Boxing suspension duration?

[Braknar]

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

It's about as classic as implementing a 25 target limit on PBAE spells to solve a CSR issue.

I sense some salt.

[GreldorEQ]

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

I sense some salt.

It's not so much salt in my opinion as a clear example of how we are not actually classic. The PBAE change was implemented to solve a problem, a problem that arguably will not affect the "classic experience" of 99.9% of the player base. A shared bank slot would be a change done in the same spirit as the PBAE change.

[Braknar]

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

It's not so much salt in my opinion as a clear example of how we are not actually classic. The PBAE change was implemented to solve a problem, a problem that arguably will not affect the "classic experience" of 99.9% of the player base. A shared bank slot would be a change done in the same spirit as the PBAE change.

Oh, with him it's salt I'm sure.

Show me an example of someone, in 1999-2003 era, that was able to pull the crap we saw in chardok or bard swarms and I might agree with you.

No, the hard limit was not in classic, but the result is decidedly more classic than without. Back in those days, no one could have swarms of 100+. Due to PC/server performance, network bandwidth, etc.

A more classic solution probably would have been to start artificially lagging people when they hit more than 25 mobs.

[GreldorEQ]

You're right - but I still want shared banks : )

[Boptop]

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

Oh, with him it's salt I'm sure.

Show me an example of someone, in 1999-2003 era, that was able to pull the crap we saw in chardok or bard swarms and I might agree with you.

No, the hard limit was not in classic, but the result is decidedly more classic than without. Back in those days, no one could have swarms of 100+. Due to PC/server performance, network bandwidth, etc.

A more classic solution probably would have been to start artificially lagging people when they hit more than 25 mobs.

I used to see AE groups in Sebilis on Veeshan server where the cleric (often famed CT cleric Teurde Ferguson) would DA pull from the zone out straight through to the back end of disco 2. Massive AE pulls did happen in the day.

[Victorio]

50% of "LDs" during velious were people pulling the plug when their dad woke up

[Spyder73]

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

50% of "LDs" during velious were people pulling the plug when their dad woke up

So close to home its not funny

[Jimjam]

Originally Posted by Spyder73 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So close to home its not funny

My dad came down in the night and pulled the power cord on the pc when I was doing my shaman's epic mob. dang.

[Malk]

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

A more classic solution probably would have been to start artificially lagging people when they hit more than 25 mobs.

That would have been fun - but probably much longer to code.

Current compromise addresses most of the issue without randomly deathtouching people with more than 25 mobs in their trail [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[thufir]

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

Oh, with him it's salt I'm sure.

Show me an example of someone, in 1999-2003 era, that was able to pull the crap we saw in chardok or bard swarms and I might agree with you.

No, the hard limit was not in classic, but the result is decidedly more classic than without. Back in those days, no one could have swarms of 100+. Due to PC/server performance, network bandwidth, etc.

A more classic solution probably would have been to start artificially lagging people when they hit more than 25 mobs.

Not even just this. People say it could happen in classic, and maybe it did at isolated periods. I personally remember aoeing most of Lower Guk a couple of times. Probably was more than 25 mobs.

Reliably enough to establish a cartel extracting cash for proxy pulls in Chardok? Nope.

People have been able to come up with all sorts of "yaaaas it could" stories, but it's clear that even if it could happen at isolated times in this era given the proper combination of machine and circumstance, it couldn't happen regularly.

The "artificial lag" solution is probably "most classic", with some rng attached to determine the current value of "Classic ISP X" applied as a variable to the size of the pull, but if you're really at that point you're picking some pretty tiny nits.