Miss Foxfyre
09-01-2002, 01:49 PM
Why have I chosen to single out this oft-repeated phrase?
Because, quite simply, it represents one of the biggest fallacies used to justify the status quo.
In all of the discussions and debates surrounding druid class balance and class balance in general, one of the biggest and most idiotic arguments is this "you made your bed -- now you must lie in it" mentality. Some other rather stupid and ill-conceived notions are "you knew what you were doing," "didn't you read the guides?" or "druids eat their cake for 50 levels and deserve to take a backseat."
Bullshît.
Let me spell it out for you since you have no idea how to understand some other people's experiences.
First of all, back when the game was released, a lot of players had no idea what their classes could do or become. The whole point of playing this RPG was a discovery of class design and of group dynamics. And class design means other areas of play such as soloing and raiding. Second, as the early game was evolving, players were still learning about other classes. There was no frickin' bed! Third, EQ has evolved quite a bit since its release, so the bed has gotten bigger, wider, and the sheets? Changed. The blanket? Changed. The pillows? Changed. Capisci?
Just because you came into the game at a later point and knew what the limitations of the class were DOES NOT MEAN that the older players did, so kindly shut up about them supposedly knowing what they were getting into.
As for those who say that druids have their cake and eat it too, which, by the way, is one of the lamest expressions ever falsely attributed to Marie-Antoinette, listen up. Being balanced 1-50 in no way precludes balance from 50-60. You think druids deserve to take a backseat or deserve to go the way of the dinosaur post-50? My @#%$ god, you are a dullard! Who wants to play a class — pick any class — and invest years of time into it only to see it become irrelevant in the endgame? Maybe you do, so do us all a favor and DELETE your druid now. Please — and hurry! Go on. Delete your level 55 druid now!
Who do you think you are to know better than the people who designed the game and maintain its gameplay?
Jahaar and Absor have pretty much spoken for the EQ Live team over the years, especially during the caster balance project. If you make a game, you try to make it fun REGARDLESS of the classes you play primarily, and you try to make all the races and classes appealing. That doesn't just stop at level 50.
But usually it's too much to ask that you think like a game designer.
And why do you play this game if you're such a supporter of the status quo? This game is all about change. Quite frankly, your argument that we knew what we were getting into make the rational part of my brain sick! Furthermore, how would you know what I knew or didn't know three years ago? You were sitting there next to me in an apartment in Berkeley, were you? Please.
Because, quite simply, it represents one of the biggest fallacies used to justify the status quo.
In all of the discussions and debates surrounding druid class balance and class balance in general, one of the biggest and most idiotic arguments is this "you made your bed -- now you must lie in it" mentality. Some other rather stupid and ill-conceived notions are "you knew what you were doing," "didn't you read the guides?" or "druids eat their cake for 50 levels and deserve to take a backseat."
Bullshît.
Let me spell it out for you since you have no idea how to understand some other people's experiences.
First of all, back when the game was released, a lot of players had no idea what their classes could do or become. The whole point of playing this RPG was a discovery of class design and of group dynamics. And class design means other areas of play such as soloing and raiding. Second, as the early game was evolving, players were still learning about other classes. There was no frickin' bed! Third, EQ has evolved quite a bit since its release, so the bed has gotten bigger, wider, and the sheets? Changed. The blanket? Changed. The pillows? Changed. Capisci?
Just because you came into the game at a later point and knew what the limitations of the class were DOES NOT MEAN that the older players did, so kindly shut up about them supposedly knowing what they were getting into.
As for those who say that druids have their cake and eat it too, which, by the way, is one of the lamest expressions ever falsely attributed to Marie-Antoinette, listen up. Being balanced 1-50 in no way precludes balance from 50-60. You think druids deserve to take a backseat or deserve to go the way of the dinosaur post-50? My @#%$ god, you are a dullard! Who wants to play a class — pick any class — and invest years of time into it only to see it become irrelevant in the endgame? Maybe you do, so do us all a favor and DELETE your druid now. Please — and hurry! Go on. Delete your level 55 druid now!
Who do you think you are to know better than the people who designed the game and maintain its gameplay?
Jahaar and Absor have pretty much spoken for the EQ Live team over the years, especially during the caster balance project. If you make a game, you try to make it fun REGARDLESS of the classes you play primarily, and you try to make all the races and classes appealing. That doesn't just stop at level 50.
But usually it's too much to ask that you think like a game designer.
And why do you play this game if you're such a supporter of the status quo? This game is all about change. Quite frankly, your argument that we knew what we were getting into make the rational part of my brain sick! Furthermore, how would you know what I knew or didn't know three years ago? You were sitting there next to me in an apartment in Berkeley, were you? Please.