Mage epic

[loramin]

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

Loramin I don't understand why you think we should play the way we did back in '99? With modern internet connections and all knowledge available emergent gameplay is going to happen. People being able to solo/duo farm raid zones is something that is totally doable now. I don't understand what it is that you want? Do you want everyone to have to port up with groups and raid the old fashioned way?

I want our emulator to match the game from '99-'01 as closely as it can in 2024.

Look, there's always a tension here, between classic mechanics and classic environment, right? Generally speaking, the powers that be choose mechanics over environment ... but then sometimes the pendulum swings too far and comes back, and we get an unclassic mechanic that makes the server a better emulator overall.

Consider that countless "bugs" (ie. classic mechanics that were easily exploitable with player knowledge .... eg. early whirl till you hurl) were deliberately not reimplimimented on Green,
unclassicly. Dragons are rooted unclassically. Key mobs need /list unclassicly, and so on.

My point is, the best emulator isn't always the one that emulates mechanics the most accurately. Sometimes not doing the classic thing mechanically makes the game closer to what its trying to reproduce.

I submit that when virtually every Mage in the game is getting their epic in an unclassic way, that should be addressed, even at the cost of unclassic mechanics (eg. adding an unclassic spawn). So yes, I do think we should have to port up to Hate to check on mobs. That was the game in '99-'01, and no oneis even trying to deny it.

I don't see why everyone is so keen on preserving the absence of a few spawn points ... over getting to actually play Hate the way we all did back in '01. The latter seems vastly more important to me.