What's your first impression of Eureka?

[AmemeAmeklin]

It's EverQuest! Hail, fellow adventurers! Oh my, what's this lvl 9 wolf doing right outsi--LOADING, PLEASE WAIT...

j/k I did not actually run up to the wolves, rightly assuming everything was KoS to me--sorry, I mean aggressive, is that the word you kids use in this game? Anyway. Count your blessings - in my day, we lost 10-20% exp per death, lost levels, lost our gear on the corpse we had to fetch afterwards (good luck if it was at the bottom of a dungeon)...walked uphill both ways in the snow and what is this aetheryte/teleport nonsense, we only had druids and wizards who could port...my point being you guys quitcher whinin' and git offa my lawn!

Haven't gotten past lvl 1 but am seeing lots of LFG messages and people training mobs into the 'city' area (please don't do this), people gathering tons of mobs and AoEing their way to glory, etc. Been interesting. I have yet to figure out the magia board in practical usage but I haven't spent much time on it so that's understandable. I'll get it eventually, no worries.

[TristanBlane]

I’ve only been in here for two hours and I’m already way more tired than I was the day diadem dropped and I farmed for that Pegasus Mount. It takes ooooo long to level up and be able to even see the area. The early levels are such a slog to get through. I don’t even want to get started on the eureka gear I can’t believe how much crystals it requires. It’s just a lot and I have such a headache. I don’t see myself coming back o this content

[Tridus]

I really just have to ask, did folks really not expect another huge grind? Expectations for this really were far too high and I've personally seen players on my server telling people to avoid it.

There's grind, and then there's grind. The trick with good grind is disguising it. Objectives, varied gameplay, byte sized things that show progress, etc.

A grind that requires you to run 15 dungeons, do 5 FATES, and craft 4 things would not be especially short, but it has you doing lots of different things and takes you around to various places. That will turn people off far more slowly than "kill 500 boars to get the thingies", even if the actual effort is basically the same.

[Darkplanet]

I think there is def more strategy to it then people are seeing. It seems you need to go for higher lvl mobs while using the elemental wheel for protraction and damage, I think as you get more magicite as well this will become more apparent. But right now people are just mindless killing things.

But saying that it’s def an insane grind, and likely most players will stop within the week. But I think it will be more fun at higher lvl.

I personally like it, I think it mostly appeals to me due to its atmosphere and it’s a cool place to explore.

[Tsunenori]

I'm prone to writing books for feedback and that'll just get lost in a thread like this so I'll keep it rather simple. I think how Eureka has come out is a good example of why after all this time I think they really need a public test server. This is the kind of content that can only be developed in a vacuum, because there are glaring issues that would be discovered day 1 (as they are now) by actual players putting hands on it. I wish they'd stop worrying so much about the content being a surprise, and more about the content being well-developed. They know how to make their story and trials and raids, but for new types of content like this I genuinely think we'd all benefit more than we'd lose.

[hqdm]

There's grind, and then there's grind. The trick with good grind is disguising it. Objectives, varied gameplay, byte sized things that show progress, etc.

A grind that requires you to run 15 dungeons, do 5 FATES, and craft 4 things would not be especially short, but it has you doing lots of different things and takes you around to various places. That will turn people off far more slowly than "kill 500 boars to get the thingies", even if the actual effort is basically the same.

its a good point, but I really wouldn't mind kill 500 boars if it was actually kill 500 boars and not, currently, kill 210 boars in a row and only if they're +5 levels over you, by the way dynamic weather enjoy your randomly spawning ice/water sprites while you do so.

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[Araxes]

Well i tried it for 2 Hours or so.... when i fell asleep for a few seconds i knew this isnt for me. Its just simple Grinding. Kill this mob over and over again till you got the Level for the higher mobs.. kill them again..... and so on...

[Rokke]

Im so bored. So sosososos ososo os so bored. Even with mobs hitting tanks like trucks its unbelievably boring. Round up mobs, nuke them down. Round up mobs, nuke them down. Round up mobs, nuke them down. Spin the wheel, we're changing zones! Round up mobs, nuke them down. Round up mobs, nuke them down. Round up mobs, nuke them down.

[Ayer2015]

This content is designed fro a very specific type of player, I doubt the general population will be doing it after a few days. That said, I enjoy it.

[MisterSpamtastic]

my first impression wasn't too bad. i spent an hour total. that includes carefully reading the story. exploring the new area. running back and forth to home base while experimenting soloing and trying out the various elemental attack and defense options. by the end i was down on the coast with everyone else just murdering fish as they popped. in the end walked out as level 2.25 with 8 protean things. for just kinda messing around solo it didn't seem to go bad at all. at least not to the extreme levels people here seem to be having it.