Comments on: Improving EQ2′s Appearance slots

By: Lars

Lars — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 23:47:43 +0000

I agree with appearance slots for weapons (even if it forces you to match the type of weapon equipped, so the animations line up).

However, I think appearance slots should attune. One of the nice things about appearance armor is that it created a market for old armor (especially lower tier armor) that people wanted for the unique looks alone. Keeping it sellable after its used (even for looks) kind of kills the demand for the armorers. And if anything armorers need more stuff they can viably sell, not less.

By: Karic

Karic — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 16:13:46 +0000

I concur! I’d love to see Karic (My Ratty) riding into battle atop some cat he’d subdued in the back alleys of Qeynos Harbour!

By: Tipa

Tipa — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:23:18 +0000

Oooo, I HATE the “give the haffer (or gnome) a pony” thing!

By: Milia

Milia — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 21:16:24 +0000

I would include mounts in appearance slots. 1) That the mount may or may not scale with the user. I’d love to have my gnome riding a large charger or how hilarious would it be to see an ogre on a pony? 2) Ride whichever mount but keep the runspeed of what you’re actually using. I’m using nothing now because I can’t beat the 55% from my j-boots and the earring of the Solstice. I’d use my tinkered cloud mount if it was fast enough. Or just use whatever struck my fancy.

By: Joe Fred

Joe Fred — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 19:28:30 +0000

Plastic Surgeons in EQ2?!

By: Tipa

Tipa — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:41:46 +0000

Well, now we’re really talking about Spellborn, well, maybe the opposite of what it does. In Spellborn, you take any weapon design, and then add stats to it. So you can be wielding whatever, the stats are what you get from adventuring and stuff.

You can keep the same gear you chose at character creation and just keep making it more uber, if that’s what you want to do.

I don’t think there’s any possible way EQ2 could retrofit THAT, though. Though I’d love it if they could.

This is one of the reasons I am looking forward to playing Spellborn.

By: Karic

Karic — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:31:02 +0000

I would love to have weapon/shield appearance slots. I have my big spoon from RoK that I would love to have Karic ‘wield.” And if we are imagining big – why not have weapons/armor with ‘skins’ where crafters would create a ‘core’ then be able to create a ‘skin’ to the user’s wishes.