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Originally Posted by Weekapaug [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The no boxing rule isn't classic. I knew more than several boxers during classic thru velious. No RMT isn't classic. Well, technically wasn't allowed but it's not like it was ever enforced in any substantial way. Raid mob variance...Not classic. And the list goes on and on.

Yet we have all of these things here as an attempt to preserve some semblence of a classic experience, don't we?

As I said before, I'm not necessarily in favor of a nerf. Would actually hate to see it happen. But what is going on here with bards monopolizing entire zones never happened live until eras much later than this. The mechanics were in place but they weren't removed until they became a problem much later. It was not a problem until later because no one was doing it until later. According to a lot of people, it is a problem here, now.

Simple logic dicates that you can't have it both ways.

Not to get into a he said/she said, but all those things you have used as examples are non-examples. Variance is an attempt to simulate the patch/crash repop that happened on live and fortuitously helped to work against single-guild dominance back then. From what I hear it's probably going to be replaced with simulated server "patch" days so it's a moot point anyway.

RMT will never go away, but you better believe they pursued those who took part in it and banned accounts continually all through live. That's a horrible example to choose. No-boxing on a free server makes complete sense. It's a binary choice to have it or not. It's true lots of people boxed on classic, but then as they were paying for each account that was their perogative really (the spell checker tries to change that to "pRerogative" btw mods). In a situation where accounts are free and systems are capable of running multiple versions of the game (as opposed to having to fork out for separate systems and a fast enough connection etc. back in the day), there is really no other choice.

Saying "some semblance of classic" is just being sullen. The server is very close to classic, and that's the idea. That isn't going to change, and hopefully will get closer to classic as things go on, not further away. They aren't trying to correct any of the faults with the game, they are trying to recreate the classic experience on modern systems with modern bandwidth - and that's why we're all here. The game wasn't perfect in its original form, but it was what it was and that is part of the magic of it. That includes exploits and bugs, and imbalances - including low HP kiting (which I agree is absurd and I refuse to do it for that reason).

What is continually bemusing is how so many on the forums angrily put forward non-classic changes as if they are reasonable and "logical" (whatever that means in the context of recreation). It's a classic server. The things that aren't exact are being moved toward being more exact, not further away. Suggestions that are completely contradictory to that due to personal bugbears are downright silly. It doesn't matter what we like or don't like about classic mechanics, that's the mandate of the server.

And it's working, and I for one love it, problems and all.