The Sullon Zek Server ruleset is THE best EQ PvP ruleset for Red1999

[wehrmacht]

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

It wouldn't work. In order to have a PVP server you need at least like 50 active players. VZTZ in its last months could barely scrounge up that.

Because TZVZ wasn't fun to play on due to all the differences from EQ live PvP so most people quit:

1) Allowing 2 boxing makes PvP terrible. Attacking people that are dragging macroquest healer mules behind them all day is ridiculous.

2) Casters are already the best PvP class pre-Kunark and TZVZ staff not only put in several caster improvements but also a melee damage nerf on top of that during the <Heresy> vs <Fish Bait> era.

3) You could channel gate with 30 people attacking you (yes, seriously, 30, I did it multiple times) so casters really never had to die if they didn't want to = terrible balance

4) AC did nothing so warriors and mages tanked the same in PvP so a mage gets cleric buffs and has warrior HP while doing 20x their dps

[Dojii]

When I started playing VZTZ in 2009 end of 2009 ish... there was 150-200 players average active. there was 3 wipes between 2009-2011. upwards of 1000+ toons deleted, VZTZ community lost population mainly due to inconsistent server status.

But yea those factors as well.

Just need a nice code, consistent staff, fair PVP balance and they could have a good box running right here out of this community. If they dropped a Classic box right now it'd hit population 100+ ezpz.

Main thing is just knowing your pixels will be there the next day hahah.... which under VZTZ rule was, living under the threat of being deleted at any moment. Not that it wasn't fun... had great times.