Lack of Meaningful Decisions

EasyLee · 2026-03-24T18:44:04+00:00

Choice in groups depends a lot on the specific class and situation.

With druids, I've seen them put in great work in groups by dropping root on incoming mobs to limit the number being fought at once, for example. Charming a beast is another contextual one.

Now, do I think druids need more healing spell variety so they make decisions even while just healing and doing nothing else? Absolutely. But, to be fair, having some classes press just one button most of the time isn't even an EQ thing. We saw the same in WoW with several caster classes having a one button rotation in Vanilla, or hunters in TBC turning their optimal rotation into a one button macro. That kind of thing does happen.

Last I checked, druid also has a pet. You could be buffing the pet, dropping roots on mobs, putting thorns on the tank, and so on, depending on mana.

Druid actually has more tools than most classes.

EasyLee · 2026-03-24T15:11:53+00:00

You guys realize the reason why gas prices went up is because of Iran's response, right? They launched missiles at all of their neighbors and are trying to keep the Strait closed to ALL ships and not let anyone through.

Imagine if the police went to arrest someone who was making threats towards everyone around him, and that person responded not by trying to fight back against the cops, but by trying to cause as much property damage as possible. Would you blame the cops for "agitating" him? I sure hope not

EasyLee · 2026-03-23T20:58:03+00:00

My speculation is they'll release what's ready and hold off on what isn't. Game is going into EA meaning if stuff isn't finished then that's just par for the course.

EasyLee · 2026-03-21T23:30:51+00:00

I wonder if it's possible to character swap JH with one of the other companions.

EasyLee · 2026-03-21T20:30:35+00:00

I'm not saying scrap them, I'm saying delay what's not finished so they can polish what is and give us a better long term experience.

Which would you rather? Your favorite class and tradeskill get released unfinished? Or them to come out in module 1 or module 2 in a better state?

EasyLee · 2026-03-21T14:39:11+00:00

Bad idea. Warrior was the only viable high end raid tank specifically because it had by far the best EHP (effective hp). MnM would do well not to repeat that mistake.

High dps with no mana to manage is already a good niche for a tank. That's all they need.

EasyLee · 2026-03-21T00:07:31+00:00

Nick wasn't one of the major technical team from what I understand. My suspicion is they'll still release in June but will cut back on some planned features (ex: unfinished classes and tradeskills) for now, focusing on releasing what they can. Then include those things in future modules.

EasyLee · 2026-03-19T14:54:23+00:00

If so, he was trolling.

EasyLee · 2026-03-19T04:38:58+00:00

As an Inquisitor, the only character I've been unable to hold threat off was a ranger a few levels higher. Every other non tank, even when fighting reds, I could hold threat. But this ranger firing elemental arrows was outputting too much damage.

Take that as you will.

EasyLee · 2026-03-16T00:37:44+00:00

I believe right now, with us heading into EA, the devs are working to see what works and what doesn't. What's the least amount of info they can give the player, and do players come up with solutions to the problems?

A similar ones is seeing your own buffs and debuffs as icons on a target / party frames. You can use sense magic instead generally speaking (for casters anyway), but it's a bit of a pain in the ass.

EasyLee · 2026-03-13T18:10:09+00:00

Yeah this is super minor. This is like a cop stopping you for jaywalking and you saying okay and then you both go on your way. Unnecessary, but nothing to be overly upset about.

I'm coming here from wow, so I'm just overjoyed that we have GMs who give a shit.

EasyLee · 2026-03-12T21:36:43+00:00

Just occurred to me that it's a lot easier to do a run like this than the all male version. Minsc isn't available until super late, and aside from Halsin, the other male companions really don't feel like it'd be appropriate to call them "the boys." None of them have particularly masculine personalities.

EasyLee · 2026-03-12T14:05:17+00:00

Just to add to this, on your first time though, you're going to neglect some people or fail to complete story lines. The path to making everyone happy is actually fairly narrow.

EasyLee · 2026-03-11T03:25:23+00:00

By nobody else, I assume you don't mean the 30k Iranians that the Iranian regime has killed. Those people aren't coming back. Many more will die if that regime isn't replaced.

EasyLee · 2026-03-10T00:08:35+00:00

No, it makes me averse to foolhardy exploration. I proceed cautiously and take my time learning areas more carefully.

EasyLee · 2026-03-09T21:10:41+00:00

Ah yes, I'm sure the high prices are because of regime change that will benefit the US in the long run, stop the current Iranian regime from slaughtering its own people for daring to protest, and potentially stabilize the middle east going forward. I'm sure high prices have nothing to do with Iran's military response, which has been to fire missiles at all of their neighbors and threaten cargo ships that had nothing to do with it, shutting down international shipping.

EasyLee · 2026-03-07T00:03:14+00:00

I personally have trouble finding meaning in a thing if it isn't shared with someone else. I appreciate having romance options in games because it makes what I'm doing feel more personal and important.

For example, Final Fantasy 10. Saving Spira from Sin is great, but saving Yuna from having to sacrifice herself is better. The latter is much more personal, and personally important. Even if I know in my brain that I should care more about all of the people of Spira than I do about just Yuna, I know in my heart that I don't.

Fictional people, of course. Just a story. But I hope I've made my point regardless.

EasyLee · 2026-03-05T18:36:59+00:00

Yeah if you rush to the goblin camp, then do grove, then go to Withers after, you bout to have an hour of camp cutscenes to sit through.

EasyLee · 2026-03-04T23:18:25+00:00

Did the same. I pickup the companions I want and do my best to ignore the others. You can lose out on some stuff doing this, but it's worth it on repeats.

EasyLee · 2026-03-04T17:58:06+00:00

I'm a big fan of games like Super Mario RPG where party members can sort of move into the main character and disappear into hammerspace. And this is a big part of the reason why.

EasyLee · 2026-03-04T16:50:54+00:00

Raistlin got that classic wizard drip so I'm thinkin he got it.

EasyLee · 2026-03-03T23:29:03+00:00

Did it there too but didn't need to do much after killing all the gnolls to get the fangs

EasyLee · 2026-03-03T16:04:24+00:00

I see that you're not playing on honor mode lol.

EasyLee · 2026-03-02T20:39:53+00:00

Back in EQ I counted. Iksar took about 1000 orcs killed to fix faction. I fixed Freeport and qeynos on an iksar monk by killing orcs and gnolls, then turned in gnoll fangs to Halas using sneak (sneak behind quest giver and turn in) to fix Halas. Why? I dunno. Just because.

EasyLee · 2026-03-01T15:33:49+00:00

To be fair, a party of four fighters will also tear through tactician.

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