> Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2001 15:29:23 -0500
> From: "Whitmore, Lance" <lwhitmore@...>
> Subject: RE: Re: I hate Shadows of Luclin and I
> don't even own it yet...
>
>It has nothing to do with a low res version of Vah
>Shir model. In fact that is in the game now. With
>the SoL expansion you can set it on a low res version
>of the entire game or high if you choose to that
>includes both game world and player models ). The
It has everything to do with the lack of an old Vah
Shir model, which seems to be Verant's only
justification for requiring everyone to update to
DirectX 8.1 instead of having a dual standard of "if
you want the new graphics/want to play Luclin,
update". There has been no enhancements (at least to
my knowledge) of the pre-luclin graphics aside from
the new character models all of which can be disabled
except for the Vah Shir model. By allowing users to
get by with an older version of DirectX, older video
cards are still acceptable.
>whole problem here is when Microsoft made a majority
>of video cards obsolete with the release of directx
>8.. PERIOD...
Argued that one ages ago, not inclined to go back.
Microsoft bashing is easy, Verant chose to push to a
higher hardware/software standard than their customer
base was ready to support, again I point to Origin as
an example of what that tends to cause. If anyone
recalls they were among the largest gaming companies
in the industry in their heyday, and systematically
destroyed their customer base with increasing hardware
requirements. Sure the games looked great, but only a
tenth of the market could play 'em. :P
>problem. Do you see any other company even
>attempting to release a updated DirectX 8 version?
When they have an established customer base, much of
whom are using DX8 incompatable video cards? Nope,
Verant appears to be the only one. :)
>You will, however, never see a DirectX 9 version...
>Nor will they be supporting the same program 3 years
>from now.
You seem to forget that a significant portion of the
EQ community doesn't want these "improvements".
Graphically the game was just fine, beyond what was
necessary to get the point across. (of course, i'm the
type who still plays MUDs on occasion :) A few pretty
new graphics do not justify alienating a significant
chunk of your customer base. (there was already more
than enough worldspace and "phat l00tz" in game,
*VERY* few have explored every nook and cranny of
Velious and Kunark, nevermind the original worldspace)
>Hehe.. Computer technology changes every few
>months.. If your still using the same computer you
>had 3 years ago, its probably time to upgrade. Ah
>well.. Its Christmas :)
lol, well, I personally don't have any problems
meeting the reqs aside from the RAM and fortunately
i'm in a position to fix that. (well, at least once I
get my puter back, damn FedEx :( I fail to see why
loyal customers of up to three years should be
punished for not having an interest in the expansion
though. This is totally ignoring the astounding and
absolutely brutal bugs that still existed after the
release date, Luclin is a rather shoddy product from
that perspective, and obviously should have been held
back a month or two at least. Amusingly enough, it
seems like Verant's own slogan seems to sum up their
attitude "You're in our world now b*tch." :P
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