Luclin ports?

Wulfran · Post by **Wulfran** » August 13, 2002, 1:44 pm

From Caster's Realm

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NEW PORTS FOR LUCLIN, AUGUST 10, 2002
Hi all,
Thought you'd be interested to know that we're adding in Luclin ports and putting them on Test server this weekend. These spells will be available to both druids and wizards as convenient vendor sold scrolls.

We've added a Nexus port for druids, and ports to Dawnshroud, Twilight Sea, and Grimling Forest for wizards and druids. This should help cut the travel time to the remote areas of Luclin, and it's something that a lot of players have been asking for.

Take care,

- Rich

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What do you guys think of this? Personally, in an era where everone has constant SoW, SOE or at least Jboots/run3 to fall back on, I see this as a wasted effort. I think a spell allowing druids to port to the Nexus, like wizzies isn't a bad idea, but the additional ports seem redundant to me. SH may be painful to zone into for some but most of these are small zones to pass through. I would rather seem the dev team working on existing bugs/problems or adding content for the high level game, than on something like this which does nothing except add a new place for people to spam for ports to, instead of running there in the 5 min it takes...

Bubba Grizz · Post by **Bubba Grizz** » August 13, 2002, 1:48 pm

Personally I think that most of those who came into the game after the first years prolly don't even know how to run from zone to zone. They have always had a porter of some sort available to them, be it a guild member or buying the port. Hell, I know a few porters who don't know more than the immediate surrounds of the port in the zones they go to. So, who cares if they add more ports. I see it as a way of decreasing the timesink we already suffer.

kyoukan · Post by **kyoukan** » August 13, 2002, 1:55 pm

Wow more verant backpedalling on retarded design choices that should never have existed in the first place. I'm shocked.

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » August 13, 2002, 2:05 pm

The restriction was put in to stop people from rushing certian zones and to force people to learn thier way around. 8+ months have passed and those reasons no longer hold any meaning, much like Velious Teleport Keys.

This was discussed endlessly when SoL first came out, and many of us always knew we'd get ports to Nexus and other parts of Luclin, it was just a matter of time. I was the first to tell everyone "I told you so".

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 13, 2002, 2:24 pm

force people to learn thier way around

It didn't work

There isn't anyplace in the world that takes more than 10-15 minutes to get to now, not including port time to the nexus. This just lets people (esp rangers) get lost in a more timely manner

I talked to folks in the mid-late 50s that still couldn't use sense heading or /loc.

I hope it's a <=34 port, I don't wanna PL my wizzy any higher.

Ajran · Post by **Ajran** » August 13, 2002, 2:25 pm

but will the ports work from anywhere or like the current Wizard nexus gate that only works on luclin?

-Ajran

Xyphir · Post by **Xyphir** » August 13, 2002, 2:42 pm

Aabidano wrote:There isn't anyplace in the world that takes more than 10-15 minutes to get to now, not including port time to the nexus.

Ever been to Dalnir? That was the sickest joke to play on monks. Mid-level NO DROP (crappy) monk gear in a dungeon whose closest port is DL. What a waste of space.

I still remember running across the Karanas around level 15 to get to High Hold Pass to get a chance at a PGT. It was about this time I created a druid.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 13, 2002, 2:56 pm

FV > LoIL > WW > Dalnir = >10 minutes

When I was a level to play there, we could never get ports. Couldn't afford them anyway

Fun place and nice loot for the level range. Crappy loot now but...

Ajran · Post by **Ajran** » August 13, 2002, 3:32 pm

ummm EJ -> fob -> WW?

-Ajran

*~*stragi*~* · Post by ***~*stragi*~*** » August 13, 2002, 4:21 pm

there is a zone to FV in DL ajran.

Sabek · Post by **Sabek** » August 13, 2002, 4:24 pm

Skyfire -> OT -> WW

Truant · Post by **Truant** » August 13, 2002, 4:25 pm

This is how my demented brain reads it.

With every expansion they have hindered mass force movement, in some way or another, to the high end game.

VI KNOWS that high end players are going to bitch and complain. They also know that the high end players will deal with it, keep paying, and keep playing.

I think this buys a bit more time for VI to half ass together their next expansion. But it also creates a need for greater organization to be able to compete against fellow matched guilds. (Quite possibly the ONLY good thing this could create)

Once the current expansion is defeated and the new one is about to come out. VI makes that expansion more easily accessible to the non-high end player. Because the non-high end player WILL quit playing, paying, if it's a hassle and a pain.

Kunark evacs.
Velious Keys.
Luclin ports.

I would imagine post PoP that many of the Luclin timesinks will be nerfed to make them more accessible. I would also expect PoP to be very limited in mass movement as well.

Just my ideas...

edit - forgot a comma

T

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 13, 2002, 4:50 pm

As my guild has recently rebuilt our druid horde, mobilization should be much faster now. I think half the guild were druids when I joined 2 years ago.

Anyways,

Both

EJ > FoB > WW

and

SF > OT > WW

would have worked, but as we could rarely get ports, it was hoof it from FV time

The shortcut through the gobby tunnels in LoIL took a lot of time off the trip.

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 13, 2002, 5:21 pm

i am selling a scroll: Evacuate: Nevederia Prep

Xyun · Post by **Xyun** » August 13, 2002, 6:00 pm

You are trying to trick us Vor! You know that spell only works if you are in PoA.

BTW, I'm sure these portal spells will only work on luclin, well for now anyway.

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 14, 2002, 9:30 am

Okay,

This is coming from a actual Test Server Wizard =)

Yes, Nexus Gate/Portal/Translocate do work from Old World Verified by me.

Yes, Druid portal spells have been found in Rivervale.

No, we haven't found the wizard spells. I myself have checked Shadow Haven, Katta, Tox Library and Guild, Temple of Solusek Ro, Neriak Scorned and Library. I will check again later this evening. We formed a loose channel we could talk on for finding the spells. If you would like to come onto Test, /join Spells

Lalfec Stormsage
58th Wizard of Test

Fairweather Pure · Post by **Fairweather Pure** » August 14, 2002, 9:33 am

Aye, also confirmed on the DG. New port spells work from anywhere in Norrath. They are not restricted to Luclin only.

Heddyl Et Tuce · Post by **Heddyl Et Tuce** » August 14, 2002, 5:03 pm

/Boggle

Anyone else have a problem with why Druids can port to the moon?

Wizards create Dimensional portals, ie manipulators of time and space.

Druids poof with the wind. err, am I missing something that makes it all make sense in a Verant storyline kinda thing?

Idea behind the spires was that the Scions held the secret and the power to create a focused beam of energy to luclin or something like that.

Just hate the inconsistencies with the storylines in EQ sometimes.

It's like watching an awesome movie... then getting slapped in the face by some inconsistency that blows the whole thing.

Heddyl

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 14, 2002, 5:13 pm

From reading the end of the patch message, you think they are sold in the neriak wizards guild?

Gonna run in and check after a bit...

Ajran · Post by **Ajran** » August 14, 2002, 6:15 pm

Stragi Tt'Yoro wrote:there is a zone to FV in DL ajran.

What the hell does that have to do with getting to Dalnir from Emerald Jungle?

-Ajran

Voronwë · Post by **Voronwë** » August 14, 2002, 6:16 pm

Ajran wrote:
Stragi Tt'Yoro wrote:there is a zone to FV in DL ajran.
What the hell does that have to do with getting to Dalnir from Emerald Jungle?

-Ajran

what does getting to dalnir have to do with anything?

Ajran · Post by **Ajran** » August 14, 2002, 7:08 pm

Xyphir wrote:
Aabidano wrote:There isn't anyplace in the world that takes more than 10-15 minutes to get to now, not including port time to the nexus.
Ever been to Dalnir? That was the sickest joke to play on monks. Mid-level NO DROP (crappy) monk gear in a dungeon whose closest port is DL. What a waste of space.

/sigh

Aabidano · Post by **Aabidano** » August 14, 2002, 7:45 pm

We have the ability to argue about anything

Especially things that haven't mattered in a long time

Akaran_D · Post by **Akaran_D** » August 14, 2002, 7:45 pm

you guys DO know that there has been a port into skyfire that while intiially made you be in a dungeon to cast it, you can evac there now..

Skyfire = next to OT..