You said you were a software QA, so you should know that turning a proxy on and off takes what, as much time as one mouse click? As much as Ut may be bullshitting, you are doing your fair share of it as well. The EQ shit you are saying is all absolutely contradictory to all of our experiences so yeah we should probably just can that shit.
Yeah. It's always fun to post meters of damage taken by source and show that some fucking chimp took as much avoidable damage as the rest of the raid combined.
My opinions on EQ1 was influenced by the fact I played a bard (or from Utnayan's perspective lying about playing a bard). I was never a hardcore raider and I played with other casual gamers. A lot of the fights in dungeons (whether we were camping in one spot or dungeon crawling) were challenging because we were fighting a lot of mobs and had to work together as a team to avoid wiping. When it was all over and we had survived, people would be saying stuff like "how did we pull that off'. The fact that apparently some of you never got to experience that doesn't change the fact that I did and those kind of fights were fun to me. It also doesn't change the fact that I haven't experienced that kind of thrill in any MMO after vanilla WoW.
I would like to know when you were dungeon crawling in a group in EverQuest, particular zones you went dungeon crawling in, and the timeframe (Which was the latest expansion, if any, out.) Also, which server did you play on? I ask this because I am going to gauge a frame of reference for any time at all that what you said was even feasibly plausible. You, like me, should have some memories of your favorite "pulled it off" moments because due to it's very nature of having such a long leveling curve and time frame in specific areas, it's easy to even remember the people you grouped with back then.
I think they both took great screenshots. Where FFXIV ARR shone, however, was in movement. The animations looked great and when you moved, the world seemed to move properly. Stuff felt solid, and spell effects were great. There were little touches like hair/clothing moving in wind and characters breathing. ESO, on the other hand, looks great if you stand still and take a screenshot in town/someplace with a lot of "stuff" around you (as posted earlier some of the distance shots were meh due to fog). But something felt off whenever I moved- not just the combat animations (which were unbearable). But everything felt hollow/painted on rather than real.
To the first question, yes if believe me or Pkysel, no if you believe Utnaynan. There are only a few though. The answer to your last question is still under NDA but I don't think it's a secret that there are players already at veteran ranks. They leveled up somehow right?
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These responses regarding 17+ content are always so carefully worded. As long as RvR gives xp, the existence of high level players doesn't prove anything about lack/abundance of PVE content.
You are than welcome to believe Utnayan's claim that 17+ content is unfinished, crappy, broken etc and that is the main reason the NDA hasn't been lifted. Once the NDA is lifted, I will tell you what I know. You are more than welcome to continue choosing to believe what Utnayan is claiming if you like.
Okay but how is the leveling content past 17 ? And about NDA, nobody gives a damn about it unless you share the same forum name here and on TESO closed beta forums.
Rescorla is my user name in every MMO since WoW, to include the short time I played Tera with FOH. Until the NDA is removed, I will just say don't be surprised to find out Utnayan was wrong.
