Some intresting points and thoughts. I bet though, that in a few weeks people might laugh at the OP and the other speculations. And ofc there will be effects neither of us could imagine. Block, stun, and paralys will probably be a main concern if I can join in the speculations. So far noone digged ...

As a side note.
Now imagine the effect this has on newbies and questing as a newbie.
Not to mention grinding as a newbie, which already is punishing enough.

1: If you hit harder, npc's dies faster, and if you're able to keep grinding without breaks it will reduce the amount of npc's available for others to kill, hence making the current situation where there's far too few grinding spots even worse. 2: if you hit harder, but also get hit so hard you can...

I am going to sit back with my popcorn and watch the fall out.
I don't know for sure but I think this just might be a really bad idea.

1 vs 1 a goblin will always win on even stat average with similar equipment.
It isn't even a competition.
So what you say here Zhar is just completely and utterly wrong in every sense of the word.

Dwarf: A minor bonus to poison resistance and perhaps a reduction in travelling fatigue. Halfling: Penalty to detecting a sneaking halfling and minor bonus to critically hit enemies as well as a reduction in chance of being critically hit. Human: Small bonus to XP combat XP gain up to a certain leve...

Technically there is very little xp to be gained for stealing and disarming traps but it's not really a viable way of gaining experience. Tbh I think stealing shouldn't be rewarded more than it already is. It is in fact a big enough problem with players stealing as it is, giving them more reward th...

This is NOT a current or ongoing project, but I am curious to hear from the Genesis population (or at least, the part of the Genesis population who reads the forums I suppose) on what the feeling or perception is on the lack (or not) of playable thief skills. We all know that Genesis focuses a lot ...

Yes, I do think a change to the growth curve would have the biggest positive effect of Nils' suggestions, and it's still something I would like to do. I did try it out myself on our test server several years ago. Growth rate up to hero was roughly doubled if I remember right, and I created a new ch...

"Take Calian Warriors as an example - who is on the council could be dictated by 1. guild experience, 2. rack contributions, 3. killing krougs. You can't just idle or others will overtake you, you can't just grind in top xp spots because this fills just 1 out of 3 criteria, you actually need t...