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Hi, and welcome to the Hall of Innovation!

I am hoping this thread will become a place to post your ideas about how to make this game, or heck, any mmo better and more innovative.

We had a thread going a few weeks ago cooking up quests we'd like to see in EQ2, and that was a gas. If you have any more, I'd love to see them here.

Please feel free to comment in any way about "innovation" in mmo's - again, this one or any mmo you feel. You can tell us what you think might make EQ2 better, you can say how you thought such and such was a great feature in UO or AO, or whatever. New spell ideas, magic items you'd like to see, quest concepts, zone concepts, new classes, rule changes - it's all fair game here.

I'd just like to ask that we be nice to posters, in order to encourage a spirit of, well, innovation. I don't want anyone to be scared they are going to get unfairly ripped for taking a risk in here. I for one am going to do my utmost to put my normally cantankerous gnomishness aside and to be very nice.

If someone suggests an EQ2 rule change that seems really bad to you, here is a suggestion - rather than just cutting into them (which I have done - mea culpa!) - say something like "I know that idea appeals to you - but have you considered what to do if your idea ends up causing xyz problems..." ---- rather than "that's the stoooopidest idea I ever heard! It will cause rampant xyz!" Just a thought, anyway.

I know there are some "heavy hitters" lurking on these threads, but I don't want anyone to feel their idea isn't "big enough" to be posted here. Innovation comes in many different sized packages - please post it - big and small - your idea might spark something - you never know! Toward this end I'll be reading this thread off and on, and if I recognize someone posting whom I don't see posting often - I plan to rate you up - just to encourage folks not to feel shy about putting ideas here. Heck, maybe I'll rate up anyone who makes even a half-hearted attempt at innovation. And I'll defend you if someone tries to "troll" you.

Well, here is my first idea: armor sets. These were in Diablo II, and I never got to finish one (never got on line, so I could never buy the missing pieces - and they were quite rare). Anyway, some sets could be quested for, and some could be ultra rare drops. Maybe some require high faction. The idea would be that once you got several of the set, they'd give you an extra magic effect - and it gets better the more pieces you get. Like Thorzin's Velium Plate - five pieces total. Get 3 and you get a huge cold resist. Get 4 and you get a hit-point bonus. Get all 5 and you have a small cold-based Damage Shield at all times - that stacks with other DS's. Maybe you lose fire resistance to balance it a bit.

That's it. Do you have any innovations to show us????

Both ideas sound good to me. The ability to customize your gear..ie...mix and match to create some combination that will differentiate you from the herd...with the ability to dye it sounds fine. I did spend a little time with Diablo II and really liked the idea of having a complete set of armor that would produce an additional effect/stat by having entire set. Like you Egnome though, I never got on line with D2 so could not complete a set. But the idea sounds cool...make them a combo of drop/quest/craft...would be fun to try and complete.

If I remember rightly, DAoC had something where you could place a design on shields and such that was created for your guild. Would be nice if there could be a similar way to place some kind of "mark"/"signature" on a crafted item designed by the individual crafter. I know it has your name on the window when you examine it....but would be cool if you could get like a special crafted item that would be placed in the hilts of weapons...or a symbol or mark placed on shields...something..doesnt have to be huge...just something that showed who it was made by just by seeing the item.

Housing quests (maybe there already is something like this) where you do weekly/monthly quests for the inn owner in order to lower your rent....probably not for the low rent places, but certainly for the more expensive living quarters.

That is a change they are implementing in The Big Update pt. 2 or whatever Moorgard decides to call it. It was discussed in the Producer's Letter I believe. They are also going to be introducing more armor and weapons that will have an even greater "different" look to them.

I would like to see something like the pimp outfit that the red mages in FFXI had for the Swashbucklers....that would be nice

I would acually like those picks, hatechets and such to be usable that you can purchase. Maybe you have to buy one before you can start harvesting, etc. Or, if you buy one and equip it you will get a better % of getting rares and such. Have different qualities of the items, etc.

i played alot of online d2, that said i think the armor sets idea was great, but you tend to grow out of them around levels 60-80.

one thing i loved about eq1: playing a necromancer i had a vast array of spells to choose from. many many many different ways to kill just about any type of mob and some that you wernt "supposed" to be able to kill.

that said i dont see much of that in eq2. not nearly as many different ways to kill stuff and help people and just explore.

in the thread a few weeks ago some people had really Great quest ideas. some very good ones, i remember all kinds of quests that one can make up in AD+D, it doesnt have to all be "kill x of y" or "run to v deliver c and come back to g".

well just a few ideas..

YAY!!! this is one of the things I really missed from SWG, EVERYTHING in that game was different, I could name my weapons, experiment for different stats, quality of materials made a difference, it was great.

id like different helmit graphics. like in EQ1(pre luclin) u could do the "Customize Quest" for a different and unique helm graphic, but this was only for velius quest helmets. i think that was neet, but it be cooler if they added a quest like this for any helmit and u choose what it looks like.