Rapid Roll Calling!

[G13]

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

EQ was that way on many servers too. Everyone knew exactly when mobs spawned so no one had to camp for them. That was classic for many people. Have people forgotten this?

I don't disagree with you. Variance makes the camp worse than it should be. It has opened up can of worms because people believed that nobody would actually do it. Variance should be removed, but at this point it isn't going to stop camping either. It would also throw the concept of roll calling right out the window since guilds would know when a boss is gonna spawn and plan accordingly.

[Allizia]

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99 needs a server split or 2 to breed some healthy competition and community support for the high end guilds instead of half the server fighting each other over scraps. Do it now and let the other 2 servers catch up before Kunark and things would be drastically different. There is no other method that will make a difference, regardless of the ruleset it will be the same drama with different methods.
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I still stand by this as the only way to actually make a difference and foster both competition and some basic humanity between players.

It wouldn't use much more bandwidth since the player base won't likely change that much, and it's not like the server files are huge.

P1999 FFA - let the hardcore faceoff with likeminded competition
P1999 Rotation - let the casual mingle and still progress at their own pace
P1999 PVP - Racial team PVP - pew pew

[Spirell]

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

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99 needs a server split or 2 to breed some healthy competition and community support for the high end guilds instead of half the server fighting each other over scraps. Do it now and let the other 2 servers catch up before Kunark and things would be drastically different. There is no other method that will make a difference, regardless of the ruleset it will be the same drama with different methods.
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I still stand by this as the only way to actually make a difference and foster both competition and some basic humanity between players.

It wouldn't use much more bandwidth since the player base won't likely change that much, and it's not like the server files are huge.

P1999 FFA - let the hardcore faceoff with likeminded competition
P1999 rotation or camp server - Rotation or camping rules - let the casual mingle and still progress at their own pace
P1999 PVP - Racial team PVP - pew pew

So... how much are you donating a month to make this happen? I mean I can't imagine the server costs per month being cheap, and no way nilbog is going to foot the bill so people can "feel good". Nilbog or Rogean got a cost/month figure for us to mull over?

[Allizia]

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

So... how much are you donating a month to make this happen? I mean I can't imagine the server costs per month being cheap, and no way nilbog is going to foot the bill so people can "feel good". Nilbog or Rogean got a cost/month figure for us to mull over?

I'll donate a working kedge.path file I created if yall don't have that fixed yet =P just throw it in the map folder server side

seriously, I doubt donations would be an issue. It's a virtual server copy, 3 servers does not mean 3X cost

[Spirell]

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

I'll donate a working kedge.path file I created if yall don't have that fixed yet =P just throw it in the map folder server side

seriously, I doubt donations would be an issue. It's a virtual server copy, 3 servers does not mean 3X cost

Its not the files, its the hosting that I think costs them money... I could be wrong... but I think the server hositng as well as all the anti DOS stuff is the pricey thing here... P1999 is not run from a computer in someone's basement :P