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sylphan wrote: ↑

06 Dec 2019 01:10

Time-stamp imbues, then, but make the clock run only while items are worn / wielded. Wouldn't that even things out in terms of combat / non-combat? That way, you're not penalizing more casual players (and wasn't that the whole point of making stuff save on your character to begin with?).

Tarlok wrote: ↑

06 Dec 2019 19:05

Has the admin decided if this new decay system will replace the existing degradation system, or will it be added in addition to the existing system? I'm recommending the former - but I dont think its clear what the intent is.

sylphan wrote: ↑

07 Dec 2019 19:03

I sense a cluster approaching, that could've been avoided by sticking with the old system but adding a locker to store a few items long term. /sigh

nils wrote: ↑

08 Dec 2019 01:29

Praising foreversave is easy. It's convenient, you get to keep your uber gear basically forever, and you can compound more and more imbues as time goes by untill you've run out of body locations to put them. Ofcourse, any egosentric fibre of my being wants to keep this system so I can eventually rule the world. If I was only looking out for myself I'd be a fervent advocate to keep this system.

But I'd rather take off my egosentric hat and look at it in a broader perspective; what's better for the game as a whole? Which of the systems (old or new) promoted certain key aspects of gameplay? I wonder why wizards and other mortal supporters of foreversave are so keen on making the concept of guildracks obsolete. We used to take pride in keeping a well stocked rack, knowing we'd have to do it all over after next reboot. Keeping racks stacked meant teaming up with guildmates and thereby making new or strengthening existing social relations.

Knowledge of other guilds potential usefullness in putting down a challenging mob, and such invite them for that particular battle in the future also used to be a key element. Thereby strengthening social relations across guilds, and sometimes even alignment.

I look at my hat, I long for it, need it. I want to keep my imbues, my armours, my items. Remind me again, why do I play this game?

Stop the madness. Old system has worked for over two decades. Only newcomers complained, and many left. Do more stay now than before? Might this even be an important statistic to back up assumptions used as argument for foreversave? Hell, we were all newcomers once, we were all used to keeping our gear untill the next session from various games we've played before. It was weird at first. But once you got over it and accepted that this was a fundamental game mechanic, you saw the value of guilds, of racks, of growing your hemorrhoids to mid-sized boulders just to squeeze that extra few progs out of your weapon, willfully sacrificing all notion of sleep because in the morning armageddon came and took it away.

Remember when there was 8 hours between armageddons?

Come on.. Expanding from 8 hours to 12 days is already stretching said mechanic. 12 days!!
Disconnect your ego, your self-preservation. This was an interesting experiment. Can't we just agree that it produced certain expected outcomes, but simultaneously added X new unexpected ones? Chalk it up to a failure. There's no shame in going back.