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May 5th, 2004
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Headlines!
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- You now have the ability to remove your own surname!
- All characters will regen HP faster when sitting!
- /rewind is back and ready for action!


Surnames
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You can now use the /surname command to remove your own surname and add a new one. Please remember to read the naming policy as listed on EQlive.station.sony.com as it applies to both first names and surnames. You will still need to ask for CS assistance if you wish to have a name with double capitals or special characters. Please note that this command can only be used to remove or change your surname once per week.

HP Regen
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- All characters should now regenerate HP faster when sitting. The longer you sit, the faster you regenerate!
- You will not receive increased regen while under the effects of a DOT or while feigned.
- You can now bandage yourself up to 70% of your HP. Folks with the appropriate AA abilities can bandage above 70%.
- You can now bandage while sitting.


/rewind
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/rewind is back and should help if you find yourself stuck. This is not an automatic rewind, you will have to execute the command. We are continuing to work on other collision issues and hope to no longer need /rewind in the near future. This command is only able to be used once every 30 seconds, and in order to make use of it, your character will need to be stationary for at least 30 seconds.

OMFG! How much more can they dumb down EQ. This makes a mockery of all the time and effort we put into our toons! At this rate it will take a couple of hours to level a new toon up to 65 with 100AAs.

And about time too Sony! Thanks for listening to what the players have been asking for. And for those who constantly accuse Sony of dumbing down EQ, things change or they stagnate. Live with it!


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OMFG! How much more can they dumb down EQ. This makes a mockery of all the time and effort we put into our toons! And for those who constantly accuse Sony of dumbing down EQ, things change or they stagnate. Live with it!

Seeing the return of Rewind scares me. Regen = Good thing. I suppose I should skill up bind wounds on my rogue, although it's not like I do a lot of soloing or anything.

Nothing much to say about the surnames. Another thing they figured could be done without hassling one of their GMs, I guess.

*grumble* no benefit really for necro's at all, being that 99% of our time is spent in lich form, which counts as a DoT :( as per usual

We use lich line whether we're solo'ing or grouping. Doesn't hurt us, but we are, I think, the only class not majorly effected by change.

I don't see this as having much effect in group situations at all. Anyone taking damage regularly in a group situation shouldn't be spending much time sitting anyway, especially for the extended periods of time the regen takes to "ramp up". If anyone other than your main healer or CC is spending most of their time on their butts they are doing something wrong.

I see this mostly as a solo change, and even then I wouldn't see it as having much effect on classes that can heal as it is more efficient to get a C/bst crack and heal yourself than to sit and med as a healer. It really seems to only have implications on the small number of classes that normally take damage by tanking as part of their soloing tactics.

Shamans technically can sit on their butts for long periods of time while they canni.

Good point, It's been so long since I've used Bind wound I forgot that it still takes about a gazillion years to bind your way up any decent amount. even with bind maxxed you still cant match the pace that a decent healer can make. And the patch didn't say anything about affecting the time it takes to bind.

How about sitting on a horse or lizard? do these regen rates apply then? if that is the case, then warriors should get horses and stay mounted during fighting so that they can regen at that 52 hps per tick...... Hell everyone should, and then should stay in outdoor zones.....

:):):)

It doesn't stop at 52, I just was fully healed by that point. Tried again with HP buffs and nuked myself to 100 health, got up to 82/tick before I was fully healed.

And to clarify: Being on a horse counts as medding, it does NOT count as sitting.

You can now bandage yourself up to 70% of your HP. Folks with the appropriate AA abilities can bandage above 70%.

i know some warriors that are going to be PISSED that EVERYONE can now do what only they could.

hmm lets see here... warrrior is running to point X and gets jump and mangled a bit as they can not solo for crap. warrior is in need of some life before he moves on. warrior is/was ONLY class that could BW past 50% without AA, now everyone can.

that was one of the few things a warrior had that was his and his alone. now everyone has it.

warriors got that crazy new combat system, but that still does not make them the master of TANKs in normal groups. knights are still way prefered for standard xp grinds, or has that changed with this patch or the last one?