Origins of the OT Hammer

[loramin]

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

Seems like the least classic part of this server.

As others have said, a big part of it is Blue's seven years of Kunark. However, even on Green this is still going to be a classic (pun intended) Project 1999 dilemma: classic environment or classic rules.

Many things like the OT hammer, WC cap, or various raid techniques were not commonly seen on live ... but the rules for them had always been there. This leaves emulators with a lose/lose proposition: if they don't include that stuff, then the server's rules won't be classic. However, if they do include it, the server's environment won't be classic.

Someday (years from now) Green will come, and it will be a lot more classic ... but OT hammers and other non-classic environment features will still be there (they'll probably just cost more). Rogen/Nilbog had to choose either classic rules or classic environment: they couldn't choose both, so they went with classic rules.