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Originally Posted by Nirgon
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Boxing = everyone you fight is gonna have a full stack of buffs before they fight you.
I don't care for what it does to support classes and how it realllly fucks over people that don't have a "throw away" enchanter/cleric to buff themselves.
However, a brief period of boxing might see more people making it out of newbie zones.
I know Rogean and company don't like spending their time of "half measures" or "temporary solutions" but trying something like this for a month or two could be a good thing to increase pop. If it doesn't help the actual pop (other than #'s being higher due to boxes logged in?) kill it? Most computers couldn't handle boxing iirc and it was only around the time of the Velious client I saw it a bit more wide spread.
Having 400 pop would probably be better as 2 guilds could "zerg" (60 man raid force) which would be aight. Right now having 215 pop and 40-50 (honestly, a reasonable progression classic/velious raid force on the higher side) on any side is kinda bad :P.
I'd wait for all the resist/dispel fixes etc to make a "welcome back" + brief period of boxing (and maybe legacy items dropping again) work. Ain't gonna crusade 4 it, just a thought.
Would you like him back tho? Shire is good for the box imo. You got 6 PD robes or somethin' pal, how bout a happy face?
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Yes. This is what I would agree with. "Relaunch" with hype and events, moderate OOC or limit it to every 5 minutes or something, moderate forums, and then allow boxing for 1-2 months. This will allow new people to check things out, instantly be able to make groups since you can box essential classes, and just get immersed right away. Once we hit a nice stable pop of 300~ which I think is 100% obtainable here, then sure, remove it.