> ** Original Subject: RE: Monk Loot and Modifications (was Re: [EQ-Monks] An idea

for the slow day)

> ** Original Sender: Ezra Harrington <tvar@...>
> ** Original Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 20:22:03 -0400

> ** Original Message follows...

>
> From: Ezra Harrington <tvar@...>
>
> >It's a little late to change the looks of characters (i.e.: adding the blue
> >look to monks with a mesh tunic, etc) because it would require a total
> >rework of the art files. Anyone remember those lovely 300 meg downloads in
> >beta 3?
>
> I'm not sure I understand this. Didn't they add an entire zone (or maybe
> it's even more than one zone, I don't know), the plane of fear? Did we
> download everything necessary for that zone? If so, I find it difficult to
> believe that a few new texture would be that large an addition.

I think they should have made the graphics a lot more flexible. It is not a very good thing
if you can't add new graphics without a large patch. It's too bad, especially since EQ
has a fairly limited amount of graphical variations for the characters.