Red99 Stimulus Plan (some constructive feedback)

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

Again, your unsupported opinion. What seems to be the real issue is that oldschool PvP players came here expecting a Classic PvP experience and it is completely lacking. There are not any rules in place from either SZ nor the important ones from RZ that would classify this as a Classic PvP server.

The mechanics and the rules just aren't there. We have no item loot, no teams, we have people taking advantage of the Play Nice policy to cause greatly increased mob-style exp death to players wherever possible, we have an artificial level range restriction to PvP. We have no exp bonus and no exp restriction on death to mobs. There are exp penalties in place for hybrids, there are major Classic mechanics (bugs? so were a lot of things that later got 'fixed' and ultimately turned EverQuest into every other MMORPG) that are not being reproduced in PvP for whatever reason.

Your earlier paragraph on being nice to your fellow humans was nice, but your standard bluebie thoughts on server mechanics are what got into this low-population bind to begin with and I don't believe they are well-considered.

I guess we all have our own idea of whats making the server tank.

To me youve left out the key element of my Rallos Zek experience: PVP would happen, and alot, every day. This is not happening here, 99% sure its because of xp loss.

On rallos everyday you had people taking hours long break from drudgery of grinding to have fun in pvp.

In this "classic" server (In most respects i dont give a fuck about whats classic, but xp loss was a bad idea), the longer you have fun pvping, the more you are being set back in this already god awful, wanna pierce my eyesockets with a pitchfork grind.

Im not willing to grind hard to 50 for some hypothetical pvp promised land. I stopped playing because i wasnt getting what i thought id be getting from a Classic Rallos pvp server: pvp.

Sticking with this to 50 and betting that rolling alts will give me a different experience from what i had (people running away after the first death because of xp loss) would be stupid.

If you are going to keep xp loss as a poopsock game mechanic, you should crank up xp, either across the board or through hot zones. Or just keep that xp loss poopsocking shit to raid zones.