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Originally Posted by stormlord
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Simple solution is to zero a casters mana when they respawn after death. Otherwise, you're right, you have the naked caster syndrome. The solution right now is penalizing everyone with what's potentially HOURS of lost time because of a pvp/caster oversight. Alternatively, a 4-minute death debuff on everyone might work too. But I'm inclined towards zeroing their mana since: a) they can bind most anywhere b) they're very functional without their gear (+corpse recovery). Those're benefits and, as someone who understands balance in games, they have a cost. You can't pack sh** on one side of the equation without considering the other. Naturally, everything considered, those things are accounted for. But this pvp oversight indicates otherwise.
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I actually brought up zeroing mana for casters upon respawn after PvP quite a while back. The xp loss is simply a mindf*ck for people, it's so negligible as not to matter,
unless you're rushing, or doing something insanely stupid. But minimal health/mana would actually be a better solution.
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Originally Posted by stormlord
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Get a dose of reality. Upping exp gain is going to make this server more like the blue one, with respect to balance. You, like a lot of pvpers, are under-estimating the risks. If a zone was created on the blue server with NPCs that griefed players and had the intelligence of humans, the developers would rightly boost the experience or the rewards. You would agree with that. But when the table is turned and the increased risk is coming from pvp, you're unable to see how upping the reward is necessary. Maybe for your own benefit? Do you get pleasure from it? You've probably been around too long, more likely; oblivious. Or you have a very dependable group of buddies. I know how that's. Times are good when things go your way. King of the mountain, yessir.
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I've only ever supported 1-20 XP boosting. It helps people get into playing, which is good for the server. I haven't seen any alternative solutions that would entice people to play red. if I see a better one, I'm all for it.
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As for your comment about guilds grouping with other guilds, I'm not seeing it. I know that guilds will ally with a couple others, but the reigning logic is that everyone else is game. If you're a new player, you don't know which guild is which. For you, they're all potential enemies, just like players can be. Keep that in mind.
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I group with other guilds all the time. People have come to realize that server health > gankfest. Most groups I'm in have 2-3 different tags. I spend a huge amount of my play-time LFG...I'm in the same boat most people are, but I seek out and find friends near my level. I learned that when I started on SZ...empty zones, few friends, many enemies. I did quite well there, too...but it took a lot of time.
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Lastly, the server isn't stable. Your head is in the sand, bud. You're that man on the titanic table, screaming above everyone that everything is ok. You invested your life savings in it. You'll go down with the ship.
I don't want to go down with you. That's the thing. I'm not tied down or invested.
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Stable population != high population. We saw the level-off quite some time ago... ~180 - 220 prime. The challenge now is to increase the population.