Gates of Disgrace

Waran · Post by **Waran** » February 12, 2004, 5:15 am

Ok, does SOE employ actual beta testers and QA that aren't their player base? If so, do they feel that they have job security? Did they seriously test this POS expansion?

The Casino fails once again and removed (Granted, not GoD's fault but contributed), leaving Veeshan a mess, 1017s everywhere, leadership exp that won't roll over, Favor/Tribute system taken offline...etc etc etc

I don't remember this many promised features in an expansion not working properly and axed this soon after release.

Oh well, I'm sure the Casino will be back again to give us 1017s again

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 12, 2004, 12:58 pm

was talking to a beta tester in IRC yesterday, and they were begging the devs not to have the casino go live at the same time as the expansion. he thought it had something to do with an "executive" decision.

Chidoro · Post by **Chidoro** » February 12, 2004, 1:10 pm

Even worse than Luclin?

Waran · Post by **Waran** » February 12, 2004, 1:32 pm

Its certainly up there.

Tell/chat/zone lag was horrendous for the time the Casino was online in Shadowhaven. TONS of people were in the General chat saying they had 1017s, while the GM in the room suggested it was "connectivity issues" and we needed to call tech support. I almost asked if the entire Veeshan server here in chat should call, cause we were all getting 1017s.

I heard last night that Berserkers were having a problem as well, but I really couldn't tell with mine when I stopped last night at level 8.

As far as the Casino being a money sink, there was one guy who did win a gold ticket and received a Guise of the Deceiver after spending 115K plat.

Anyone else run into anything?

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 12, 2004, 1:40 pm

115kpp is a steal for a guise

that will be the only one that drops

they had to give one out on the first day!

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 12, 2004, 1:48 pm

Put a No Drop gnome mask in the casino and I'll spend millions to get it.

Short of that, that casino can rot in hell. Totally fubared our Time run with it's shitty lag.

sarlen · Post by **sarlen** » February 12, 2004, 2:36 pm

Saw a guy get a Ton Po's Bow Stick of Understanding from the casino last night and it was dropable.. damn my shitty luck. All I got was a stupid pair of +15 apply poison gloves with a right click dot on them.

Nilaman · Post by **Nilaman** » February 12, 2004, 2:38 pm

From what I have seen, this expansion is horrible.

The spell drops and such, what a load of shit. No drop bullshit.

When tells lag just use ;tell and it goes right through. wuwu exproit1

This expansion was made for no one other then the ubers. I feel horrible for the lower levels who spent money on this shit.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 12, 2004, 3:13 pm

;tell was lagging for me last night. Not sure how it was compared to /tell, but it was still a good 10-15 seconds before tells got through.

Hopefully with the casino taken down again we can get back to actually playing instead of crashing every 10 minutes.

Adelrune Argenti · Post by **Adelrune Argenti** » February 12, 2004, 3:28 pm

Maybe the Indians need to be made to work harder to test this product....

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 12, 2004, 3:54 pm

Can they have shoes?

bonus points if you recognize the C&C generals reference.

eOmniz · Post by **eOmniz** » February 12, 2004, 5:01 pm

8k got me a guise, yay luck for stupid shit. Would've much preferred beads or even fungi stick / mana stone (beads >>>> them though), but I figured I had used all my luck.

The casino is a good idea, but they need to put more thought into it than "Lets put it up today? Oh damn, crashed the servers again. Oh I know, lets put it up same day as expansion! Yes! Oh wai... /bye servers"

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 12, 2004, 5:29 pm

People were winning manastones from the casino? That's the first I heard of it.

Nilaman · Post by **Nilaman** » February 12, 2004, 6:03 pm

Casino gave me a few high elf illusion potions and Prayers of Life for 6k!

Drinsic Darkwood · Post by **Drinsic Darkwood** » February 13, 2004, 12:47 am

I got gnome illusion and beer goggles. GG~

Pherr the Dorf · Post by **Pherr the Dorf** » February 13, 2004, 1:04 am

Spliskin won the stick (droppable for whoever) and the guise for his ranger and yah he spent a fortune.

Squegy · Post by **Squegy** » February 13, 2004, 9:53 am

get your ldon armor and you shouldnt have much problems with the open zones in god.

was there any point to this post except to complain about soe, who will never read this thread?

Waran · Post by **Waran** » February 13, 2004, 1:39 pm

Hell I figured since that since this is an "Everquest" forum, and the majority of players playing "Everquest" have recently experienced the same problems with GoD and the like, I would think that a little frustration venting is a good thing.

If you have any suggestions for Everquest threads, or wish to post one, by all means start a thread that you'd like to see.

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 13, 2004, 2:45 pm

From what I hear, elemental is closer to what's required to get anywhere in GoD.

The LDoN armor is crap except for anyone who doesn't have a guild that can do Ssra/VT these days. i.e. <65. I've never seen so many worthless stats crowding armor. The saving grace of that stuff is that the poorest pieces have 3 augment slots.. so you can at least have 1 good effect or augmentation in them.

Any person with a VT or better guild, however, would be exceedingly disappointed with the LDoN armor except as possibly a filler for 1-2 hard to find upgrade slots.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 13, 2004, 2:47 pm

new expansions should beat your ass down when they go live.

they always have in the past.

people fucking took 12-18 people to explore as deep into Sebillis as Necrosis

Salis · Post by **Salis** » February 17, 2004, 12:48 am

yea and I had to summon them out WITH LARGE COFFINS!!!1

Wulfran · Post by **Wulfran** » February 17, 2004, 1:41 pm

Now if only SOE could stabilize the servers so we don't crash and 1017 every time we zone. A day or 2 is mildly annoying. A week is getting fucking old...

Pahreyia · Post by **Pahreyia** » February 17, 2004, 1:44 pm

I now hate PoTime because of this.

Seebs · Post by **Seebs** » February 17, 2004, 4:28 pm

Bought the expansion and all I got was this stupid 1017 error!

Only been to GoD ot rez some guildies. Not been invited to expeditions, have no clue what to expect.

STill trying to get some fucking stats on my Charm/Adventure stone. I have no flags and have 8-9 wins in specific Adventure zones. Need to start hitting 10 and get the minimal stat bonus.

I'm slowly relearning this game after taking 2.5 years off ... its a mind fuck.

miir · Post by **miir** » February 17, 2004, 4:31 pm

I like GoD so far.
It's a good challenge.. unskilled and badly geared players aren't gonna like it much.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » February 24, 2004, 9:14 am

GoD is pretty hard overall. I love it. I haven't been challenged in a long time in this game. If you can do hard adventures on a regular basis, you're ready for GoD. If you cannot, stay in PoP and LDoN for awhile.

This is a progressive expansion. You will require gear + AAs from prior expansions to do well IMO.

Madren · Post by **Madren** » February 25, 2004, 1:16 pm

i love this expansion so far.

mobs that run faster then sow AND snare-dark.
nasty trials required for progression. ( no
Invis potions now a permanent requirement for your inventory.
Travelling from one place to another can turn into a CR.

i was actually on my pally horse, and was caught from behind.

Psyloche · Post by **Psyloche** » February 25, 2004, 1:42 pm

Madren wrote:i love this expansion so far.

mobs that run faster then sow AND snare-dark.
nasty trials required for progression. ( no
Invis potions now a permanent requirement for your inventory.
Travelling from one place to another can turn into a CR.

i was actually on my pally horse, and was caught from behind.

Madren likes it from behind. He also likes to lay his hands on our MT and make the pain go away. God what a boring day at work.

miir · Post by **miir** » February 25, 2004, 1:43 pm

I remember at level 8, I was running across East Karana and a lion caught me from behind.... man that CR was a bitch.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 25, 2004, 2:58 pm

i think it is a pretty cool expansion.

i think the trials are potentially tuned towards a particular style a bit too much. I would think a non-time equipped knight would have a hard time tanking a lot of the progression stuff. some groups try to use 2 clerics on a defensive warrior to kill progression bosses. i am not going on direct experience with all of them, just kind of stuff i've heard.

part of the problem is just inherent to EQ and that is the biggest flaw with the game really, but i think some of the encounters could have been done with a bit more creativity that didnt favor massive healing on a defensive warrior.

i do like the fact that it is challenging to get places, we have all been lulled into laziness with how gimped down the game got with PoP (graveyards, free travel everywhere). i was on a CR last night and forgot to reinvis after hailing the magus to get to Natimbi. so my laziness got me smoked

granted i am not really missing the days of going to neriak for your large coffin run to recover from a wipe in Disco or whatever

but you know the zones are small, and its fast to get back, so it's all good =)

Winnow · Post by **Winnow** » February 25, 2004, 4:21 pm

I don't see the fun or challenge in CRing randomly dropped invis deaths caused by dropped invis while running past 50 mobs packed tighter than sardines that no one ever kills on your way to expedition start points.

Other than the invis issue, it's been a pretty fun expansion so far.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » February 25, 2004, 4:24 pm

my invis doesnt randomly drop

me > you!!!

!!

!!!!!

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » February 29, 2004, 4:54 pm

So you know, a large portion of the GoD code did not transfer from beta to live. It was functioning pretty well by the end of beta. Can only speculate as to why they neglected to move all the code--but it was probably as a cockblock ala rathe again.

Vailex Darkfury · Post by **Vailex Darkfury** » March 9, 2004, 7:03 pm

Ive heard good things about it I guess. But I dont play anymore, I just make fun of Vin and Talaru and play vicariously through them.

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