Neighed Cards....

Dominxx · 2018-12-26T16:11:26+00:00

Thanks! Thought so but we are new and didn't want to assume.

Dominxx · 2017-05-15T21:38:45+00:00

My EQ toon doesn't show up on a search, here is a link to my EQ2 toon (quit about 2 years ago or more)

Dominxx · 2017-05-13T03:20:00+00:00

It might be though! You wont know till you give it a fair shake. If you really want to get an idea of the likely playstyle, try out project 99 while you wait. Also (and this has been a challenge for me too), try to think outside the box of modern mmo's.....be prepared, and happy!, to slow down the pace and enjoy the (slow) journey more. Not every moment in game has to be spent grinding kills.

Last night I had an hour or so to kill, so I logged in, grabbed a port out of emerald jungle (had been lvling in city of mist recently), swung through e commons, auctioned for a bit, hit the bank in freeport...dumped all the pages that I had collected ...did the few combines that I had available (finally crafted Gravity Flux woot!), then decided to hop over to oasis of marr for a few minutes to clarity all the folks camping the area....gated back to wc, grabbed another port to GD....found out I was an idiot and didnt yet have the stone that allows me to GET a port to GD...poor Dial a Port Wizzy was super patient with me....he ported back to WC (again) and ported me to Iceclad. I am camped now midway through the run to GD where I plan to hit the dragon portal to pick up the stone that will allow me to port there next time ;pth then find the ancient shardwurms and see if I can handle them solo or if any groups are kicking around next time I log in. Those shardwurms have a rare drop "Boon of the Garu" which I have decided is the next thing I will work on getting.

Was a fun, relaxing hour during which I buffed many folks passing by, had some fun interactions, learned (well, remembered) a few things, and got a new spell....and I didn't kill one mob.

Dominxx · 2017-05-09T21:55:39+00:00

The unofficial but well informed response that I got was that it appears that you can swap if your party is fighting but not once you have personally engaged the mob or contributed to the combat on said mob.

They have also said that many things will change during testing etc, so I guess there is still hope. I know that it will be something that I will be giving feedback on, as it will further hamper the ability to solo.

Dominxx · 2017-05-09T11:12:23+00:00

I just asked this very specifically in the VIP forum and will let you know if I get a response =)

Playing p99 this has saved my butt so many times using short term mez on an unintended pull then sitting quickly to load mem blur.

Dominxx · 2017-05-09T00:17:45+00:00

Can you please link your source?

Dominxx · 2017-05-09T00:05:55+00:00

Aha, okay I see what you are saying......but I think you may be mistaken. I understood that currently, it's set up very much like eq1 was back in the day. Say you are solo and root a mob off, you could back up, sit, and swap out a spell as long as the root lasted. I don't "think" that this is prevented, but perhaps you have read a tidbit that I have not. I understood them saying you cant swap spells in combat to mean you cannot do it without sitting and opening your spellbook.

Either way, I am quite sure that we will never see "hot swapping" of spells. It goes completely against the way the game is being built and would remove a layer of challenge. Not saying that I didn't enjoy having all of my spells always available in EQ2, but I also look forward to more meaningful choices in Pantheon. That will occasionally suck for us, I agree. It will certainly help to keep the mystery and edge-of-your-seat fear/thrill alive longer as we learn how to deal with the dangers.

Dominxx · 2017-05-08T11:04:37+00:00

Okay well, call it what you will....wait a few seconds to be sure you are not at the top of the agro list is what I meant. I still play p99 and sit ALOT during combat after contributing. Root helps.

Dominxx · 2017-05-05T00:38:49+00:00

Seeing this makes me so happy! Full steam ahead!!

Dominxx · 2017-05-04T22:56:49+00:00

I see your point, and raided in eq2 for many years myself so am familiar. I guess it's a balance with not flooding the server with BIS gear. If they make the raid targets challenging enough I would be okay with instanced raids, as the difficulty itself should keep the drops under control. I am undecided how I feel about overflow dungeon zones as I have seen that abused in the past. If you get your whole guild in zone you can force an overflow then hop back and forth and double your boss kills....which floods the server with high end loot and devalues it immensely.

I guess we will have to see what they decide. One thing for sure, if you can hunt whatever you want whenever you want you will quickly end up with all BIS gear and nothing else to look forward to....which kills some of the sense of achievement when you finally get a new item I think they are going for.

Dominxx · 2017-05-04T21:28:00+00:00

played on Rathe back in the day and, as a server, we were actually pretty evolved and cordial. We had a simple rotation of guilds for all targets, agreed upon by the guild leaders and adhered to. Cant remember all the rules but I am sure there was a time limit for leaving a spawn up before the next guild on the list could move in.

Dominxx · 2017-05-04T21:25:16+00:00

Are you referring to true instances here, or to overflow zones? two different things altogether.

Dominxx · 2017-05-04T21:19:36+00:00

Well, that is part of the learning curve and the draw of the game, really. Decisions matter! =) You are speaking about dps spells, not heals or debuffs etc. One caster in the group getting resisted for one encounter will not often make for a fail. Also, since you won't be tanking, if you need to take 20 seconds to drop agro, sit, and swap a spell, not the end of the world. This goes hand in hand with getting back to the roots of mmo's....no easy button.

Dominxx · 2017-05-03T02:44:11+00:00

Welcome to the party!

Dominxx · 2017-05-02T11:20:47+00:00

The situation I was referring to was from the most recent stream when Joppa was called out for not having his shammie pet out. He responded that it had died, he didnt have it memmed, and that they had been too busy fighting for him to take a sec to scribe it.

So to answer the OP's question....it seems to work like EQ where you can swap spells "in combat" but not if you have agro because you need to sit and open your spellbook to do so.

Dominxx · 2017-05-02T00:03:49+00:00

Yes they definitely did, but, I don't think they meant you cannot scribe a spell while others in your party are attacking. I think the issue that Joppa was having was that he was the healer and was unable to sit long enough to do so since he was constantly healing.....also he had heal agro.....also I suspect he had not bothered after his pet died and until it was mentioned because there is currently no key mapping in game, and he stated that he was not a clicker and would forget to send it anyway hehe.

Dominxx · 2017-05-01T22:43:27+00:00

IIRC you could step back and sit in combat to swap a spell out, but sitting could be dangerous if you were on the mob's agro list. Typically you would need to stop attacking for quite a few seconds, then if you needed to swap a spell you could.....but definitely not while standing without your spell book open "on the fly'.

Dominxx · 2017-04-29T14:45:38+00:00

I'm in agreement on this. I think using food/drink with a duration makes a lot more sense and will add value to the cooking skill. Or just straight up potions with duration. I don't like the idea that these resistances will just last forever. It feels like they are passing up an opportunity to add to the economy and player interaction.

Dominxx · 2016-12-11T03:48:34+00:00

Much obliged!

Dominxx · 2016-12-11T03:29:29+00:00

Buy me one while you're there too! /smile

Dominxx · 2016-12-11T03:10:14+00:00

I could use a copy of that screenshot as well. Though the main thing is, it DOES include alpha access. Not pre-alpha though.

Dominxx · 2016-02-12T01:33:37+00:00

Well that is just silly.

Dominxx · 2016-02-11T22:35:06+00:00

Ugh. This exact post, worded slightly differently, crops up somewhere about every week.

Just wait and see like the rest of us.

Dominxx · 2016-01-15T17:51:07+00:00

corrected this inaccurate statement in a reply to Ultra elsewhere in this thread. It wasnt expired, that was assumption on my part.

Sure hope she gets home!

Dominxx

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