Allakhazam editor rages at SOE Station Cash

I think its just fine. From what I can tell with the items in EQ2, all of the gear and pets are purely aesthetic. I could be wrong though, and am open to correction.

It was pretty ridiculous, something like $30 or $50 for a set of gear, and it wasn't anything but a costume.

Allakhazam - owned by IGE (as far as I know), a third party RTM company.

I can see where they would be upset with this.

:)

Interesting that Kazam would print such ranty complaints directed at the company that is opening up its entire database to them for the forth coming ZAM EQ2 database site.

I feel its basically SOE jumping the shark. It will forever change the way the game is played...there is no reason to give good loot for those not buying things...and I refuse to pay additional money over my monthly fee...so i would always be out of luck when it comes to getting the good loot. Not fun and no reason to put up with it.

Got to say that those specific complaints are pretty darn insubstantial.

Selling XP magnifiers spoils the fun of people who like to competitively race through new content releases ?
That isn't exactly a strong counter-argument to an introduction that is of great use to veterans and new players looking to catch up with established friends - which I imagine constitute almost the entire playerbase of both Everquests by now.

Of course there is no reason the new items should have to be purchased with RL money, but the items themselves seem beyond rational reproach.
I mean plenty of MMOs already have XP multipliers amongst their regular loot ( e.g. Guild Wars ) !

It's pretty rediculous to be honest.

This is content that could have been put in the game as drops, or crafting items.

Yet they chose to sell them to the users instead, even though the users already pay to play the game.

I can understand a non subscription based game doing this, but NOT subscription game.

It's pretty stupid. Maybe if they gave an option to aquire these items in game through dungeons or something, it would make more sense. though thats easily exploitable on SoE's side as well, making them nearly impossible to get.

The whole system has no place in an mmo with a monthly fee. That is a stupid business plan and has already caused many to quit, and many others (myself included) to cancel any ideas of returning to the game in the future. I was actually planning on heading back to norrath, since wow is getting boring. This puts a bad taste in my mouth though. I won't be returning until they get rid of this bs and add these items to the game their customers pay 15 dollars a month for.

I don't much mind; Its only a couple of leveling potions and aesthetic stuff: I'll be worried if they start selling proper loot.