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Originally Posted by HippoNipple
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R99 has the best potential and the fixes are very easy to make this the best PvP server. It is why it is frustrating to those wanting it to be what it could be. Also this is the only emulator pvp forum for classic everquest around.
LoZ cons:
1) Hacking is possible - I don't know if this can be fixed with the current devs
2) Don't have the code skills to make the melee/resists what they should be
3) random bugs
All of these are limitations of the developers and time it takes to perfect.
R99 cons (for those who don't like the current rules at least:
1) exp rate
2) no global ooc
3) no hot zones to funnel pvp action
4) no 2 boxing allowed when population is low, this could easily be turned on and off, making it temporary when needed
5) no pvp recognition, yellow text, or pvp stats
6) I personally don't like the negative exp when dying from a death, some may actually like this. I think it scares too many off from pvp and actually reduces the amount of pvp too much. People just avoid everyone that much more. I like item loot of some sort over exp death.... just adding in a penalty with no reward for the winner just breeds hate and a bad community. It should either be win/neutral, win/lose or neutral/neutral in a pvp fight outcome. Right now on R99 it is neutral/lose. I killed way more then I got killed on this server, and I never had any real enemies, they were just strangers. I always felt like a dick for killing them and most of the time got hate messages for a while. It wasn't really that much fun after a while.
All the r99 cons, for me at least, would take a couple hours to implement.
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Aside from two-boxing I agree with everything. I never agreed with allowing two-boxing and it might be the single-greatest thing r99 has going for it in my opinion.
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Originally Posted by SearyxTZ
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Just for some perspective, here are forum posts from Devnoob in one day:
-responded to question about necro FD / faction
-responded to question about Cannibalize II
-posted about Herbalist Spade nerf (quickly implemented following overall player consensus)
-responded to thread about corpse camping in pvp
-attempted to help individual player having issues with client
-responded to thread about NPC summonin
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That individual player might be me. They were attempting to help me with problems I have trying to zone on that server. Sometimes the server refuses my connection to one particular zone and it lasts for like 12 hours. Nobody so far knows why, but I do know I never have that problem here on blue or red. It's something to do with port 7070, that's about all I know.
I do have to say that those devs are active, friendly and helpful. In my case I hop on IRC and ask them to move my character when a zone is unavailable, and they're happy to do it. They even gave me a link to a program to run to get more info for them on what's causing the problem, and it's just me (and I learned one other person) having that problem, not everyone.
That kind of involvement is sorely needed here. I do agree with that.