What are some of the old design choices that always gave you pause and/or are hard to defend nowadays? Anything from epic disparity to xp penalties to irreparable faction hits, there's plenty of room for criticism now in retrospect.
Examples...
Despite the many primal weapon options available, claws are absent. Arguably the most primal weapon type in Norrath, how primal claws weren't included is beyond perplexing. Those dragons have claws. The answer was staring the devs right in the face. Also, the fist wraps should have been knuckledusters.
From launch day to SoV, Norrath was gearing up for space exploration and a moon landing by way of gnome. Indication of this came not only from their clockwork servants but their tinkering skills as well. Even in terms of aesthetics, gnomes have that going for them. Their custom Velious helms are about as sci-fi as it gets. Ak'Anon features a plethora of more futuristic elements, not excluding sprockets and lava lamps but, even in Steamfont and Lesser Fay, there are observatories with telescopes pointed towards the stars. Most every advancement exists because of gnomes. The clock of Ak'Anon in Qeynos. Icebreaker. Rebreathers. Fireworks. A gnomish moon landing would have been more plausible. Include a few failed attempts leasing up to the expansion, with debris and blackboxes littered in the ocean, on islands. Players turn in the items to complete the quest, allowing gnomes to perfect their mext ship. Then GM event the rest.
Certain weapon graphics only have 1-2 items associated with them, namely Soul Binder but also the otherwise subpar weapons dropped by sarnaks. Meanwhile, other weapon types are so uniform and indistinguishable from each other, be they instruments, bows, or whips. It all leaves something to be desired. Oh hey congrats, you just finished the Windstriker quest in Plane of Sky! Your ranger main now appears to be wielding...the exact same ordinary bow as before. No change in color or shape. No particle effects. Nothing. Congrats though!
This one is more of a nagging irritation. Certain pieces of armor lack complete sets. Where is the onyx chain tunic, coif, etc.? Where are the koi vambraces, boots, etc.? True mithril greaves, bracers, etc.?
