyone else's epics have a worn effect that gives you a bonus while you have it equipped, and an activated effect that you... activate. For 10 classes, the worn effect had an explicit upper limit on its effectiveness. For three more, the worn effect worked on a specific ability that was superseded later. Bards got a worn effect that was exceeded by class armor soon after. Necromancers got an effect that worked forever. If this effect was a child, it would be learning how to drive now. It turned the epic from a "nice to have" to a "must equip forever," and didn't allow players to move on as the game evolved. Initially there just wasn't a way to limit that effect by level, so we didn't. Eventually the code team made it happen. In the years since it's been possible, there were several occasions where we considered introducing a limit but didn't due to where Necromancers were as a class at the time. And that is what leads us to this announcement. In the August update, we're going to introduce an effect limiter on the Necromancer epic 1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 that starts to decay its effectiveness by 5% per level for spells above level 80. Originally the plan had been to start the decay at level 75 to match all of the other casters, priests, and hybrids. Some outliers still had effects that worked at full potency up until level 80, though, so that's where we started the decay for Necromancers as well. It means that most of the spells that will be focused less effectively by the Necromancer epic have the full benefit of the DoT consolidation project, and by the time the effect wears off completely necromancers will be in a much better spot damage-wise than they were with the epic before DoTs were consolidated. Here's what this means in gameplay: From levels 70 to 80, there's no change. In Omens of War and the six subsequent expansions, the epic 1.5/2.0/2.5 is just as powerful as it was before. Level 81 spells get 95% of the effectiveness of the epic, level 82 spells get 90% of the effectiveness, and so on. Level 90 spells will get half of the effectiveness of the epic, and no epic will affect a level 100 spell. This slow ramp means that there's no point where upgrading to a new spell will lower your effectiveness in combat. We understand that this isn't great news for you and it's upsetting to lose an effect that has been part of the class for so long. This isn't something we enjoy doing. It's also important for the long-term health of the game to allow old items to retire. We believe that by placing the cutoff where we did we've accomplished the following goals:
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| Kunark Agents of Change locations (Riz/Aradune) Posted: 11 Aug 2020 08:45 AM PDT Put this together since Kunark is coming out next week [link] [comments] |
| Posted: 11 Aug 2020 09:57 AM PDT Hey everyone. I just started true boxing on aradune. My main pc and a old laptop on my desk. I am not enjoying it as much as I thought. It's annoying having to look at my laptop with its much small screen and the extra mouse on my desk. How strict are the gms on the true boxing? I have a 50 and have been leveling a Druid on my second account. Only thing I can do on my mage is the ds buff. What lvl does that ds become kinda useless to lvling? [link] [comments] |
| How can I go through and destroy all of PoP? Posted: 10 Aug 2020 11:15 PM PDT I'm 6 boxing and my group (82 SK, 82 CL, 82 SH, 82 MAG, 82 WIZ, 82 BARD) is itching to go through the planes and 'solo' group everything since I quit EQ back when our guild beat Quarm. I've been dedicated to leveling up to 85 as I heard that this is when you can really do it without issues - but is this true? What should I expect and are there any good guides? Do I need to do all of the flagging that I did in the past many years ago? Are the gods camped? I'm on FV if that helps - and I'm at 25K HP on the SK with 900AA. The other guys have crap gear / 100 AAs. I'm thinking that once I get to 85, it'll be easier to get way better gear for cheap. Anyone do this? Basically once I beat Quarm, I'm retiring ha. Thanks! [link] [comments] |
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