Piestro So let's get this started folks, before we start answering questions Spnranger I really like the change where you do not have to accept the AA's if u choose not to it really let you play your game your way. Maathers you retain full control if you don't opt in ;) Rorce speaking of the UCS...yeah it just died Piestro Thom Terrazas is Phathom, the producer for EQ Larhet well just usin as a examlpe of time on aa's Thom Terrazas Welcome everyone! I am Thom Terrazas, Senior Producer on EverQuest (aka Phathom). Great to have everyone here to talk about the great things coming up in EverQuest! Piestro Jchan is Technical Director on EQ KylarNghtangel has joined the chat. JChanSOE Hi Sharkou812 has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE I'm Doug Cronkhite, also known as Elidroth. I'm the systems lead, and AA designer on EQ Argon1 has joined the chat. EQ-Aristo I'm Ed Hardin, Senior Designer on EQ. Mainly I do spells but I also mess with timing scripts and building our patches. Kinadorm has joined the chat. Lyndro Howdy folks. I'm Akil Hooper, also know as Lyndro. I'm the creative director for EverQuest (EverQuest II as well, but that's not too relevant at this moment) Jcaraker Good afternoon, all! I'm Prathun, the lead designer on EverQuest. We used to do developer chats every month or so, back in the day, so it'll be fun to get back into the chat saddle again. :) Thank you all for joining us. Tarrin-Povar I am Tarrin, and I am an alcoholic. EQ-Aristo I have the coldest office. Jamdread has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE Ed has the Icebox Office Piestro I'm jealous of Aristo's office Elidroth SOE I am not Marshall.hayes.399 has joined the chat. Drachnor My question is simple. Can you all take a look at the spawn times on all pre Planes of Power mobs and adjust them to a more reasonable spawn time that is 2-6hours instead of days? Its impossible to progress in old content because of people who have been permacamping these rare creatures and keeping entire zones killed for 10+years. Its so bad that it took me 13 years to get my epic 1.0 because I refused to buy the multiquest off the guy peramcamping the mobs. It would be nice to see older content adjusted in order to allow players chances to see such great content. The content is 10+years old. It is no longer relevant and should no longer affect the game world if there spawn time was reduced. Jcaraker Wish I had a colder office. KinnieChianti Hey, Prathun :) Kinadorm has left the chat. Argon1 hey guys 1st time ever using something like this,, glad to talk to u all,, I know u had a lot of negative feed back,, but for 1 I like the idea of getting the AA's Disdained Wish i had an office with jchan :P Shang a Lang When /autofire was introduced, there was a lag-time built into the command. Would you guys be willing to remove the lag-time built into the command? Extradps has joined the chat. Phlyte thanks for taking time to talk to us dev crew JanOlsson has joined the chat. Reht has joined the chat. Xean has left the chat. Lyndro Hey folks: This chat is unmoderated. Let's try to keep the chatter down just to questions and answers to keep it from getting too unruly. Meeeftc420 has left the chat. Crystilla has joined the chat. JChanSOE We don't currently have an estimate of when the Test server chat will be available. The Live version is currently running and we are currently working on making it more stable. We have a few options for new systems, but in the mean time we've been running diagnostics and adding in more alerts to help us pinpoint the issue. Palijim Can always send a PM to you right maybe you would answer it her ein the public forum? Mildaria has joined the chat. Lilbobmom has joined the chat. Bonkdawg As a player that just recently returned to EQ (I have a level 80 druid that was started in 1999 w/ a few hundred aa's), I came back because EQ is still the most challenging MMO in my opinion. I do like the idea of the AA grant, because it is very tough to get a new character up to par. However I do think there should be some kind of reward for the people that have spent so much time grinding out the AA's. Hlilly has joined the chat. Yinla Who does the reanimated hand in lower guk belong to? Jcaraker Revamping some of the older spawns for pre-instanced content comes up a lot. Without any hyperbole, this would be an epic task and unfortunately we don't have a clean way to do this without also impacting the progression servers, which would break one of the reasons why players want to play on that kind of retro server. Clb6988 My only question is why are you giving out something for free that a lot of us had to spend considerable time to get? In reference to the free AAs. Sycloniss My questions is about the Raid UI. Any chance EQ will update the raid UI to current MMO standards. The current raid UI is very rough to work with. There is no way to see groups hp, mana, end. No easy way to change players around. No easy way to drag and drop members/groups you wish to keep an eye on. EQ is the only game I never want to be raid leader. Lyndro Drachnor: Also, but we have to keep the progression server(s) in mind. Also, it doesn't sound as though increasing the spawn rate will really fix your problem. It'll just make the person who is permacamping the spawns get them that much more often. Kinadorm has joined the chat. Loonytoony the original nut Hi devs my questions are on a broad number of subjects. As a cleric with the recent up comming changes are we going to get our damage ability ie ability to kill adjusted? Second with shining also getting adjusted are clerics going get adjustments in offensive utitility ie the ability to buff group dps and debuff mob intake on mobs from player dps? Cendanwo has joined the chat. Fezagorn has joined the chat. IcarusMONK has joined the chat. Pukgruk has left the chat. WarriorSheena Okay, I've got a question. Can druids get a mana restore ability? What would be reasonable to ask for? Qest T. Silverclaw What do you see as the role of Enchanters moving forward? Did you intend for us to be light tanks with half a million+ hps in runes compared to about 80k hps of the average caster? Shang a Lang I can't remember the specifics on the /autofire lag time, but I believe it's .2 seconds. EQ-Aristo --Yinla: Who does the reanimated hand in lower guk belong to?-- Someone very, very large. Hope you don't find out. Piestro working on getting some afolks some answers that is Palijim ok Yinla Thank you Aristo Piestro typing takes time though :) Clb6988 Great question Sheena. I have been complaining about the lack of a mana gathering ability on my druid for a while now. EQPackrat has joined the chat. Piestro some questions take longer than others to think about though Argon1 as a druid im glad you brought that up,, when in raids and you die,, makes it tough to get mana to heal ppl without some sort of harvet mana Lord Gonz has left the chat. Argon1 harvest Kingrogue2 that is what an enchanter is for getting mana JenarieEQ easy question piestro - is there a date for patch or is 'sometime next week but not monday' still the best guestimate :) Darkomen42 Or melee dying and being useless for 3 minutes versus casters popping up harvesting/mod rod/etc and jumping right back in. Leighton Orestes I know it was mentioned recently and before, about sk 2.0 holding back development of some new skills, etc. Do you guys have any insight into what that may entail. Ie, bringing back theft of hate line to new levels, increasing group life/mana taps, bringing scarlet blade line recast in line with visage, or decreasing cool down on HT since it's damage is pretty insignificant with today's mudflation. Domxxx has joined the chat. Clb6988 I would also like to see Staunch Recovery not get wasted if you have rez effects Melthe Would it be possible to instance some of the old school Epic fight zone for example like Fear? ChaosNMayhem How about...The New AA Journeyman's Speed is useless for a bard, is there some other option for bards? Spnranger Any thoughts to maybe a special Type 21 aug set for grinding out the aa's or a special title for grinding them out rather than opting in to the free ones? Fezagorn Are tabbed tell (or chat) windows a possibility? WarriorSheena Druid survivability is another issue. Dead druid = no mana to heal. No mana restore+low druid survivability is harsh. Melthe also Chardok, Sky and Fear Vowlz has joined the chat. Piestro Patch will be on the 19th Jenarie *99%* Lyndro Bonkdawg: Welcome back! People who earned the AAs will have an easier time (sort of) earning the associated achievements, as the granted AAs don't count toward your totals for achievements. We don't want to make something like that totally impossible to achieve based off of a decision that you can't undo. DingZero has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE We are not planning on offering any reward or compensation for players who have already earned their AA to this point. Piestro We talked about it a lot Martons has joined the chat. Piestro and tried to come up with ideas that were fair and appropriate Drachnor The problem with the spawn times however is that because of there long spawns the mobs in question can not be camped. You have to either be very lucky to beat the guy or kill steal which is illegal. Having them spawn several times a day would increase the probability of catching the guys up as a person can not sit for 24 hours a day killing. Typically. I understand that progression servers matter in this instance but it has been stated that no progression server will be looked at untill the new ones go live. This is years away. One of the greatest feats of the old game was doing PUG groups to kill dragons and to take out ancient foes. This cant be done with the way that new guilds and players can hold these creatures dead within seconds of spawning. I know that it seems like it would take a while to do but I think that it is a long over do fix especially for these mobs that control epic drops. Sokonx To make previous skill mod equipment and worn effect equipment useful. Example RoF T4 class specific weapons. Would the devs consider the addition of 2 new inventory slots to the game. 1 that gave the user the benefit of any item with a skill mod placed in it, and the other that gave the benefit of any item with a worn effect put in that slot, without actually wearing either item. Nilwean has left the chat. JanOlsson has left the chat. Spewspawns Whoa....new EQ mob...WALL OF TEXT... Aludex there shouldn't be, we know what we earned. anyone who disagrees needs to re-evaluate the reason they play. you know a char over 10+years old can't compare to a char just handed 4k aa WarriorSheena Another question I have is will the necro epic be changed/capped, and if so what kind of change? Exovane Do you guys have a general idea of where in level and aa the heroic characters will be? Or a release date for that matter. Kingrogue2 Will we get to chose where our AAs goes when we get them? Sineroth can u make it so snakes and fish and stuff with no legs cannot kick? Sphynx CT Lyndro, you mention the achievements as if they mean something to the game. What purpose does it have to earn all the achievement points? The aa are what effect the gameplay. Vixxenkiss has joined the chat. Piestro They are preset kingrogue2 Lowbrow With the goal for you to deliver content on a more regular basis, will there be changes to Hot Zones more frequently? Piestro we have mostly made that change sineroth, let us know if you see one doing it Extradps yes epics is why im here----can we get a 3.0 quest that's CURRENT hp mana etc??? Elidroth SOE We have no plans to create any new inventory slots at this time. There is enough gear to chase without creating more, and the addition of slots as suggested could create a situation where one class would get drastically better benefits than another from such a slot Spnranger Is there something unfair or in appropriate to a type 21 or title for doing it? i can forsee no major change in game play based on a title or look of armor except memebers who have spent lifetimes grinding the aa's can stand a little bit apart from their coutner parts. Jmcelwee21 has joined the chat. Clb6988 has left the chat. Ddever has left the chat. Larhet this is a joke just like the game is turnin into Kaenneth I always wanted a 'Codpeice' slot. Gabrieles-Tunare Is there a way to make it so gifted AAs do not count against xp curve cap ? Aludex your over reacting, its not that big a deal Jcaraker Sineroth: The race data can be changed so that certain races (like snakes and ravens) can't kick. It *should* be set up that way already, but I can take another look and make sure it's set up correctly. Mike.mcgoveran.1 Please tell me how changes to Headshot and Assassinate help server stability? If you go into the Grounds or other such zones, are Rangers and Rogues rounding up 100+ mobs and lagging everyone out? No they are not, because that's not how their abilities work. They only work on single targets. I left Decapitate out because I don't want to misspeak, as I don't play a Zerker. I believe the same holds true for them. The bottom line is that if these nerfs are being done solely to help server stability as has been stated, the same thing could have been accomplished by enforcing play nice policies already in place, or at the very least using a scalpel for the nerfs and not a machete. Domxxx With the new AAs being granted, could we have a tick box by each line in the AA window so we could choose which ones to auto grant rather than get almost all. That way we would have some choice in the way we accumulate them JChanSOE -- Sycloniss My questions is about the Raid UI. Any chance EQ will update the raid UI to current MMO standards. The current raid UI is very rough to work with. There is no way to see groups hp, mana, end. No easy way to change players around. No easy way to drag and drop members/groups you wish to keep an eye on. EQ is the only game I never want to be raid leader.-- We're always looking for ways to improve our UI and smooth out rough edges. For the smaller requests, we try to take care of them as time allows. For larger revamps, we need to take the proper time to work out all the potential issues. The quickest way to work out those issues is to start on the forums so we can get many voices and ideas on the UI changes early. Larhet has left the chat. Shang a Lang Decapitate and Assassinate actually *do* work on mobs they do not have targeted. Faelona Dev chat needs to be color coded and a question queue should be organized, this is just too much clutter -__- Mykaylla has joined the chat. Shang a Lang muhkayluhh Darkomen42 JchanSOE - It seems to be like the UI mod community could handle that for you. Mike.mcgoveran.1 Ah didn't know that...Headshot doesn't Yinla can you give us an insight into when the next part of CotF will be out, and what kind of content it will have? Shang a Lang You are correct - Headshot is the only one of the instant-kill abilities that currently requires a target. IcarusMONK Its because you cant riposte with a bow Mike Hatsee Well it did, but got taken out long ago. Jcaraker Lowbrow: Updating the hotzones more frequently as part of our weekly updates is a good idea. I'll keep that in mind the next time we're planning what to do. Thanks! Khaibasis has joined the chat. Lyndro Sphynx: I made (and make) no judgement as to the value of achievements. I simply state that is what you "get" for earning them. We decided that we don't want to create a power gap that can't be bypassed between players that choose to earn their AA and players that have their AAs granted. Furthermore, we didn't want to have power associated with a decision that you couldn't change or undo. Pukgruk has joined the chat. EQ-Aristo --Loonytoony the original nut Hi devs my questions are on a broad number of subjects. As a cleric with the recent up comming changes are we going to get our damage ability ie ability to kill adjusted? Second with shining also getting adjusted are clerics going get adjustments in offensive utitility ie the ability to buff group dps and debuff mob intake on mobs from player dps?-- Cendanwo has left the chat. Dimencia has joined the chat. Darkomen42 Mike.mcgoveran.1 it can be used with riposte once every 26 minutes at 100 with maxed hastened AAs. The riposte disc lasts 12 seconds. That doesn't always kill the pull and is quite risky. EQ-Aristo We're open to feedback on what Clerics are lacking at this point, but personal damage isn't high on our list of prioritiies for the class. The changes we made to the Shining Armor line were meant to make sure that you can still fullfil those roles in groups that aren't fighting dozens of mobs at once. Please try out the changes on Test and let us know if we're not hitting that mark. Pokkerin I would like to know why assisnate is being reduced when it does not go off that often, especially compared to zerkers decap , rogues can only mass kill if we use counter attack and that has a 25 min cool down, zerkers can decap just about anything that has a head, rogues can only assisnate humanoid mobs, we have no unfair advantage in getting aa, rogues main purpose is to kill and now the one thing we have ( assisnate) is gonna work less than it already works yet zerkers can still decap just about anything and procs a lot more than assinate, why even mess with assisnate, why not make it so zerker can decpa the same mobs we can assisnate, why make it proc less when it already does not proc often, not like people thingk it does Palijim Dearest Devs, can you please up the drop rate again for Oath of Marr, it is currently insufficient for the time spent in that zone killing. Also, please consider for us a way to recharge the Xorbb's Caged Hatred. It is too rare not to be rechargeable. thanks - PJ PirloEQ has left the chat. Almarsguides has left the chat. Sokonx Elidroth - such a slot would, even if perhaps it was one slot that worked on any worn effect or mod item, would solve the problem of necro epic having to be worn in primary, t4 class specific worn effect weapons having such a short timeframe of use; and in all regards diversify gameplay for every class. Thom Terrazas Yinla, after the anniversary we will be working on more content that ties into COTF. We are planning to have more zones + all the trimmings. Shieldsoflove has joined the chat. Khaibasis Why isn't Fear a high-level spell? Leighton Orestes Regarding the Raid UI, Simple things like a toggle or different /raidinvite = invite as group leader, or /rinv = invite to raid without group leader, so that I wouldn't have to invite a million people, lock the raid, remove leader from everyone, then reinvite people because it hit the cap on group leaders. JanOlsson has joined the chat. Extradps I agree on the caged hatred recharge please ChaosNMayhem has left the chat. Axxius Auto-granting AA just dumps a bucket load of AA on the character. The only choice is 'all or nothing'. There was a proposal in the big thread to simply set the cost of all these AA to 1. I posted another proposal that allowed you to set cost % AA discounts for each expansion. Both proposals let the player get the AA cheaply but with a nonzero amount of work and while keeping control of what they get. Have you seen those proposals? What do you think of them? DingZero Can we get some way to easily view our own achievement progress when someone else links theirs? Elidroth SOE While a single individual using Headshot or Assassinate doesn't directly impact server stability, when you have multiples of those classes doing so it does. But at the same time, that wasn't the ONLY reason those abilities were changed. The issues with Headshot, Assassinate, and Decapitation were in our minds for a very long time, and this seemed like the right timing to make changes. We felt it better to make the big changes in one motion, that than continually hit people with things over time. Yinla Thank you Thom Drachnor This one is something I have brought up before as well. Have you all ever considered updating the Casino to include more items. There are many items that no longer exist for instance the BFG. I would love to see the Casino revamped with more no longer dropped items. I even think that a new system maybe adding the items to the Casino but making them require a Platinum ticket instead of a Gold. Since gold can be gotten through loyalty now. This Plat ticket would only be won if you spend Plat to try and win a ticket and also have a chance of dropping by turning in a golden ticket. These new items then could be obtained from the Casino. Like BFG, SOD, Moss's Box of Abukar, etc.. This also helps to create a new Plat sink in the game to remove the excessive amount floating around. It would be amazing to see some of these items come back into the game. I applauded the Casino.. and the updates but its been long overdue to bring in some more items.could even do this 1-2 items every 3 months PirloEQ has joined the chat. Nilwean has joined the chat. Trajic101 has joined the chat. Iceeagle2 has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE Axxius - We understand, and we've seen those comments and suggestions. In this case, we simply decided this was not the direction we wanted to go. Thom Terrazas Axxius, we discussed it but we chose not to go that route. Sphynx CT Thom, how long are the anniversary events scheduled to be around for this year? Also, are there going to be any raids associated with the 15th anniversary or any additional information you can give out yet about what is going to be new for the 15th? Darkomen42 If you're going to make a big change in regards to Headshot, Decap, Assassinate, could you do something that makes it not worthless? What could is 9k dps versus mobs with 1.2+ million hit points? We already cannot tank these mobs to molo them in the first place. Mike.mcgoveran.1 Well, Headshot (I tested it on Test) isn't worth anthing now Darkomen42 *what good rather WarriorSheena Aristo, what direction do you plan on taking the warrior class in? What should our niche be and have you looked into cleric spell conflict issues with No Time to Bleed? Pintoy I would like to see the perfected augmentation distiller moved to a vendor and sold for plat. Yinla Any plans to explore Drinal? RandyTM has left the chat. Aludex Hey Devs! Thanks for taking the time to do this!! In regards to headshot, can you make it so its based off of our arrow line, Focused and Called so we have "control" over them at the least? Palijim Pokkerin how you doing, you see me in here? Thom Terrazas Sphynx CT: We are going to start rolling out Anniversary events from past years as early as late February and we will be rolling more out each week or two and tie into Player Designed Missions. Baramos123 on the test server assassination is still triggering off of ripostes Kinadorm Are there plans to update the audio trigger interface to allow categories or notes about triggers? Drachnor I applaud the AA autogrant by the way. my Main is level 80 and is a warrior. Its really hard to play the game solo with very little help and have thousands of AA's to get. This will be a huge boon to me and my wife. I really love it and cant wait for it to come live. No1ofconsequence has joined the chat. Electro626 has joined the chat. Faelona has left the chat. Darkomen42 Baramos, if it is still triggered from riposte it might be worth keeping. Elidroth SOE Yeah.. Assassinate triggering off ripostes was retained due to the change in direction I thought I had mentioned that in my updates in the forum post JacklSK has joined the chat. Thom Terrazas Sphynx CT: Part of the Anniversary events will include rolling out new Race/Class Combinations, The Froglok Monk and the Wood Elf Beastlord; Level 85 Heroic Characters and releasing the Plane of War zone to name a few things Iceeagle2 What I would like to see is mannequins brought into the game so you could display your armor in your house. Weapons are nice, but I am just as proud of my armor as well. EQ-Aristo -- Drachnor This one is something I have brought up before as well. Have you all ever considered updating the Casino to include more items. There are many items that no longer exist for instance the BFG. I would love to see the Casino revamped with more no longer dropped items. I even think that a new system maybe adding the items to the Casino but making them require a Platinum ticket instead of a Gold. Since gold can be gotten through loyalty now.-- Aludex froglok or guktan? EQ-Aristo Casino - We've had a lot of discussions about adding more items to the Casino. We're probably not going to update that specifically, but we're exploring other options for getting items that no longer drop into the game. We may have something you'll like coming in later this year... Marshall.hayes.399 Abilities like Hate Step/Blink, that move your character forward, get hung up on tiny differences in terrain, making them rarely work to their full potential (often you only get a few steps out of these abilities). Is there any chance of fixing these abilities so that they check terrain more cleverly? EQ-Aristo Frogloks taste gamier. Elidroth SOE Aludex - is that a Boxers of Briefs kind of question ? Darkomen42 Elidroth - Seriously? Thank you, that might make it be useful then. Assuming some additional mitigation for melee that might be a meaningful change. Rorce Is decap going to continue firing off riposte too, then? Thom Terrazas Thank you Drachnor Dimencia DEV-Question(s): AA Why is there no other path of consideration being discussed as a way to obtain catch up AA's Other than the 1 time DUMP of 16 expansions? also with auto dump of aa's if you opt in at 75, is this a reopt out after? can you toggle it on and off as you see fit? Sokonx Elidroth - worn effect/worn mod items, it doesn't even have to be a new inventory slot. it could be an existing slot, the top left one perhaps. Functionality could be such that it would have to be an item by itself, not in a bag, if that item had a worn effect or worn mod that the character would receive the benefit of that effect/mod as if it was being worn. Enabling one item in the inventory to be used in such a way would solve a lot of old item problems and ensure the usefulness of any such items implemented in the future. Aludex lol negative sir! Piestro you can toggle it on and off dimencia Elidroth SOE Rorce - Yes. Decapitation also wasn't changed in that respect as a result of the proc chance changes Electro626 Hi im a former player looking to return with the heroic character feature. Will all I need to do to be 85 and a nice AA count is create a new account and go gold and basically push a few buttons? Very interested KylarNghtangel I would like to know why the focus is always on end game. Back in the day it was more about the journey and making friends and now its about getting max level and aa as fast as humanly possible Arethorn has joined the chat. Sphynx CT Elidroth, any chance at getting the Battle Leap ability looked at so you don't land on top of the mob, unable to see your target? IcarusMONK Soko but then necros would be overpowered :P Elidroth SOE Sphynx, unfortunately, the Battle Leap type abilities simply don't have that kind of precision control over landing point. Thom Terrazas Iceeagle2: I agree. That would be an excellent addition. Something that is always on the list that doesn't win out on the priority of work :) Something to discuss this year though to move it up if we can Ashrtan EQ Devs - Can you add a filter to turn off flurry message spam at some point in the future? JChanSOE -- Kinadorm Are there plans to update the audio trigger interface to allow categories or notes about triggers? -- There aren't any current plans to update the audio triggers for categories or notes. It's an interesting idea, I'll add it to "The List". Khaibasis has left the chat. Marshall.hayes.399 Agreed Kylar, that is what made EQ great and it's slipped away slowly. Nobody groups for XP they just PL. I'm very glad for these changes. Jcaraker Pintoy: The Perfected Augmentation Distiller is available on the Loyalty Vendor. In addition, it will also soon be available on the Marketplace (if it isn't already). Makavien Ok I had some stuff pretyped but it looks like it is too long to post into here with all the conversation so I will shorten it Heile has left the chat. Drachnor Thanks so much Qalliel any chance of adding instances of old worl dungeons for higher levels like tne unrest mission? Khaibasis has joined the chat. Shang a Lang (Repeat question - Sorry!) - Regarding /autofire. There is a .2 second delay (or so) built into the command. Would you be willing to rid the command of that delay? (Assuming that's a Prathun, JChan, Elidroth question) Thom Terrazas Thank you Marshall.hayes.399 Almarsguides has joined the chat. Mildaria Is it feasible to update EQ's chat filter system? The "other" filter specifically has a lot of mixed information in it. It would be amazing if some of these filters could be more specifically sorted. Exovane So the Heroic Characters only benefit will be a set of gear, spells and a mount - and level 85. Since all level 85's are being autogranted the AA's up to that point anyways? Not planning on selling many of them I guess? Loonytoony the original nut 2nd set of questions regarding clerics. One of the main complaints I have seen on clerics and cleric mercs is the instant a player with a merc dings the merc gets the rank 2 buffs while we have to get the spell and level. Is there any considering to haveing aas or aug slots to enhance the pc earlier buffs to be more viable then a npcs? Pukgruk A majority of classes have become used to swarming and other forms of solo play. How are you guys planning on bridging the gap to make the players feel at home after this patch? Dimencia will there be any requirements other than Level to be granted approx 4k aa's? Wikiasuxs Since this is the "Year of Everquest" why weren't there any plans for a new Progression server(any rule set) planned for Mar. 16th? Current TLP servers are to the point where the spirit of the progression server's are greatly diminished(grouping and old EQ feel). Baramos123 will there be another test patch that fixes decap being a button before the live patch to give feed back on the procrate? Marshall.hayes.399 Will we ever be able to filter chat to show us just our own "non-melee" damage? I want to see my spells/dots go off not every ones. Makavien Can we get the damage on wk raid #2 and the lich aura on neriak raid # 2 so these raids can be more fun for the tanks that don't hardly stand a chance tanking them especially multiples of the liches at one time . I understand the dragon tank should be an option but not the end all can we have clickies drop or something to allow us tanks to do our jobs ? Nenake has joined the chat. Argon1 as far the perfect distillers goes,, since you have to buy that item with loyalty tokens,, it should be a permanent item that does not disappear in 1 click JChanSOE -- Ashrtan EQ Devs - Can you add a filter to turn off flurry message spam at some point in the future? -- Yes, going on "The List" right now. Dimencia Is the 50/51 server still functioning (not aimed at the devs) if any knows? JacklSK Marshal - thats already in game , filters, spells, show mine only Darkomen42 Elidroth. Is there any possible chance of survivability for melee being increased where we might be able to molo T1 mobs of an expansion? I'm raid geared and still get smoked if I try to tank entry level mobs in VoA/RoF. Mike.mcgoveran.1 Was anyone at SoE concerned that a huge set of changes this massive right before the 15th Anniversary would be a bad move? Serious question, not trying to be obnoxios here. Lyndro Dimencia: Lots of other options were considered, both before we announced our plans and after they went out. We had to weigh our balance desires against what was technically feasible, and after everything this was what we chose. Yes though, you can opt in and opt out. The grant is a toggle. This is really only viable as you unlock prereqs (ie level mostly). Thom Terrazas Qalliel: Definitely a chance. I think allowing you to go back and adventure in an nostalgic zone that you played in early on but now at a higher level is pretty exciting. We have done a little bit of that work in our Hardcore Heritage events and we could do more this year. Nothing definite at this time though. Makavien Sorry the damage from the commander on WK raid #2 PirloEQ Question : Thom, what is 'the next big thing' in store for EQ down the road? Can you give us a hint? (ie cross server instancing, new game features, etc) Elenii29 has joined the chat. Qalliel ty :) Elidroth SOE Some clarification on the auto-grant of AAs. Forgive me if this is long-winded. The AA auto-granting is a button that is toggle-able. You can turn it on and off as you desire. The AA's granted come as a function of your level. For example, if you opt-in at 55, you would receive the AA from Level 51 to 55. You could then turn it off, and level to 70 if you want, and not receive any more AA granted to you. If you then turned it on, you would receive the AA from 55 to 70. You can opt-in or out at any time. Qest T. Silverclaw Can you post "The List" in the forums so we can "help" you with what order we need things? Heile has joined the chat. Kinadorm is it possible to make it so you can't still die to a dot while da? IcarusMONK Can you add "You can't use that command right now..." to that filter list, because monks get spammed like crazy. Marshall.hayes.399 Is it at all possible to add an option for "floating numbers"? Like in eq2, I can see my damage numbers float up off the head of a mob, I always liked the way that worked. Made crits more satisfying! Axxius Pace of development/release (Dave Georgeson's letter): does it mean that you are abandoning the staggered release model and going back to the traditional yearly expansion scheme? I really loved the staggered release model (except for the July date). Are you going to release the whole expansion 21 at once, or still stagger it tier by tier (even though they are already designed)? Kaenneth for 'the list' when a spell doesn't take hold, name the spell that's blocking it; we shouldn't have to resort to 3rd party sites for figuring that out. Spewspawns Questions = In Beta you can create multiple 'test dummies' in the Arena area....1) do they exist in live somewhere, 2) can we have them added if they don't exist in live, 3) (big leap) can we have the option to hv them chase us around? Sycloniss Question: Any chance extending the range on combat messages to improve parsing? Also changing/updating the spam messages to improve parsing. Like Caster name does ability name on NPC or Player and what damage or healing done? Pokkerin with rogues, ranjors, zerkers, instead of changing the proc rate of headshot, assisnate, decap on the lower lvl mobs why not leave it alone on say mobs 20 lvl bellow and mobs 95+ have a reduced rate no reason to be able to use those abilities on high lvl mobs all the time, I see no issues with it going off a lot on lower lvl mobs EQ-Aristo -- WarriorSheena Aristo, what direction do you plan on taking the warrior class in? What should our niche be and have you looked into cleric spell conflict issues with No Time to Bleed?-- As always, we're looking at ways to make sure that Warriors are capable tanks in the most situations, while retaining the unique styles of play for all three tank classes. We're aware the current implementaion of No Time To Bleed does have a conflict with some other abilities, and it might change in the future, but right now this implementation is the only way it works without unintended other immunities. Makavien And the last thing can we make something that has 3 broadcast buttons where we can send out a link to the public , to our guild , and to the raid and allow us to open links from within eq Dimencia Will the Autogrant Include ??outdated?? DoN progression AA's? Gnecrotic has left the chat. Grickous Are there any plans to host more (any?) "GM Events", such as the arena tournaments that are cross-servers like I saw years ago? Sokonx With the patch on the 22nd of January and the changes to Monk and Rogue crit hits where high hits were not rolling as crits but now can - these hits have not been addressed for PvP and now single backstabs and flying kicks can hit for over 80 k dmg in one hit. Will this damage be put in line so it does not exceed what manaburn or sk deathtouch can do %dmg wise of someones health. Piestro slow down bit folks :) Thom Terrazas Mike.mcgoveran.1: It definitely was a concern to make changes like this at anytime but we're making the right changes for the game and there was a decent effort to implement this before the Anniversary content a month from now. Piestro getting some answers up Kaenneth DoN progression AA's are not outdated Spewspawns Dimencia that was answered in the 10000 posts already..no plans to auto grant DON/MPG Iceeagle2 has left the chat. Dimencia Ty, got her late, RL Elidroth SOE Darkomen42: EverQuest is at its heart a group-centric game. While some classes are fully capable of soloing or moloing, we don't set out to design content in order to enable that play style. Adding in additional mitigation or survivability in something we might consider but it would have to be done VERY carefully to ensure we're not creating another balance issue down the road. Jcaraker Argon1: In the case of the Perfected Augmentation Distiller and loyalty vendor items, we want those to be expendable items. A6ul has left the chat. Yaviey has joined the chat. Piestro Grickous Are there any plans to host more (any?) "GM Events", such as the arena tournaments that are cross-servers like I saw years ago? Shashana has left the chat. Piestro GM events are hard, we work with the guide program to do a lot of this type of stuff though Dimencia Kaenneth, you right the AA's are not, the grey con stages to get there are just for the aa's so the events are Lyndro PirloEQ - I know this is addressed at Thom (And he may add something still) but I'm going to take a stab at it. We want to buckle down and focus on content and making things fun. Getting tools in for the team. We do have plans for features that we'd like to add to the game, but you'll likely see fewer "big features" down the road as we focus on shoring up the features that we have. We have a massive laundry list of things we want to add, fix, or change though. EQ-Aristo Some might say mahoosive. Palijim Stormhammer was fun, just charge for an event KylarNghtangel If it s a group centric game why do you do things that make it so people dont want to group? Khaibasis has left the chat. Yinla Guides have been giving out some very nice rewards lately :) Argon1 also as a healer, I would love a way that the UI could show the entire raid and their health,, its not the best UI when it comes to try to keep track of the squishy in the raid, with only 10 on etw,, that's the warriors and Sk and maybe a pally. would be nice in the raid window to show players health so I can click on them. Swarmster has joined the chat. Electro626 i used to plow grickous in rallos <3 Grickous =( Lazordian has joined the chat. Darkomen42 Elidroth - We're mainly talking something to be able to survive entry level stuff here. Not looking for group tanking abilities or anything of the kind. Improved mitigation/avoidance would address some of the insane Wild Rampage we're already dealing with, and make advancing your character in an expansion that's been released within the last 2 years somewhat possible. Electro626 i kid = p Jcaraker Dimencia: Content reward types of AAs like the DoN progression AAs and the Muramite Proving Ground group event AAs will not be auto-granted. You'll still need to do the content to receive those AAs. WarriorSheena Are there plans to tune down the rampage damage of raid mobs or give melee some survivability against ramp? Electro626 grickous used to plow me in fusion all the time .slit Palijim Can you please make an option on the extended target screen that would allow the player to target the highest HP mob in the vicinity up at the top?:) Cinexa in the end...stormhammer was a big waste of money Kearsedtwo has joined the chat. Khaibasis has joined the chat. Almarsguides I have a question, are you guys familiar with the raid crash bug? Me and many others sometimes crash when using the raid tool and moving players around in groups. It's a real pain in the ass because the raid leader crashing pretty much just halts the raid for X amount of time until they log back in, and then they still have to move the player into another group, which could result in yet another crash. It happens about 1 in 30 moves to me and everyone i have talked to about it Electro626 legends kept me relivant in eq on rallos xfering on and off Dimencia Aragon1: if they unlock the Eyes Wide Open, iirc (its been a while, but i think the extended target window supports 20 slots already) Palijim Only when the TR folks decided to violate EQ codes. Pintoy has left the chat. Palijim but it wa snot a wast up until then Elidroth SOE WarriorSheena: Rampage and AOERampage is a delicate balance for sure. I don't think we'll really be altering the way we handle rampage damage, but AOE Rampage is certainly something we need to keep careful eye on. Thom Terrazas About another TLP Server - We chose not to do another TLP server for the Anniversary. There are two servers now and one of them is a much higher population and opening another might confuse people. However, we have discussed over the last year to do a different rule set server. These do take a lot of effort and we receive many suggestions all the time. Maybe we ought to open more dialogue on the forums and then do a poll for In-Game for the most requested/favorite. Cinexa lol Palijim that you cinder? ++__++ KylarNghtangel Back when DoN was new it was great to get the faction and do the raids to get the AA but now? You spend hours chain running old missions solo. That is in of it self both against your group game idea and an outdated way to get those aa Elidroth SOE Please keep the chatter between people to a minimum Grickous I have a question about the PvP server. Do you have any time allocated in the foreseeable future planned into addressing some of the long-standing issues? Examples: Several class can "one shot" each other. The PvP merchant has max lvl 65 gear. The point system rarely rewards anyone (usually get 0-1 points, while losing 100's upon a death). Corruption based spelled are basically the only ones that land. Several items offer insta-gates, even when in combat. Kingrogue2 there is a problem right now with the mercs. When we zone we seems to lose our mercs. Anything already being done to fix this problem? Moribunda This is quite hard to follow. Any chance that the questions will be paired up with the dev answers and ONLY THAT chat posted on a thread on the forum to read? Wikiasuxs has been kicked by Yaviey. Heile has left the chat. Palijim good idea mori Mike.mcgoveran.1 Since people that post on the forums are considered to be "the vocal minority", are there any plans in place to learn what "the silent majority" think? This time I was trying to be obnoxios. Forcallen oh the slippery slope Piestro We'll try to do something like that moribunda SsilentBB has joined the chat. Arethorn has left the chat. Moribunda Fabulous. Thankee Piestro :) *cheers heartily* Eluwenie has joined the chat. Wikiasuxs has joined the chat. Piestro Please don't try to be obnoxious Mike JacklSK Have a question for the fellows/ladies handling the coding for the housing items - could you give a reason it would not be possible to use screenshots as pictures? Going through a QA screening process would filter out immature/offensive/incredibly gross snapshots. Mike.mcgoveran.1 natural talent WarriorSheena I have a question, it's a repeat, sorry. Where do you stand on druid burst mana? Should druids just ask clerics for quiet miracle or click their kiss of emarr? Spewspawns Question = Is this wiki site considered 'official' SOE EQ info or just community driven and thus could be inaccurate? Jmcelwee21 Are there any plans to increase the number of slots in a fellowship? Eluwenie Hi everyone, I read there will be a patch on the 17th, sorry I got in late.. can someone bring me up to speed? Phlyte suggestions.....1. please make a title pack with all the server names so i can get my original server name tag back.......2. please reset my start cities on those old toons back to original or allow me to choose instead of sticking me in CR.......3. stop the nerf of all the pl classes. figure out a away to limit the amounts pulled, not that i can't live without swarm, hs, decap etc...but tired of having things taken away. Axxius JChan: Remember this idea from SOE Live: add a button to the guild management window to raidinvite+dzadd guild members who are not in your raid/dz (when you are a raid/dz leader)? Any progress on that? Dimencia Devs: will there be a Station Cash Option for Pre-Leveled 85 toons? there are some rumors of this for a preposed 3500sc (being asked through teamspeak) Piestro It can be inaccurate spew DingZero can you add the mob type in failed banestrike attempts so you know the specific mob type to work on, mob type isn't always clear JChanSOE -- Palijim Can you please make an option on the extended target screen that would allow the player to target the highest HP mob in the vicinity up at the top?:) -- That system really isn't architected that way. We would need to completely rework how that system determines what NPCs are listed on that window. Spnranger Is there any plans to fix the character /follow feature it seems to me that there has to be a better way than a "blade of grass" causing /follow to fail? Palijim ok JC thanks Jcaraker Eluwenie: We're aiming for the week of the 17th, which will land the patch on or around the 19th. Kingrogue2 going to log off can't follow questions and answers too many chats same time Kearsedtwo So the only question I have is. what happens after the update to the 3200 aa's I have earned the hard way ? Do they just poof away if I elect the Free aa's ? Eluwenie What is included with the patch Jcaraker? Lyndro JacklSK: Mostly an issue of storage or transmission. We'd need to potentially store X screenshots for all players (Storage is cheap, is a common response, but the more storage you have the slower you get your data), or we'd need to stream them directly from client to client, which is bad in a lot of different ways. If there is something you really want to put up in your house, Player Studio is a good option (Although I don't believe they take paintings from screenshots). Mike.mcgoveran.1 Can we have this patch go live on Feb 29th? Loonytoony the original nut Question 3 for aristo cleric question agian sorry. Light series is quickly becomming less useful for clerics due to speed needed on heals will the light series be adjusted in speed and will we get any new heal lines? Pukgruk Will heroic characters be implemented at the same time as the auto grant AA? Mike.mcgoveran.1 has been kicked by Piestro. Thom Terrazas Dimencia: We have announced we will be doing Heroic Level 85 Characters for the Anniversary. We will be announcing more of the details on this very soon. We are updating our Patch next week on Wednesday and then we'll be focused on how you can obtain one of these characters at the Anniversary. Aludex sorry not sure if it was answered, is it possible to make headshot proc only off our spells called/focused line instead of randomly and that way with spells we could contol how we use it? Kingrogue2 has left the chat. JacklSK Thanks Lyndro , thats what I'll relay to my guildleader and break her heart. Its my job as an sk anyhow Elidroth SOE Aludex: Currently no. Headshot procs off of the archery skill and there is no way to limit it via spell or spell group at this time. Exovane Will Finishing Blow's Level be increased with the changed to other "killing" blow techniques? MacHammer I can see that any resistance will be futile. Piestro No AA will be lost as a result of the grant Kearse Hatsee Actually can you add in Face Stab for rangers so we can proc a killshot in melee as the changes to headshot make the ability nearly useless? Dimencia ty TT passed on Shang a Lang "Killing Kick" for rangers tbh SsilentBB Will you please make it so ONLY people with lvl100 characters can get the lvl85 heroic characters Thom Terrazas Pukgruk:Will heroic characters be implemented at the same time as the auto grant AA? [THOM] - No they will not. The Auto-Grant will be live next week if things go as scheduled and the Heroic Characters will go live around the Anniversary KylarNghtangel You say the game is balanced around groups and yet you have some classes that solo with ease and others who cant do anything without a group. You can not pick and choose you ether need all classes able to solo or none. As it stands now this game is working out outdated ideas and is just barely hanging on. Instead of improving it and building a strong group based community driven game, people solo are antisocial and you do nothing in innovate and improve on systems that were outdated 7 years ago. I miss the days when groups were abundant and you would spend hours to get a few bars of exp and enjoy peoples company and make friends. Now you can get PLed from 1-85+ in a day or less and that does nothing to help anyone Aludex ok, thanks eli. is it just going to basically proc twice every minute (kinda randomly) Piestro that's not a question kylar Elidroth SOE Exovane: I don't see any reason why not, though all other conditions of Finishing Blow will still remain. Those changes won't make it into the Feb update though. They'll have to wait until March. Wikiasuxs Have you thought of any new ideas to promote grouping? Instead of having an overly complicated formula to split experience and add bonuses by the number of people in group, why not just remove split experience while grouping entirely? Kaenneth Will heroic characters have full spellbooks/discs? Jcaraker Eluwnie: There are far too many changes in any of our monthly updates to list them all here. To see the latest version of the update notes, go here https://forums.station.sony.com/eq/index.php?threads/test-update-02-12-14.208081/ JacklSK was thinking that myself Pie Pokkerin has there been chat about putting in the option when doing TS to be able to combine up to the amount of companents you have,, if you have the supplies to combine up to 30 you could do so with one button in stead of 30 button presses. Spnranger Is there any plans to fix the character /follow feature? Eluwenie Thank you Jcaraker: I appreciate that. Gabrieles-Tunare With more and more things being sold for real money via SC is there any concern are we headed to a future where people with the most expendable cash will be on top Argon1 ETW only give me 10, that's with buying the AA.s Lazordian Has any thought been put into more options for dailies? Or even adding a daily dungeon where we port in as a task? Lyndro Dimencia Devs: will there be a Station Cash Option for Pre-Leveled 85 toons? there are some rumors of this for a preposed 3500sc (being asked through teamspeak) We haven't settled on a price yet, but they will be SC purchases. Jcaraker Eluwenie: Sorry I called you Eluwnie. :) Thom Terrazas SsilentBB:Will you please make it so ONLY people with lvl100 characters can get the lvl85 heroic characters [THOM] - We will be releasing more information on how Heroic Characters will be available very soon. Look for a full list of information on these characters closer to the beginning of March. Thank you! We're pretty exciting about them too! KylarNghtangel it doesnt have to be a question. The facebook and forums said this was a chance to talk to them directly not just ask them questions Kinadorm will we see the return of some expansion long quests that results in really nice augs or clicky items? something involving multiple smaller quests throughout multiple zones etc. something you can reasonably obtain instead of the current complete everything in the entire expansion achievement reward EQ-Aristo -- Loonytoony the original nut Question 3 for aristo cleric question agian sorry. Light series is quickly becomming less useful for clerics due to speed needed on heals will the light series be adjusted in speed and will we get any new heal lines?-- The cleric's Light line of heals is basically the standard that we base every other heal in the game off of, so we definitely put a lot of effort into getting that one right. We're trying to make healing more proactive than reactive overall, but that line of healing is still the gold standard. Elidroth SOE Gabrieles: Ensuring that you can't simply buy your way to the top is ALWAYS in the forefront of our thought process whenever we think about anything being sold for SC. PirloEQ Lyndro - What can you tell us about Plane of War? Will it be a difficult zone for 100s? (or parts of it) Or is it designed for level 90s and 95s. Will it have some 'phat lewtz' :) Thom Terrazas Kaenneth:Will heroic characters have full spellbooks/discs? [THOM] ---- More information coming around the beginning of March. Dimencia ty Lyndro passed on ... and now there is chatter Loonytoony the original nut Kk ty :) Hatsee I consider the pinnacle of player power to be the Othmir illusion, with a top hat and monocle. I'm fine with this being sold however. Trajic101 has left the chat. Eluwenie No worries Jcaraker: I'm not offended.. nice AA's thank you. I've been struggling with them for so long. For those players at lvl 85 though I'm a bit confused, could you please clarify what is happening with them? Exovane Will House of Thule zone locks be lifted any time soon? JacklSK Hat , what about the walking stick ? SsilentBB Should we stop asking questions about the heroic characters? =P Extradps I asked earlier but I think it got lost in the chatter, I was curious if there is any plans or any thought being put into an updated epic quest for current level to allow classes like necros to use a hp/mana item that's current stats?? WarriorSheena Is there any way to make the head of the first creation more easy to get? It's pulling teeth to get anyone to go back and do it Drachnor Have you all ever thought about looking at all the quest chains that exist in the older game and the new game as it is. And seeing what quests were never completed by the players? Have a monthly spotlight where you give us a hint like So and so in that place over there has something strange to say about Keyword. Its been said in multiple places that there are many many quests that were never finished by the players. If that is so, it would be nice to see if those that were not broke due to zone changes could be slipped to us a bit so that some old Nostalgia could come about. Bring some needed interest in those old zones. ? Adamg0922 Any thoughts on an epic 2.5 where all clickies are scalable to current content? Palijim I asked about two augs earlier..>crickets< EQ-Aristo -- Exovane Will House of Thule zone locks be lifted any time soon? -- Your wish is our command! (Actually it's already in the Test patch notes). Thom Terrazas SsilentBB:Should we stop asking questions about the heroic characters? =P [THOM] Maybe would be good to wait a bit on the finer details. However, YOU Know they're coming :) Jcaraker Pokkerin: Changing the tradeskill UI to allow you to make as many combines as you have components for sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure how difficult this would be, but we can talk about making this happen in the future. Thanks! JanOlsson has left the chat. Axxius Piestro: if my question is not answered, but a number of questions after mine are, should I consider it 'lost in spam' and repeat it? Lazordian Have you guys looked into updating the Casino items? Gabrieles-Tunare Question I asked prev and did not recall an answer. I can understand not granting anything to those who have AAs already in place but there is any chance to modify xp gain cap to make it so I am am not punished for taking autogrant to fill in holes ? Sycloniss Jcaraker: Pokkerin: Changing the tradeskill UI to allow you to make as many combines as you have components for sounds like a good idea. I'm not sure how difficult this would be, but we can talk about making this happen in the future. Thanks! JanOlsson has joined the chat. Piestro Not every question will be answered axxius JanOlsson has left the chat. Piestro mentioned earlier lazordian Kearsedtwo So no info on AA's? Loonytoony the original nut question 4 regarding future exp/content are we going to be slaying any more dragons or are we pass the age of slaying them? EQ-Aristo -- WarriorSheena Is there any way to make the head of the first creation more easy to get? It's pulling teeth to get anyone to go back and do it -- We've talked with the First Creation and he really really really wants to keep his head where it is, so... Vixxenkiss God yes. PLEASE update the tradeskills UI to make it somewhat along the lines of other games,. This is the only game where I do not love tradeskills JanOlsson has joined the chat. EQ-Aristo It's always time to slay the dragon! Loonytoony the original nut i agree aristo! WarriorSheena Thank you for the answer, Aristo, on the head JacklSK Piestro - are you logging this entire chat to clean up in your downtime (HA downtime) to put on the forums ? Thom Terrazas Nice EQOA Reference Aristo :) Argon1 As far as the heroic toons go, during the release in EQ 2 you gave 1 heroic to everyone who had an account, are you playing on doing the same when u release them in eq 1 JChanSOE -- Axxius JChan: Remember this idea from SOE Live: add a button to the guild management window to raidinvite+dzadd guild members who are not in your raid/dz (when you are a raid/dz leader)? Any progress on that? -- It's on the list... Darkomen42 Do the devs agree there are some melee dps survivablity issues that could use addressing? Speaking as a melee dps player and normal conversation among fellow dps we think there is. We'd like to know that there's a consensus on the subject. Mildaria Can anything be done about the degeneration of dodge/block vs. raid bosses? Or should we assume this is the standard for future raid content? Elidroth SOE The AA bonus curve being exhausted by the auto-granted AA is intended. We do not plan on extending it. Makavien Can we slay the dragon instead of the commander getting 1 shotted with full discs up is no fun at all Yaviey We will try to release a cleaned up transcript of the chat at a later time. Jcaraker Drachnor: Any quest of consequence that can reasonably can be completed has already been completed. Any quest in the DB that hasn't been completed is far more likely placeholder data, or apprentice test data, or incomplete than a fully realized quest. Yaviey It is being logged. Phlyte has left the chat. Grickous I have a question about the PvP server. Do you have any time allocated in the foreseeable future planned into addressing some of the issues from the forums? Examples: Several class can "one shot" each other. The PvP merchant has max lvl 65 gear. Thom Terrazas Argon1:As far as the heroic toons go, during the release in EQ 2 you gave 1 heroic to everyone who had an account, are you playing on doing the same when u release them in eq 1 ----- [THOM] ----- We are discussing something very similar, yes. JacklSK sweet, were alot of people asking about that on the boards so i thought I'd toss the question out there Qest T. Silverclaw As an Enchanter, I often don't want too much Spell Casting Subtlety AAs. Thank you for not auto-granting them! Since you apparently understand where I'm coming from, is there any possibility we could get the ability to turn this AA on/off or refund it? Have you considered charging SC for complete AA respecs? Gabrieles-Tunare I can definitely support any change to make TS easier I spend hours farming and then 100 combines can take another hour.. I hope for failures when trying to skill up just based on it being faster Scorchan Will the gold tokens from underfoot and the brews from Monster missions ever be added to loyalty vendor? Hard to find some people that will go back and do those Lyndro Axxius Pace of development/release (Dave Georgeson's letter): does it mean that you are abandoning the staggered release model and going back to the traditional yearly expansion scheme? I really loved the staggered release model (except for the July date). Are you going to release the whole expansion 21 at once, or still stagger it tier by tier (even though they are already designed)? [Answer] - I believe Dave covered this in his letter some. We want more of the content to go out with the expansion to make it larger. Beyond that with the monthly content releases, some of it may be related to the current expansion or it may not be. Vixxenkiss So since you are allowing anatomy and decap to remain a proc off ripostes, do the procs still have to deal with dex and overhaste or are they maxed like oh it procced twice gotta wait a minute for the chance to reset Lazordian Once you choose the AA grant can you remove it? Ashrtan EQ Devs - Is there a possibility of making personal tribute auto-turning to OFF when you log out at some point? I constantly forget that's it still on when I log for the night. Almarsguides When you make the old zones new again with revamps in the monthly/weekly content patches, are you planning on changing the old zone to new or are you going to make an instanced version of the old zone? No1ofconsequence Or changing it to only work while be used ala powersources Jamdread I always burn through my tribute doing that too : Spnranger has left the chat. Lyndro Lazordian Once you choose the AA grant can you remove it? [Answer] - Once you get granted an AA it is yours. You can turn it off to prevent *future* AA grants, but you can't remove any AAs that are given to you this way. Elidroth SOE The ability to toggle on/off certain passive AA is a subject we've discussed, and is something we are considering, but not something we've committed to internally, and therefore haven't allocated any code time as yet. Kaenneth Just adding a tribute tick message, that can be audio-triggers would help a lot Pukgruk Same with power sources Ashrtan good point JacklSK good ideas those 2 Eluwenie agreed Elidroth SOE Almarsguide: When we revamp a zone on a permanent status, we generally make a new version of the zone. If those revamp changes are temporary, we do not. Pukgruk Out of combat = no tick! Shang a Lang Or make the zones that are 'non-combat' work as 'non-tribute ticking' if that's an easy change. Xekliaa has joined the chat. Teabrat has joined the chat. Axxius Lyndro, Thom: Now that you already need to start working on expansion 21, are you still going to release CotF T2a and T2b, or is CotF done for except for those 'monthly' things? Jcaraker Mildaria: We can take a look at the relative values for raid content and see if they are able to punch through avoidance more than we'd like. Qest T. Silverclaw Why was there no Golden Hero's Robe Ornament for recruiting 25 players for Monks and Casters? JChanSOE -- Ashrtan EQ Devs - Is there a possibility of making personal tribute auto-turning to OFF when you log out at some point? I constantly forget that's it still on when I log for the night. -- Sure it's something we can look into making an option for. Sphynx CT Elidroth can you look into making the hate proc off of the warrior aa, Phalanx of Fury, instant hate instead of a hate over time? It causes aggro issues when trying to fade out of combat and then the mob reaggros from the next tick JacklSK Cause you'd get 35 of them Qest :) Shang a Lang Question: I realize Chandrok isn't here, but the current "Best" charm from Call of the Forsaken isn't quite as good as the 'Best' charm from Rain of Fear. Could that be remedied, please? Forcallen there seems to be quite a bit on the plate at the moment with these current changes and their tuning as well as the "major" release of content in the next expansion. seems like the CoTF upcoming content, class balancing, AA and spell releases are going to have to fit into a very tight schedule. Are there any concerns about biting off to much at once? Matwin has joined the chat. DandinEnchanter has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE Sphynx CT: Yes! This didn't make it into the Feb update, but it WILL be in the March update. SsilentBB What class in the game should have the highest max damage attack? Kannsarra has joined the chat. Kinadorm will we see new items added to the loyalty vendors? Piestro SsilentBB: Forum Mods Kearsedtwo Would it be possible to get any aa a character has aquired to be given back to be reassigned as a reward for the earning of them before the auto-grant up to a certain cap? Darkomen42 Monks currently do, SsilentBB. Yaviey LOL! Deicide808 has joined the chat. SsilentBB I know who does =P Elidroth SOE Kearsedtwo: No AA earned are going to be refunded. JacklSK SsilentBB: Forum Mods .Bam! SsilentBB i asked who should ;) Almarsguides After you guys created heroic adventures, I am curious if you had any desire to revisit how you originally did LDoNs. A lot of people I know absolutely hate Heroic Adventures (mostly because they take away the EQ world, and replace it with instances) and still to this day love LDoNs. I think the reason LDoNs were so loved is because it allowed you to pick what you wanted to do. Like Assassination or Collection. Also leaderboards gave people insentive to farm them non stop. Any desire to make Heroic Adventures more like LDoNs in the future (next expansion or even Tier 2 CoTF) Thom Terrazas <<>> Our system will be similar to the way EQ2 implemented their character but our two games are different. We will be implementing things similar that make sense to us but not everything will be the same. We are changing the Leadership AA Rewards to be granted to everyone next week along with the Auto-Granting of AAs (Optional by each player). So as soon as that is in the books, we'll be finishing up the 15th Anniversary content and will have more specifics at the beginning of March. I can't divulge too much otherwise my Marketing, PR and Community teams will want to have a long talk with me and it will not be favorable to me :) Kearsedtwo thank you Elidroth ) Makavien So can we open links from within everquest so we can share information easier ? Or would that take too much coding ? JacklSK this is why Piestro still has hair, the ability to crack jokes well Dimencia DEV: Cleric Question: With the change coming to clerics, shining spell line (sorry if this is a bit confusing sorting through the questions) to taper off the swarm style killing, how bad will this hurt clerics ability to solo (as many feel their group rolls are now heavily diminished... or will clerics have a self only buff version? Piestro I can kick thom :) Thom Terrazas I don't think we can answer all these questions in 7 minutes :) Sokonx Can the ring of revenge, and storm oak tower shield special items from CoTF raids be added to the raid merhants for a high price and/or unlocked through raids achievements like the RoF rare raid items were? Both to give them an alternate of being obtained and provide an purpose to do the CoTF raid achievements. Kaenneth The leader-AA change includes Raid leader ones, correct? Jmcelwee21 Is there any talk of adding more fellowship slots? Elidroth SOE Kaenneth: Correct. Eluwenie has left the chat. Drachnor Can we have Warrior Tanking abilities increased? While I have never had to deal with the new content. I have noticed that even with the best armor/augs that I have and with most of my AA's defensive. It seems that newer content has become expontintially harder to tank content. I would love to see Warriors have there ability to Mitigate Damage increased to set us up a little further since we do not have any other utility that makes us unique. Other "tank" classes have utilities and I have always wondered if Warriors could be bumped ahead some more in Tanking abilities since I am never fond of us gaining more DPS abilities.? Darkomen42 The leadership AA change is a huge one, I'm very happy to see that. Khaibasis Why is it that warriors end up using sword and shield for everything? Roughly when can we expect to see a fix and what can you tell us about what it will be like to use dual-wield or 2h? DingZero can we get some sort of storage for heroes forge items, these take up a LOT of bank space for ppl that collect them Marvaduke ok so how are we going to opt in and out for the aa's Darkomen42 There is a toggle button, Marvaduke. Yaviey Hey guys, we've about five minutes left. :) EQ-Aristo -- Dimencia DEV: Cleric Question: With the change coming to clerics, shining spell line (sorry if this is a bit confusing sorting through the questions) to taper off the swarm style killing, how bad will this hurt clerics ability to solo (as many feel their group rolls are now heavily diminished... or will clerics have a self only buff version?-- Try it out on Test and let us know. We're trying to have the lowest effect on normal gameplay as possible. Thom Terrazas Jmcelwee21:Is there any talk of adding more fellowship slots? ---- [THOM] ---- No. That is not what Fellowship was intended for. It was meant to be used for a small group of friends that you have. Making it larger is a Small Guild and that's not what we want with Fellowship WarriorSheena Can you make toons that go afk in the guild lobby /hidden to clear lag? Makavien Yeap on the WK # 2 raid alone I die so fast using a full tank rotation my rest isn't even up half the time. Shang a Lang Oh, Aristo/Elidroth - Ranger issue. (AA) Empowered Blades does 4500 to 1h weapons, and 9000 to 2h weapons... (Disc) Bosquestalker's Discipline adds 5511 to 1h weapons, and 8928 to 2h weapons.. Could the 2h damage on Bosque be increased (or the 1h damage on Empowered Blades increased) Jmcelwee21 Kk, thank you Thom for answering. Spewspawns QUESTION = (not really) I said this before 'official' start...but the best thing I have seen from the dev team in a while (year or so) was that Feb update thread. That was great. Nice to have the devs talking to us about what they are thinking and why...makes a lot of long threads maybe but was very nice to see...question part = will it continue? Almarsguides Before my next raid starts, since you guys are about to head out... I would just like to say Everquest is an amazing game, I've loved this game and constantly come back to it over the years. No matter how many people QQ on the forums about pointless stupid crap (swarming nerfs etc) you guys have made a fantastic game that is amazingly fun to play. As Gimli should say, you have my monthly sub. Pukgruk has left the chat. Qest T. Silverclaw @Makavien you sound like you don't have enough enchanters. Kearsedtwo has left the chat. Lyndro Almarsguides After you guys created heroic adventures, I am curious if you had any desire to revisit how you originally did LDoNs. A lot of people I know absolutely hate Heroic Adventures (mostly because they take away the EQ world, and replace it with instances) and still to this day love LDoNs. I think the reason LDoNs were so loved is because it allowed you to pick what you wanted to do. Like Assassination or Collection. Also leaderboards gave people insentive to farm them non stop. Any desire to make Heroic Adventures more like LDoNs in the future (next expansion or even Tier 2 CoTF) [Answer] We think that there were some things about the ways that Heroic Adventures were handled that could have been done better. We plan on revisiting the system, but it won't be coming by in the exact state that it it is in now. We're still discussing what it is going to look like, but we certainly want more static content in the next expansion. Argon1 you never answered the druid mana regn prolem, is there any plans to make it so theycan harvest mana fast,, quick ren? Kaenneth Since I have a max-aa-level-etc character, I would love the ability to share vitality across my same account; that is, same pool as fellowship XP, but just for my alts. Dimencia TY Aristo passed on...and 1 question for me... mass pulls what is being put in place tostop this from happening again, as it was stated pulls was the issue, once the new way to kill in mass is reinvented wont we be at square one again? Thom Terrazas Almarsguides: Thank you!! :) JChanSOE -- WarriorSheena Can you make toons that go afk in the guild lobby /hidden to clear lag? -- Interesting that you ask that... Lowbrow Hey Devs. Thanks for answering so many questions. I got a lot out of this No1ofconsequence Devs. since we dont want to make small guilds, can we have the banner restrictions decreased so that small guilds can use a fellowship option? JacklSK Yea. Thanks for trying to answer as many of the pressing questions as you were able to, and keep the spirits up, not all of us players are ignorant jerks that think only of themselves ! Vixxenkiss QUESTION = Since you are allowing decap and anotomy to proc off ripostes now, will dex still affect proc rate or does a beserker with 600 dex or a beserker with 1200 still proc about twice a minute? Gavyne.james has left the chat. WarriorSheena Jchan, I hate having to wade through everyone and their merc and mount afk for buffs. My computer slows to a crawl in the lobby. Lazordian How is the "guaranteed" weekly updates and monthly patches going to work? Are they going to be on the same day/time every week? With all the hard work you guys put in I would hate to see you guys get overloaded. Quality over Quantity. =D DandinEnchanter Eldiroth: Is there any plans to look at the stacking on Beguilers Direct Banishment // Beguilers Banishment AAs? Basically, any root effect applied has 0 effect ? JChanSOE WarriorSheena, stay tuned :) Deicide808 Guild lobby is terrible and laggy. It's been that way for years, don't hold your breath on a fix. Baramos123 elidroth - will there be another test patch this week to be able to test the procrate and further agro reduction changes to decap before it goes live? Elidroth SOE Vixxenkiss: Proc chance is a function of your base hardcapped Dexterity / 35 + Heroic Dexterity / 25. Jmcelwee21 has left the chat. JacklSK solution, dont cast mgb's in the lobby and people will slowly stop lingering there Rorce Elidroth - can you take another look at the hate that will be generated by the new decapitation? 18k hate override is really, really harsh. Especially since this is a passive AA that we will not be able to control Elidroth SOE Rorce: read your PMs SsilentBB i dont really lag in the guild lobby at all Deicide808 They actually says guild lobby is a great place to AFK in a zoning screen. Elidroth SOE Rorce: Decap hate has been adjusted Thom Terrazas Spewspawns:QUESTION = (not really) I said this before 'official' start...but the best thing I have seen from the dev team in a while (year or so) was that Feb update thread. That was great. Nice to have the devs talking to us about what they are thinking and why...makes a lot of long threads maybe but was very nice to see...question part = will it continue? ---- [THOM] ---- We are discussing how we can commit to something like that. It's difficult to do so sometimes when schedules change or if a new priority moves things out. Good feedback though and I will see if we can champion that more. JacklSK that needs to be erased imo, and has neded to be erased for a whilenow Fippy The Lionhearted Are thre any plans to add plat buyable housing items to the in-game vendors or are all new additions going to be strictly station cash? Vixxenkiss Thanks EQ-Aristo --Baramos123 elidroth - will there be another test patch this week to be able to test the procrate and further agro reduction changes to decap before it goes live?-- Yes, we're planning at least one more Test update as we fix more bugs. Yinla Will the Beastlord DE pet be available on test anytime soon? Darkomen42 Do the devs agree there are some melee dps survivablity issues that could use addressing? Speaking as a melee dps player and normal conversation among fellow dps we think there is. We'd like to know that there's a consensus on the subject. Rorce Elidroth - since yesterdays test patch? The data I'm looking at is from yesterdays patch Elidroth SOE Rorce: Future test patch. It's being worked on. Rorce Thank you. JacklSK as buff timers no longer tick down in pok, change that specific screen to mention that perhaps ? Shang a Lang Oh, and elidroth.. on hate overrides: The hate generated by Ferocious Kick is probably too high (13k - Ow!) Could you either separate that into a "less ferocious kick" or lower it substantially? Jcaraker Almarsguides: Ultimately we feel it was a design mistake that there was such a disparity in time required to complete collection/kill LDoN missions versus assassinate/rescue LDoN missions. We would prefer to balance the rewards and the difficulty of randomly assigned content (like LDoN / HAs) so that all of the options are appropriately rewarding and reasonably challenging. The variety inherent in the randomish dungeon crawl is one of the main benefits for this type of content. PirloEQ Jchan you tease! Let the cat out of the bag! /hideplayers inc? :) Delusion88 has joined the chat. Elidroth SOE Shang: Specific ability issues can be addressed. DandinEnchanter Eldiroth: Is there any plans to look at the stacking on Beguilers Direct Banishment // Beguilers Banishment AAs? if Banishment root is applied, No Root effects work, the NPC can move while rooted. --- Deicide808 As a returning player starting fresh I find the proposed update to be very confusing. i'm not sure if I should not opt-in so I save the AA bonus or what... Shang a Lang What would be the best way to contact you regarding the specific ability issues? Bishhop has joined the chat. EQ-Aristo -- Yinla Will the Beastlord DE pet be available on test anytime soon? -- Assuming you mean Wood Elf, it will be available on Test as soon as the rest of the new race/class combination data is ready for Testing. Lyndro Darkomen42 Do the devs agree there are some melee dps survivablity issues that could use addressing? Speaking as a melee dps player and normal conversation among fellow dps we think there is. We'd like to know that there's a consensus on the subject. [Answer] Devs agree that class balance is a moving target. All aspects of class balance are things that we constantly look to address, both by fixing things that we're not happy with and not breaking things that are close to where we want them. Deicide808 If I opt-in and get all the AAs will I be at a disadvantage for the latest four expansion AAs? Piestro You should opt in deicide PirloEQ has left the chat. Yinla Thanks Aristo, yes i did mean WE :) Kannsarra has left the chat. Deicide808 Some people are saying save your bonus, don't opt-in. Sokonx is this chat over now? Piestro People say a lot of things Thom Terrazas