Posted today by Gallenite, is a proposed new combat system and stat cap increase. I got to say, this came out of nowhere and I'm not sure how I feel about it yet. I definitely see some great ideas in there, and some less than great..

The message below is something we'll be making a large part of our beta testing for Echoes of Faydwer. It will eventually impact everyone and it solves a number of issues that people have with combat and progression in EverQuest II.

We wanted to make sure the goals and details were made public as soon as possible, as they answer a number of ongoing questions regarding the state of combat in the live game.

In addition to being a part of our beta testing for Echoes, these improvements will also be available on the Test Server, prior to the launch of Echoes of Faydwer. Rest assured that whether or not you get into EoF beta, you will be able to see these changes firsthand on Test.

This is a game changing proposition, so I strongly encourage everyone to go read up on what changes are going to be tested, and provide feedback!


Read the entire post here, on the EQ2 forums.