90% res vs 96 % resFollow

The powers that be are looking at reducing apprentice mercs res down to 90 %. I love how everyone gets up in arms over 6 % on the official boards. You screwed up and died in some way. 90 % is good enough suck it up. If I had a 59+ pally as my toon, I would never ask for a 96%. A healer merc should never be able to res the same as a real cleric IMO. Just like no tenacity sucks I have to get gallantry rk 2.

I'm speaking as a 30 hour a week 70 "casual" toon. Maybe you upper toons need the extra 6 %. It's just so silly people can only be content with the highest res, buffs etc.

Then get a Journeyman merc. Problem solved.

I'm not thrilled about it because it's a nerf and, honestly, if 6% isn't that big a deal then let me keep my 6%. It's not that big a deal, right? That said, if you're seriously worried about it, the obvious solution is to get the merc who can do a 96.

Edited, Dec 1st 2008 1:24pm by Jophiel

That 6% adds up over time. When I was lvl 75 I had max exp so I just turned reg exp off and went 100% AA's. After a few months of raid whipes and the occasional death in groups, even the 4% loss you get with 96% rez's took a whole yellow off my reg exp.

Edited, Dec 7th 2008 7:38am by Boomsticker

I have never, and would never take a 90% rezz. It's insulting

It isn't life or death between a 90% and a 96%, but even as a Pally with a 90% I'm still going to get the 96% if it isn't a lot of hassle/waiting. In the 80s the experience has gotten too hard to come by for my normal style of play and I'd rather keep all I can.

I'll usually even go so far as to log in a friend's unused cleric alt once a day for its 100%.

So if your 5 zones from GL duoing with a pally friend, you die and pally friend lives; do you refuse the 90% res ? If so don't you insult the pally? Your res is only 90% and sucks! I love to travel back 5 zones !






Edited, Dec 3rd 2008 2:46pm by balayan

Exactly xlitin. So many people play with the I must have the "best" buffs, xp, gear mentality. Wasn't omens of war designed for buffs of that era ? If you look at casual gear when omens was current and you now have elaborate defiant gear, bam you already have the hps and ac of conviction unbuffed most likely more. So why spam in GL for gallantry for omens content ? To grind xp "more" faster I guess. The more factor is huge in EQ.

In above example I would have gotten 90 % res, pally buffs and went back to having fun. My 70 paladin friend has affirmation. I enjoy it. I'm sure I'll be the only one to ever ask for it hehe.

It's hard to believe it has actually come to this. EQ used to be a really challenging game... hell levels anyone???? Now, players are whining because they may actually see noticable experience loss from DYING? Seriously, there are no more corpse runs for you gear, everyone can summon corpses to the GL, do we even need to get into healer mercs? I'm still amazed when I see people hanging out in the lobby spending more time begging for a rez or buffs than they do playing.

If you feel that it is soooo unfair that there is actually some pentalty left to dying in eq... maybe it's time to make the switch to a different game.

Heh, Khanrn. I know how you feel. I walked from Qeynos to Freeport uphill both ways in the snow too back in '99.

I remember losing all of my gear PERMANENTLY when I could not find my corpse soon enough in the Ocean of Tears and it poofed.

These whipper snappers have no idea.

Nothing like sitting on the edge of your seat, twitching at every sound, in the middle of a dungeon creep at 2:30 in the morning fearing the loss of everything you own if your group wipes. =D

If any company can come up with a game to bring that feeling back... they have my money.