I agree fullly with the noted comments below. This game system may still
have bugs in it, but it an excellent system that allows many thousands hours
of enjoyment each day and each week. My hat goes off to Varent and all the
people that have worked so hard to make this game playable and enjoyable by
the masses.
I, also, agree that information flow and customer support should be better,
but the EQ community grew much faster than they expected and it will take
time to get better information flow and customer support in place.
Thanks to all the people that have helped make this game such an enjoyable
game for all us other.
Tom Moore
Squires, Dean wrote:
> From: "Squires, Dean" <DeanSquires@...>
>
> My turn to rant (and I know this is going to piss some people off, but I
> gotta say it)
>
> 1. "[Verant] could have programmed the game with more logging"???(see
> below) Please. I'm going to have to come to Verants defense now. Any
> idea how much more lag there would be if there was more logging with 50
> - 100 in a zone? Verant used a nice median between logs so as to not
> bog the game down more.
>
> 2. Everyone is complaining that there character traits and skills are
> unfair. Boo hoo. REAL LIFE is not fair. And Verant is trying to make
> the game as real as possible. (Muffin anyone?) If your Race or Class is
> that bad that you feel you need to complain everyday then change. Hey!
> No one's complaining about being a ranger or paladin, so lets all be
> rangers and paladins. Even the damn wizards who are kill stealers are
> complaining for some reason that their class is unfair (Note today's
> EQ'Lizer). Playing a unfair character or hard character is sweet,
> because when you succeed, you prove your own abilities.
>
> 3. Boo hoo. Make Poison and Apply Poison doesn't work yet and I can't
> sneak up behind a creature undetected and backstab for 100 points
> everytime. Wow, rogues really have it rough. They've only said a
> million times that they are working on these problems, so chill out and
> enjoy what your rogue can do. And if he (she) still can't do anything,
> then that probably reflects your intelligence more that your character's
> abilities. (And as a side note, I did like the Rogue Protest on Solusek
> Ro.)
>
> 4. My human warrior sucks at level 20. Wow Einstein. Did you ever
> wonder why the first 15 levels were so easy? This class was designed
> for Buffoons with attention deficit syndrome. You were supposed to be
> bored of this guy after 5 levels. Try playing a hard character.
> They're the ones that pay off in the end.
>
> 5. Where are the new zones and other planes? The game was not designed
> for people playing 24-7. The creators themselves said this. Try
> getting some sunlight. They'll come soon enough.
>
> In general to all the people complaining, do you have any idea how much
> code has gone into this game? I find that the few bugs that do exist
> with over 20,000 people playing at any given time is quite remarkable.
> And Verant continues to improve the game! If anyone knows of a better
> overall game, then why are you playing Everquest?
>
> I am not saying Verant is perfect, but my only issue with Verant is I'd
> like a better status of what they are working on and their proposed
> deadlines.
>
> Kudos to Verant. I've wasted my summer away so far on Everquest, but
> I'm loving every minute!
>
> Baelstorm
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Brad Schuetz [SMTP:dorchalann@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 2:51 PM
> > To: EverQuest@onelist.com
> > Subject: Re: [EverQuest] Cope...(was Re: Raw deal - need help!)
> >
> > From: "Brad Schuetz" <dorchalann@...>
> >
> > See, that's really the problem. Verant "Doesn't know" if you are
> > lying or
> > at least that's what they claim. I really want to know why there is a
> > message every few minutes on my screen telling me that my character is
> > saved
> > if they refuse to use that info to help players who have been
> > destroyed by
> > bugs that should have been squashed in beta. I've been lucky and have
> > not
> > lost items due to bugs, it's happened to a good friend of mine, he
> > just gave
> > up that character, didn't want to deal with that crap. Verant doesn't
> > seem
> > to understand that we pay money to play this game and we shouldn't
> > have to
> > "just deal" with these kind of programming mistakes.
> >
> > They could have programmed the game with more logging to know what
> > happened
> > when a character dies and know what they had when they died so they
> > could be
> > restored without worry that you really traded your items to a friend
> > before
> > dieing on the boat but they made the decision not to, apparently, or
> > to not
> > use that data and instead they just have their GM's give the same line
> > of
> > garbage every time that they can't do anything.
> >
> > One of the biggest problems with this game right now is their severe
> > lack of
> > customer service and their lack of being responsible for the bugs in
> > the
> > game. BAH
> >
> > I'll get off my soapbox now.
> >
> > Dorchalann Kilgore
> > Shaman of Karana
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Jannus Malus [mailto:jannus_@...]
> > Sent: Thursday, July 08, 1999 10:00 AM
> > To: EverQuest@onelist.com
> > Subject: [EverQuest] Cope...(was Re: Raw deal - need help!)
> >
> >
> > From: Jannus Malus <jannus_@...>
> >
> > Not to be rough about it, but frankly you're shit out of luck. I'm on
> > the
> > reimbursement list too - have been for over a month now. Just go out
> > and
> > hunt little newbie-ish things to get enough cash for food, and work
> > your way
> > back to where you were. Or if you're lucky like me, friends will help
> > you
> > to recoup your loss (Thanks again Natalia, Arith, Lanor).
> >
> > Verant has no way of knowing if you're lying or not...and frankly, if
> > you
> > manage to bug them into giving it to you - let me know...I think I
> > lost a
> > shiny metallic robe too....
> >
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