Stugein wrote:
Stuff
Edited, Aug 9th 2007 4:28pm by Stugein
Stu,
You are right on. I am in the same boat as you regarding playtime. I have raided once in my entire eq2 career when I was able to spend a night at a buddy's house.
IMHO, The Epics will require a MAX size raid force, multiple day raids, and many re-runs because of the ultra rare drop rate. There is absolutely no way a person who solos will be able to acquire these items. Unless SoE produces two versions of an Epic, one for the hard core raiders, and one for us soloers, then we are out of luck. Simple as that.
These Epics will be the "end game" for the next expansion. They have to be. You can't have every boy and girl running around with one. The only way I will get mine (assuming I am still playing) is when the level cap hits 100 and we can group with a few people to get the drops we need.
MMORPG's just aren't designed for the casual players. We probably make up 30% of the subscriptions with the hard core raiders making up the rest. Just a guess but you get the idea...
Am I bitter? A little. Jealous? Absolutely! I thought the game would open up when I hit level 70. Instead it closed down for me.