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Originally Posted by HippoNipple
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You can say just some boots but the items on that server are ridiculous. It isn't like a normal server that dev/image give someone a +3 str +10 hps boots to get started. They have massive hps, shielding, resists and effects. It is really bad. The only balancing they do is adding in random +100-200 hps items to compensate for terrible design. That is a really bad way to run a server.
If they stick to classic/kunark I think they will be more successful but they also need to tone down how emotional they are and be less accessible to the community. Any rumors that they give items away to people hurt the server and it sounds like no one will contest that they have summoned some items and given out some favors.
I joined one of there servers a couple years ago and was leveling up. Then a group of players logged in, cried about having to start all over because they had played on the servers before and got dev/image to summon them max level chars with full planar loot, diamond rods for casters and full spell book. Then everyone else complained so they gave everyone that was already playing 1-2 max level chars. In this case it was even but it shows how emotional and naive the devs can be when players they know complain about stuff. They ruined a server they had worked on for months in a couple seconds with bad decision making.
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it wasnt just some boots. as short lived as it was, one guy was cross-pelling (i'm sure you are familiar with the custom dispell mechanics on that box, team can remove negative debuffs without stripping buffs) with an instant click. he got called out on it pretty quick, within a week and he said he wouldn't use it anymore by his own free will.
He insists he got this item from a boss mob in a custom zone, but I have screenshots that prove otherwise.
i also have evidence that the server is soft on hackers, bans the wrong people for hacking (this is no surprise to Colgate and others, as we've seen this for years), and busts other hackers red handed multiple times while they maintain top 10 on the leaderboard and just get a "stern talking to" by devnoob.
Quake didn't have this level of cheating and corruption so I disagree with that comparison. It is not quake with elves.