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Densetsu got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Get a PS2.
I thought that was this one.
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Tegadil had this to say about Cuba:
I thought that was this one.
No.
EQ2 = Future time period, in relation to EQ.
EQOA* = Past time period, in relation to EQ.
*EverQuest Online Adventures, PS2 game
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael Model 2000 was programmed to say:
I'm waiting for the tech plateau, I guess.
You're gonna be waiting a looong, loooooong time 
It's not as bad as you're making it out, though. A top-of-the-line computer bought today will still run top-of-the-line software without a hitch for at least three more years, and even then a mere $500 investment will bring you up to date for another three years easy. [ 04-24-2002: Message edited by: Maradön? ]
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We were all impressed when Maradön? wrote:
It's not as bad as you're making it out, though. A top-of-the-line computer bought today will still run top-of-the-line software without a hitch for at least three more years, and even then a mere $500 investment will bring you up to date for another three years easy.
Lessee...
Three years ago!
K6s and Pentium 2s, speeds of about 400mhz.
nVidia TNTs, ATI Rages and Voodoos.
128 mb RAM is average.
Now!
M7s Pentium 4s, speeds of about 1.8 ghz.
nVidia GeForce 4s, ATI Radeon 8500 and dead Voodos.
512 mb RAM is average.
Nah, it's a whole new computer with yearly upgrades we're thinking of.
I bought my top-of-the-line computer a year and a half ago, maybe 2. I could run anything in 1999 without a problem. Upgraded my TNT2 to a GeForce 2... Now I can hardly keep up with Unreal 2, let alone games with crappy engines like Luclin. [ 04-24-2002: Message edited by: Tier ]
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Tier had this to say about dark elf butts:
Nah, it's a whole new computer with yearly upgrades we're thinking of.
Did I say a computer bought three years ago, or a computer bought today?
Look closely now! [ 04-24-2002: Message edited by: Maradön? ]
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Everyone wondered WTF when Tier wrote:
Now!
M7s Pentium 4s, speeds of about 1.8 ghz.
nVidia GeForce 4s, ATI Radeon 8500 and dead Voodos.
512 mb RAM is average.
AVERAGE?
What the hell are you smoking? I'd say a P3/AMD of around 1ghz, 32mb GeForce 2, 256 mb RAM is average.
Soon it will be 9 months. That's gonna be sick.
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D had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
AVERAGE?What the hell are you smoking? I'd say a P3/AMD of around 1ghz, 32mb GeForce 2, 256 mb RAM is average.
I'd have to agree with D on an average computer, because, damnit, if that isn't average I'll be unhappy.
For gaming these days, yes, an "average" system is an upper end P4 class with a GF3 equivilant card, although I think average on ram is still 256...
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Quoted from http://everquest.allakhazam.com :
Required: PIII 733 or athlon XP, 512 MB RAM, GeForce3 or better video card.
Back to original 3 continents. Velious, Kunark and Luclin are explained away.
Freeport has fallen to evil and the Pallys have retreated to a Fortress of Marr. Likewise, Qeynos has ousted the Rogues and they have a new city.
Iksar still walk Norrath though their Homeland is gone. No Moon, no Vah Shir. Kerrans replace them.
50% of zones are new, the other half re-imagined.
Zoning will be faster, but MOBS can chase across zones. Some will cease to pursue after a while.
You start picking a race, appearance and sex. No stat points or classes.
Newbie quests provide good rewards like a compass to end sense heading tedium.
Takes 30 minutes to attain level 6. Then you decide to be fighter, priest, mage, rogue or tradesman. At 15 you start to specialize. Fighter for instance can choose among warrior, Crusader or Brawler. At 30 you finally specialize. Crusader can become Paladin, ShadowKnight or Ranger.
Leveling will be faster and top out at 100 with support for future expansions to attain 200.
Skills will include Knowledge, Technique and Arts. These will determine your ability to use items, weapons and armor which will be "transient" and breakable. This will put an emphasis on player made high end items that break and need to be replaced providing for a better economy.
A 50th level weapon will also require the 50th level of Knowledge to equip it properly. Giving said item to a 10th level player will greatly reduce its effectiveness and increase the chance of breaking it. Goodbye to twinking.
Dying becomes less onerous. Your corpse will remain for a time to provide for a rez, but you will spawn at your bind point with your equipment, minus an item or 2 depending on the circumstances. You will not, however lose experience. You will incur an experience "debt". You will continue to gain experience from the point you died, but a portion of what you gain will go into paying off the "debt".
Bind points will be liberally scattered throughout and you will never be more than 5 minutes from one. No bind points in dungeons however.
Banks will be localized and you will have to carry stuff from one bank to deposit into another. Players will need to buy horses, carts and boats for this purpose. There will be need to hire mecenary PC's to protect caravans with PC's good from NPC attacks on long journeys.
PC's will be able to buy plots of land and build a simple, upgradeable structure on it. Invite friends to locate nearby and reach a minimum level to become a community with a guard tower and NPC guards patrolling your community which now can support community stuctures eventually resulting in playhouses providing entertainment as in weddings, plays, tournaments and so forth.
Fighting will include picking a specific hit location for attacking MOBS and creature animation is said to be stunning. Griffons will be specks in the sky before they come rocketing down on you.
Spirit of the Bear will show the PC slowly morphing into bear shape. A Bonewall damage shield will actually appear as a cage of bones topped with skulls all around the PC.
Lastly a much higher level of polygons will allow for incredibly detailed landscapes and structures.
Sounds pretty good to me.
I couldn't run Gothic, ran slow as hell =(
Unless they up the requirements right at the last minute, but Verant wouldn't do that, would they?
