Have to play LoN?

Febrith Darkstar · 04-21-2008, 09:52 AM

Anyone else see any inherent unfairness to those EQ players who dont play LoN? And is there an argument that all the LoN reward items ought to be available (whether through quests/drops/whatever) so that you dont HAVE to line SOE's pockets even further by learning and playing a game that you dont have the time or the inclination for?

Im just jealous cos Im seeing more and more things creep into the game that as a regular player I cant get - but I dont wanna play LoN /grumble. Even if they took the "No Trade" tag off the reward items Id be reasonably content.

Course I might just be grumpy today after watching the fella standing next to me in the crafting instance last night levelling up quicker by using his Fabled Ring of the Whatever-it-was that gave a 15% xp bonus - envy is a bitch!

Grooub · 04-21-2008, 10:04 AM

You do realize tho that those people that have those rings pay 3$ a pack, i dont know about the rest of the game but most the people i see buy the packs buy them about 10-20 at a time, so thats 30-60 extra dollars they spend ontop of their game fee of 15 dollars. Some people do get lucky and get packs out of the game and strike gold and get some sort of great item like that, but for the majority those that have the ring have payed a lot of extra cash to get it.

Barra · 04-21-2008, 10:10 AM

I think thats the point, why should anyone have to pay money for another game to get an ingame advantage that isnt available to people who don't want to play LoN or buy the packs?

Starbuck · 04-21-2008, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Grooub

You do realize tho that those people that have those platz pay 3$ a platz, i dont know about the rest of the game but most the people i see buy the platz buy them about 10-20 at a time, so thats 30-60 extra dollars they spend ontop of their game fee of 15 dollars. Some people do get lucky and get platz out of the game and strike gold and get some sort of great item like that, but for the majority those that have the platz have payed a lot of extra cash to get it.

Lets have a little fun here... ...replacing "ring" & "pack" with "platz".

Fuck LoN and SOE sanctioned RMTs...

Peco · 04-21-2008, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Starbuck

Lets have a little fun here... ...replacing "ring" & "pack" with "platz".

Fuck LoN and SOE sanctioned RMTs...

The funny thing is, this game is resembling real life more and more. Normally, i would never try to compare the two. Now, you have monetary value dictating effectiveness. The question arises, if you spent enough, could you become better than anyone, not by matter of skill, but by wealth? I have not seen all the LoN loot yet. From what i have seen though, it pulls focus from skill, to how much money you spend.

P.S. SOE:
I will never spend a dime more than subscription. Focus on the real game, and put this RMT game to death.

Febrith Darkstar · 04-21-2008, 10:37 AM

Hey Barra

You got me spot on.

And Grooub it just pains me that I cant, for example, buy recipes for crafting some of the LoN only house items in particular - Im a bit of an obessive with my carpentering, OR to quest for or buy those items in the normal course of game play. Soooo, Id even cough up the £15-30 you're talking about for the opportunity - but I cba to learn a new game tbh when Im still busy learning/living with, the one Im signed up for.

Pinski · 04-21-2008, 10:38 AM

You are aware, that people sell loot cards for in-game plat, right?

Febrith Darkstar · 04-21-2008, 10:59 AM

Aye Pinski

and /agree Peco

Wildphyre · 04-21-2008, 11:09 AM

no one has to actually play the game at all to open up the "trade" function... the loot cards aren't rewards for the card game... (with the exception of loot tournaments, but you don't actually have to "play" those either to get the loot card... whole 'nother topic)

{the following is not meant to be glib... but helpful for those folks who haven't forayed into the LoN trading madness yet}

1. type /lon in eq2
2. if you haven't created a user name, it'll prompt you for one
3. to unlock the Trade feature [if you haven't already] - find the LoN store in the LoN application
4. buy a 2.99 booster pack from the LoN store - HECK - buy a $1.00 event pass (it might work, i have no idea)... the concept is that - buying a single item from the LoN store opens up the TRADE feature in the LoN application...

i know, i know - i get the whole point of the post is not having to give any more $$ to SOE, but just for that single 'entrance fee' - you can now barter in-game for those special items...

the real evil is... it's like a drug addiction - you sample the 2.99 booster pack by opening it up and waiting in anticipation for the off chance that it contains one of these 'oooohhh, i'm so special' loot cards. dissapointed, you buy a second one, then a third, next thing you know - you're opening booster packs like a mad kid in a candy store ... with no parental supervision limiting your expenditure simply by the small sum of your weekly allowance ... so $XXXXX.XXX dollars later and you might get an in-game ghostly warg....

BUT - you don't actually ever have to "play" the card game....

...........ATMs in vegas = evil

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Febrith Darkstar · 04-21-2008, 11:30 AM

Heh thanks for the info Wildphyre - I'm glad Im at work cos I could feel my Bank balance getting lighter by the minute if I were at home right now. Damn you for telling me that for a coupla quid I can tear off the wrappers on me virtual cards and go sifting for a nice new painting for my front parlour!

And if those ghostly wargs have ghostly dribble too then you can keep em - ugliest mount I ever saw