Epics in TSO and Beyond

Elucard · 09-23-2008, 11:39 AM

One of the things that have always sort of bugged me about epic quest lines, or really any super long quest line is that the item you gain will of course some day be put in the bank.

Obviously that's a really long ways away and the point is that you get the item and get to use it for the next year or two.

All I'm saying is that it'd be nice if in future expansions where level caps are raised, if there was some additional quest line added to maintain the epic weapon.

Like in eq1 people would spend months getting their epic 1.0 and now the item is a joke. Maybe that's a good thing but I just thought I'd throw out this idea so you could all shame me with your opinions.

Dreako · 09-23-2008, 11:51 AM

uh...epic 1.5..epic 2.0... ect.....

Calbiyum · 09-23-2008, 02:20 PM

I forgot who said it but someone once made a post about how the Prismatic and Godking and Claymore weapons are supposedly amazing weapons that are super powerful and rare etc. And then next exspansion you do a quest for some random guy who happens to have a dagger or sword lying around that's better then this world changing weapon.

IMO it's really not the time invested in them, but more the lore.

Padrich · 09-23-2008, 03:25 PM

No doubt are these major timelines more Lore oriented then anything else but at the same time would you really want to be using the same GD weapon from level 50 to the end of time? That'd be gay. lol

Even if they changed the appearance of it like the eq1 epic 1, 1.5, 2.0's, granted you got to keep each individual item some classes had pre requisites of having 1 or 1.5 completed before getting two.

It's the way of the MMO's, and when a level cap is raised by 10 levels at a time of course some chest drop from a nothing mob may be better then the timeline weapon of the last tier. But at the same time not everyone can obtain the end game timeline rewards at each turn.

Illuminator · 09-23-2008, 04:30 PM

I got an epic weapon already, I don't fucking feel like FedEx'ing from here to Timbuktu for a new one just to make some fanbois feel better about themselves.

Lyger · 09-23-2008, 05:01 PM

i would like to see quests to upgrade top tier quested weapons and armors, which i had assumed they would put into TSO. i mean it sounds so simple to not do...

i see some points, eventually items need to be retired for something better but so far we haven't seen too many "epic" types of items until now.

Mohare · 09-23-2008, 05:14 PM

They introduced a new set of problems with the epics. They can make better weapons in ratio/dps/stats, but unless they have the effects that people get from the epics, people won't be quick to upgrade them.

Illuminator · 09-23-2008, 05:20 PM

Behold, the most powerful weapon in all of Norrath! I present to you this Epic Weapon!!!

(1 tier later)

I was just kidding, Behold I present to you this Glowing Kitchen Knife of Slashing +1 from the pocket of Mayong Himself!!!

dakkota · 09-23-2008, 05:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Illuminator

Behold, the most powerful weapon in all of Norrath! I present to you this Epic Weapon!!!

(1 tier later)

I was just kidding, Behold I present to you this Glowing Kitchen Knife of Slashing +1 from the pocket of Mayong Himself!!!

Maybe we should have just gotten these mythicals with the stats and bonuses as is at lvl 50.

If you want to get realistic about it, every year we come out with devices and products that shatter the once thought amazing power of another. Cars, computers, TVs, storage capabilities etc. I just don't see a huge gripe with upgrading things like this in a video game =/. If magic wands existed IRL I bet one created 20 years after a previous one would far exceed it in power even if 20 years ago that one was the most amazing thing in existence! But that's all that my knowledge of IRL magic wands is going to reveal for now.

Illuminator · 09-23-2008, 05:30 PM

The lore tendency is to have the most powerful artifacts being ancient and near-forgotten. Most likely hidden because they were so powerful. This here is just retarded FDR coming for your gold. Papers, please!