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Originally Posted by wehrmacht
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It was 300+ for a while. There were lots of problems to cause it to die such as the following stuff that went on pre-kunark:
- person hosting server stopped
- bad balance issues like casters tanking the same as warriors
- boxing was allowed so every caster not only tanked like a warrior but also had full cleric buffs so practically no HP disadvantage either
- resists altered to make nukes land more often so a mage can tank like a warrior, have practically the same hp as one from cleric bot, do 10x the dps nuking, and have a pet at the same time
- resist system that made the server known as "caster's paradise" pre-kunark
- stats like strength did nothing
- FFA tends to die fast
- melee hit boxes or sync issues screwed up so you couldn't even hit someone running away from you which was easily doable on EQ live
- probably dozens more I can't think of
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I don't recall melee damage being a problem; I used a Monsoon until velious box. But obviously, given EMU mechanics, mages raped faces pre-Kunark w/ insta dispell sticks and pets that rooted you every time. Also, enough people casting lava bolt on the same person = death. I won't dispute that, but I seriously doubt it will be the same on a 'classic server'. However, my bolded part: running people down was always possible unless they were doing everything they could to get away, same as it ever was. You just can't be behind them when trying to hit them.
Also, here is a video depicting myself, Bombfist and Knuckle being introduced on a hypothetical Red99 server:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e9BqUBYaHlM