Discussion: PvP Deaths (Item/Coin/XP Loot/Gain)

[lethdar]

The entire server's population doesn't browse these forums, and on top of that there i doubt many people would want to look lame by posting that.

A lot of the data comes from vztz's population, which went from low, sub 100 with item loot, up to a max of 350ish without item loot, down to a low of sub 100 on 3.0 until item loot was removed at which point it had a rebound upwards again.

While people point out "vztz =/= p99", the crowd they draw from are really probably more or less the same when it comes to what they're willing to tolerate in their eq gameplay. With item loot people who are new to playing or new to eq pvp are severely punished, beyond the point of being willing to play on vztz for a significant portion of them. If anything this problem is likely to be worse on red99 due to the greatly increased time required to farm any item that would be lost when x2 wizards pop in and 1 shot some unsuspecting person.

I played, Guildwars, VZTZ,other emulated servers etc, and I'll be playing either way, however what I would like is a larger server with more people to encounter and fight and everything I've experienced on these various servers indicates that item loot scares and griefs away more players than coin loot.

I don't see why this trend wouldn't continue here.