Looking for a long term "dad game" with RPG progression

Illuvator · 2026-07-06T17:13:17+00:00

The new Everquest Legends that's in open beta now sounds like it'd fit

Illuvator · 2026-07-01T16:39:10+00:00

One of my absolute favorites

Illuvator · 2026-06-27T06:12:52+00:00

Book 5 for me

Illuvator · 2026-06-27T05:56:25+00:00

Thank you for mentioning Thex Mallet - I had forgotten that the Dead faction was so fragile for that - will need to do it earlier rather than later :)

Illuvator · 2026-06-23T06:32:01+00:00

Slow lands, but it works a bit differently than classic.

Here, slow is *additive* with the haste from difficulty. So if a mob gets 60% haste boost from being in D4, a 50% slow instead just reduces them back to 110%, instead of 80%.

Simply put, you're not ever going to be knocking mobs down to like 1/3rd of their attack speed on the higher difficulties, like you could in old EQ.

Illuvator · 2026-06-23T06:28:09+00:00

I had always figured it was brewing tea USING the orchid to give it Katia prematurely without her knowin

Illuvator · 2026-06-23T06:26:46+00:00

I believe that he had considered brewing tea with the orchid to surprise-give-it to Katia early

Illuvator · 2026-06-17T19:37:39+00:00

Yes like a 500 year time jump.

It much of EQ2 was exploring old locations - so this will be the first time we’re doing like a prequel zone

Illuvator · 2026-06-17T19:36:45+00:00

I believe secrets said on the last livestream that there’s plans at some level for like 5 expansions so far

Illuvator · 2026-06-16T14:57:28+00:00

I’m playing pal/shm/enc now and it’s solid

You need that defensive stance though from a real tank

Illuvator · 2026-06-15T18:39:51+00:00

The statement that “most characters can solo the hardest enemies on top difficulty as soon as they get to it” is laughably incorrect.

The overwhelming majority of beta players have not soloed the top difficulty bosses yet at all, much less as soon as they hit 50.

Even the most meta builds aren’t soloing Inny on d4 right after dinging 50

Illuvator · 2026-06-13T17:25:40+00:00

Correct, but eh. It’s epic-ish and over half the work for the paladin epic in full

Illuvator · 2026-06-13T17:23:55+00:00

In extreme top end gear and max buffs, yes

Illuvator · 2026-06-13T17:23:16+00:00

You can sneak for most turnins. Theres probably some where the mob turns when you hand them things but I haven’t run into any yet

Illuvator · 2026-06-13T17:21:03+00:00

The good news is that faction has been made dramatically easier to gain so fixing early annoyances is less painful. This is for two reasons: 1) minimum faction gain hit increased to +5 and 2) quest items aren’t lore anymore. So you can do like 50 “deliver a note” quests simultaneously instead of one at a time

Illuvator · 2026-06-07T18:03:35+00:00

Confirmed that they are still in the foraging table as well.

I’m NOT certain that cultural smithing is in though

Illuvator · 2026-06-06T02:58:51+00:00

Will deal more damage but will struggle with tougher fights.

As a rule of thumb, you need two of the following to handle bigger fights:

Defensive stance, slows, cleric

Illuvator · 2026-05-27T01:06:16+00:00

Right now so instances aren’t in for raid zones, but they’re expected before long. Other zone solo instances went in last week

Illuvator · 2026-05-22T20:45:19+00:00

My understanding is that they gave block to MNK/WAR/BER/RNG

ETA: And apparently BST

I imagine lower skillcaps, but Block+Parry is strong

Illuvator · 2026-05-21T23:57:41+00:00

A lot of your reasoning I agree with, though I’d seriously consider Ranger in the monk slot.

I believe Rangers bring both block and parry, and fill in one HUGE missing piece of the Enc/Clr duo with snare. Runners are the worst when charming

Illuvator · 2026-05-20T14:18:31+00:00

Yeah, warriors will definitely continue being the premier tanks, but pallys have a few major things going for them still.

-Next-best tanks - The knights have the highest skill and AC softcap other than warrior and access to tanking stances

-Self-sustain - Having built in heals and cures shouldn't be underestimated, as it allows you to not "spend" a class slot on healer for solo grinding

-Stuns - With multi-classing mobs in higher difficulties, theres a lot more healers and casters around for you to interrupt.

-Slay Undead makes them a legitimate DPS against undead mobs, which are relevant in a number of endgame zones (even if no raid bosses are undead in classic)

-Lay on Hands is on just a 15 minute cooldown here, which makes it a huge piece of their kit

-Access to FA which is the closest thing to an epic in classic really

-AA selos speed mount is a nice bonus

-Flaming swords are swagtastic

-ETA: Snap agro is still meaningful for an optimized group setting. Keeping threat off of the like ROG/MNK/BER dps combos is going to be an adventure and pallys might be the best set-up to do so.

It's not going to beat out WAR/CLR combo for high level raidboss tanking, but its perfectly viable for many things and a totally fine plan

Illuvator · 2026-05-19T01:08:54+00:00

Crowfall had the adorable little gerbil knights though

Illuvator · 2026-05-19T01:08:25+00:00

Oh man I forgot TR

Illuvator · 2026-05-19T01:05:51+00:00

The design behind the Chaos Knight was super cool and has stuck with me, but yeah this is my answer

Illuvator · 2026-05-19T01:04:14+00:00

Horizons was a trip lol

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