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People simply need to team up?Alexi wrote:With a XP Purge and a Character Level Cap, wouldn't that cause a ton of recoding due to the fact lots of NPCs and mobs were coded due to the influx in character size?
Problem is that the heavy XP requires you to have a tank, so get yourself a tank and you'll be able to rock great xp. Back to the topicMakfly wrote:I would, honestly, like to know how many hours it will take to reach Legend or Myth status.Laurel wrote:Slight exaggeration thereMakfly wrote:If a new player starts out in Genesis asks around, and finds out that it will take them years to reach Legend/Myth status
An interesting test would be to make a character that will solve about 40-50% of the quests available, then join the Mercenaries and see how many 3 hour slots it would take for that person to reach Legend or Myth status. That time should of course include time to solve the quests and time to gather equipment (though no necessarily at ever log-in).
I have no doubt that I am quite slow, since I've been playing for years and years and never reached even Champion level. But even for me, it takes me 3 hours or so to reach 'low/modest progress' at 'Somewhat violent' brute. That is even with the benefit of having most hunting grounds to myself.
Anyways, I do not think that it is such an exaggeration to say that it will take a new player years to reach Myth status.
Wich is sad to say the least, the game has started to be all about xp per hour, and thus its about gear, and when people bot they grow even more. The cap on size is not going to be good for the big uber myths, we will loose them in a jiffy. Its to late to put it in now since it would be taking alot of what people worked for away, and noone likes having stuff taken away, nerfing is NEVER a good sollution, start weak and work up.(yea sorry got away there again, but still) We could make NPCs scale making them harder tho, always scale on the biggest member in the team etc, should make it alittle more fair. This is not to say that uber gear should be available to mini chars, alltho alot of mega gear is just that already -.-. And RESTRICT THE PVP ffs, when we have myths going on hissyfits and killing RH-Champ players just because they can we wont be luring more people in.holla! now THIS is NOT the way to reach legend/mythMakfly wrote:never reached even Champion level (...) at 'Somewhat violent' brute
Well, I have done quite a lot of quests over the years, but I really don't find questing to be fun, so I rarely spend time on it either.Laurel wrote:holla! now THIS is NOT the way to reach legend/mythMakfly wrote:never reached even Champion level (...) at 'Somewhat violent' brute
Sorry - don't have those. I e-bay all chars only after assuring they have all quests done already ;pMakfly wrote:But feel free to help out by sending me some 'do-line' quest-solutions
Cherek, I agree with you 100%. If the game moves in this direction, promotional efforts would have a much better chance at success.Cherek wrote:Well, I think the game must change to become a game of interaction again if it is gonna have a chance of surviving.
RP and PVP is what I would like to focus on. XP secondary.
Solution?
Drastically reduce player sizes with an XP purge. Add a max level cap at around today's titan size or even lower. People with additional XP gets other, mostly cosmetic, rewards instead of XP, as well as some other smaller rewards, like ability to train skills a bit higher, or chose between different bonuses from a "skill-tree". Like "battlerage + 5% combat speed", and similar.
Remove difference between XP types, and add a few zeros to quest XP instead. OR, make QXP count towards the skill-tree instead, similar to what Kas suggested not so long ago. That way you can gain skill-tree skills in two ways, by solving quests, or by continuing to grind even after you reach the cap.
Introcude rewards for PVP kills, and considerably less penalties when dying than today.
If PVP becomes fun, I think RP and guild politics will follow, and we might get an interactive a game again.
Also, its much easier to start new characters and level them up to max level, and even truly new players dont have to spend too much time until they can play with the big guys.
First of all my idea was a hypothetical one, and obviously a huge change. But I dont think you really read it though?Laurel wrote:go play DG all who want a purge?
I don't get what you THINK you'd achieve with one
some would grind back within weeks and others (me, for example) would leave
the reason would be quite simple - you'd erase Xteen years of my gaming time file to address something that would not be solved by that move - current players' attitude
without finishing recodes and going a new way it will just end up to be the killing-blow
make helping newbies a rewarding experience instead
