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Originally Posted by Tradesonred
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Problem with that is red99 didnt start off as a 80 player server. It started as a 600 player server. Id be willing to do a 200$ bet over this if you were my RL buddy. The hit and run griefing of casuals will be epic.
The first server i rolled on back on live was SZ. My first experience was getting repeatedly nuked in blackburrow by a 45 wizard. I then rolled on Rallos which was alot more casual friendly.
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I know you're arguing in good faith here, and you do have some valid points IF we're talking about the original SZ ruleset. But if you go back and look at the suggested rules I posted, they include level caps for the first few weeks of the server's life (i.e. level 20 week 1, level 30 week 2, etc...). The entire and ONLY purpose of that is to prevent shithead, no life griefers from zooming past everyone at server launch then taking out their minimum wage IRL rage on casual newbs. By the time the caps came off, each team would have enough players leveled high enough to defend their newbs from griefers.
If this server is going to succeed it MUST keep more people playing past the first few weeks than Red did. Leveling caps at launch and for a few weeks thereafter achieve that nicely by drastically reducing the potential for griefing when the server is in its crucial infancy.