Mmmmm simulated patch day

[baalzy]

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

SNIP

Just to offer my suggestion on a possible solution. When repop occurs grant everyone a temporary immunity shield (say 10 seconds total immunity and then up to 10 minutes immunity if they don't move, incase they were afk) and spawn an instant-click, 1 use, lore, no rent/expires in 10 minutes item on their cursor that succors them. Could code this only for zones where it might be dramatic to have everything repop on them instantly. This would give people the option to either:

1) Attempt to reclear their camp and if they get overwhelmed they have a temporary safety net.
2) Clear out immediately
3) Wait a couple minutes for some backup

Not the most elegant, but if you truly want to respawn every mob in the game I don't know how you could do this in a way that guarantees someone won't have a pile of mobs dropped on their heads unexpectedly. At least you're giving them a safety net if they can't handle the sudden repop and a huge leg-up if they just happen to be in the right place at the right time and are capable. The other solution would be to have some kind of proximity check on all of those high-value targets and delay their repops and give warning. That sounds expensive on CPU usage.

Could maybe couple it with a game-wide full heal/mana refresh.