Everything should be no drop
 

(disclaimer) This not related to the current P1999 servers, so I guess it's off-topic. Can't move the thread sowwy.

(In another thread) Talking about killing wisps ad infinitum to earn plat to use at player vending machines in EC got me to thinking.

In my opinion, EQ is about adventure and treasure hunting. But soloers quickly learned they could earn plat by "farming" coveted gear and selling it to others. Farming grew to the exent that other players were prevented from getting the drops on their own.

I think a server where everything is no drop would be awesome. That way players can adventure in a world free from these GD farmers. This would also make tradeskillable gear more valuable. It would also all but eliminate RMT.

Ok this is off topic, but hey.

Hating farmers since 2000:
http://www.whitewolfbrigade.com/wwb/...ockfarmbig.gif

Didn't SOE try to implement some "feature" around Luclin timeframe where if you killed a green-con mob it wouldn't drop loot, a feature which they then quickly removed? Am I remembering this right?

Trivial loot code, yes. I thought that sounded cool, but a lot of people didn't like it.

Wait, what?

It would make tradeskilled items more valuable?

Explain to me, a barbarian shaman, how I would obtain a set of resist gear jewelry if it was all nodrop.

They did something like this in Everquest 2. All it did was increase the sale of "Loot rights." And selling loot rights would increase RMT in my opinion.

The assumption is tradeskilled and perhaps vendor items would be among the only not no-drop items.

Alternate rule set servers can be fun, but I doubt we will see it here. For the record TLC was not well received the community back in live...

Ugh. No drop items lead to a deterioration of community.

Where the f*ck are all these "p1999 needs to do this" posts coming from? Shit isn't changing people!

Every time I see a post subject and think "Boy, that sounds retarded," it is authored by Arclanz.

Maybe I'm bitter. But I get tired of the community forum "suggestion box" It's here, it's free. Play it if you like, move along if you don't.

I'm all for discussing things, and having good conversations over what makes things better than others. But some things can be a broken record.