by karkariace » Sat Oct 03, 2009 9:17 am
Not sure if it's been addressed much on the eq1 boards yet, but Devs have been responding about this loot card content on the eq2 boards. So far this is what Brenlo has had to say:
"Howdy all,
Wow some folks are upset about this and were this something that would be required for people to play and advance I wouldnt blame you. However it is not. I know some folks do not want to play or buy LON, others do. In fact many people enjoy it. This is something for them. It is not going to unbalance the game. It is not going to create new "must have" items. It is just going to add a small slice of content for those who are lucky enough to get the card.
Some of you want to know if the San Diego team worked on this, darn right we did. We ain't letting those Denver guys monkey around in our game. *wink* It was accounted for in our scheduling and did not cause anything else to shift, move, drop or delay. It is definately not why the expansion is in February.
I suggest you wait and see. You may like what the team has come up with. For some of you, the items may be items you feel you WANT, but do not HAVE to have to play the game, to advance, to be complete or the ultimate class representative. That is the balance we tried are trying to strike.
Now I am going back to my time off. I will check in again in a few days and see we can talk about."
Safe to say It was the same for the EQ1 team, and it took time that actually could have been beneficial for the game, something usefull, or heck, fixing our dps?
It s just plain ridiculous.