Need blue advice for future teams PvP server ruleset

[rollin5k]

I think if its not region based its loses the owned territory feel. The lack of classes is ok its countered by the good territory owned by evils. iksars being mixed faction is also kind if lame they'll basically be ffa at ten. I think they should just be evil

[Swish]

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Cabilis
Iksars would be able to pledge their allegiance to any of the three warring factions by turning in a book to an emissary from that faction. They would have to choose a side in order to progress past level 10.

I liked most things in that post, however... surely this makes the iksar look weak. The iksar should have races trying to join them instead [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Vexenu]

If you go by EQ lore, the Iksars really aren't Evil in the sense that they would ally themselves with other Evil races. They're Evil in the sense that they view themselves as the master race of Norrath and view every other race as beneath them and worthy of death. So really, it wouldn't make sense for Iksars to officially ally with Neriak any more than it would make sense for them to ally with the good races.

From a lore perspective it makes much more sense for the Iksar to just kill whoever they want. This would also apply to Iksar killing other Iksar, as the Iksar culture is all about purging its weak members. In a happy coincidence, allowing Iksars to choose their team also turns out to be good from a balance perspective, as it denies any one team a monopoly on Kunark, which is an enormously powerful advantage (as SZ showed) and quickly leads to imbalanced teams.

[JPMorgan]

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This ruleset would give each team access to every class, and would also give each team a geographically contiguous stronghold for leveling. It would make Kunark totally FFA rather than having one team own it like happened on SZ. Kunark would truly have a Wild West feel, with every faction battling there and the bloodthirsty Iksar reveling in the slaughter.

All your ideas are awesome, but this one takes the cake. I think this could make for a really fun server.

[Wrench]

Originally Posted by Aenor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm posting this here because this has been discussed to death on the PvP forum and I'm looking for fresh ideas and perspective

knew as soon as i read this that more than half the responses would be from red

lmfao

[Fuzy]

Make an exact copy of Tallon Zek... end of story! Best server in the history of the game.

[Aenor]

Originally Posted by Quineloe [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stay away from fixed teams.

Thats server has already been done. It's available at log in. This is a discussion of the teams server proposed by the staff.

Originally Posted by fadetree [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

1. Yes, SK's are a valid FD pulling class.

Awesome, that's what I needed to know.

Originally Posted by Swish [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Can you put "Project 1999" in front of a pvp teams server with a custom ruleset?

Well, the staff is not redoing Sullon, Tallon or Rallos. So that decision has already been made at the top of the food chain. We're not debating if P99 can do a custom ruleset. We're debating which custom ruleset P99 should do.

Originally Posted by Vexenu [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Thoughts?

Shortie team still doesn't have monks.

Thanks for the responses everyone! Halfling shaman it is!

[Fame]

You still don't know teams was a troll to counter a dip in rmt kickbacks?

[Vexenu]

Originally Posted by Aenor [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Shortie team still doesn't have monks.

Thanks for the responses everyone! Halfling shaman it is!

I know it was a wall of text, but you really should read to the end.

[Fael]

Two teams: Evils and goods. Allow humans and barbs and eruds to pick sides based on diety.


Dolic