Out to EAT : A look at Epic ATs - what is, could have been, and never was

[Greycat]

Hmm. Thanks. I remembered the Primalist, but I wasn't sure that they'd be an Epic or if they were being looked at as a normal (or, from the last little section, possibly a "premium" or paid) AT. I'm not sure what they'd be tied into with lore. I'd love to find out just what they were planned as - "normal" (which, with that complexity, I doubt,) Epic (with what storyline? Inquiring minds want to know!) or Premium (got to get that money after all that work!)

 

For now, I'm going to edit and stick them in under "premium" unless/until there's more info.

 

When I read the term "hyper-advanced Clockwork," it read to me more like a description than "this is the name we're settled on." Can tweak that, certainly.

 

Thanks for the info!

 

And @Glacier Peak, given other things were mentioned as put off due to Goldside fatigue, I wouldn't be surprised if that were the case.

[tjknight]

Thank you for this thread!!!! I also appreciate the hard work you put into research and writing this! 

[Triumphant]

Kind of interesting to see what might have been, but never came to pass.  I don't play the EPIC ATs, myself.  Just too many moving parts for me.  I didn't realize the EPIC tag referred to things like literary epics, though.  Now I'm less annoyed by the powers in the EPIC pools not being as good as I might expect (given that I'm interpreting them through the lens of the "other" definition of epic).

[Greycat]

10 hours ago, Triumphant said:

Kind of interesting to see what might have been, but never came to pass.  I don't play the EPIC ATs, myself.  Just too many moving parts for me.  I didn't realize the EPIC tag referred to things like literary epics, though.  Now I'm less annoyed by the powers in the EPIC pools not being as good as I might expect (given that I'm interpreting them through the lens of the "other" definition of epic).

 

*nod* It's ... had to be mentioned many times. It's also why I try to refer to the power pools that unlock at (now) 35 as "ancillary" and not "epic," because they use ... as I recall, kind of the D&D definition of "epic ability/level" there!

[mistagoat]

What an interesting lunchtime read, thanks for putting this together! I had heard a couple bit and pieces of that over the years but it was mostly brand new info to me. I lament to loss of additional ATs to that game just for the added diversity we missed out on but at least some of them morphed into other thing that made it into the game.

 

I'm ashamed to admit that despite having multiple 50s of every other AT (well, just 1 Widow and 1 SOA), I've never made it to 50 on a PB or WS. They just never clicked with me and they stalled out in the low 30s but they're both on my bucket list! I'll get to them eventually 🙂

[Felis Noctu]

On 9/4/2024 at 1:17 PM, Shin Magmus said:

Nobody cares.

 

On 9/4/2024 at 1:21 PM, Videra said:

The lore doc from 20 years ago still isn't canon, Grey.

 

Shoo. This is fascinating stuff, and a great look at the history of the game!