Addressing the Economy (mudflation)

[Macarena]

-You can camp any item you want in the game, regardless of how much platinum you have
-There is a constant influx of new players and alts who need groups, finding groups is not a problem on this server
-So much money in the economy makes hand-outs to newbies much better then they would be otherwise
-So much money on the economy makes it easy for new players to make a good amount of money in EC buying and selling, personally I've seen 3 new players make a killing doing this in 2-4 months
-People are having a blast playing for a long time and twinking out alts


So where is the problem?

[Swish]

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

where is the problem?

The problem is people want to climb the server's financial ladder to have all the best gear possible for their main and all the alts they want. Not being able to do this easily (WoW mentality etc) means a lot of tears, calls for a new server (where they can hyperinflate but stay on top of it), and forum rage.

I've always struggled to keep a bank balance in line with what a FBSS costs, but I get all the lesser stuff I need (racial armor and a few other nice items for alts) without having to kill myself [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If having a ~20% haste item or a manastone is really that 'game changing' for you, then you've lost the essence of why you came to play here :/

[Macarena]

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

The problem is people want to climb the server's financial ladder to have all the best gear possible for their main and all the alts they want. Not being able to do this easily (WoW mentality etc) means a lot of tears, calls for a new server (where they can hyperinflate but stay on top of it), and forum rage.

I've always struggled to keep a bank balance in line with what a FBSS costs, but I get all the lesser stuff I need (racial armor and a few other nice items for alts) without having to kill myself [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If having a ~20% haste item or a manastone is really that 'game changing' for you, then you've lost the essence of why you came to play here :/

100% truth

[webrunner5]

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

If having a ~20% haste item or a manastone is really that 'game changing' for you, then you've lost the essence of why you came to play here :/

God though Swish they REALLY do help. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[porigromus]

I think one thing the players will let go of their plat for is side games after they bore with current content. That is why I believe there should be potions on the EC shady dealer for a high cost that do interesting temporary things.

We don't need to create no drop rare permanent items, potions would be purchased. People would buy a potion that temporarily turns them into a random monster. This would be a customization of an old feature, monster play.

This would all players and players who are temporarily monsters to PvP for fun. I think there could be a very rare chance to become a raid boss. Think about the spice that could add to a server! A raid force would have to assemble to kill raid boss or wait till temporarily till timer runs out.

[Swish]

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

People would buy a potion that temporarily turns them into a random monster. This would be a customization of an old feature, monster play.

I don't think this made it out of the test server, but it was awesome! You'd basically spawn as a random low level monster (below L15 I think) in any zone and have the chance to PvP a player.

I managed to kill a starting erudite in Paineel as a decaying skeleton, a couple of newbies at the log in Nektulos and even spawned inside Najena once despite the zone being empty. Great fun...griefing levels in the newbie areas made it fun to try rolling an alt there too, you'd see 3-4 mobs that were clearly players (who couldn't communicate other than moving around together) all just jump some player together [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Rhambuk]

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

I don't think this made it out of the test server, but it was awesome! You'd basically spawn as a random low level monster (below L15 I think) in any zone and have the chance to PvP a player.

I managed to kill a starting erudite in Paineel as a decaying skeleton, a couple of newbies at the log in Nektulos and even spawned inside Najena once despite the zone being empty. Great fun...griefing levels in the newbie areas made it fun to try rolling an alt there too, you'd see 3-4 mobs that were clearly players (who couldn't communicate other than moving around together) all just jump some player together [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Loved PM a few buddies and myself created and recreated until we were all in the same zone, ganged up and pwnd noobs for like an hour. I was a skel he was a bat and my other friend I think was a wolf. we pwnd all the noobs until they logged or recreated a dif race

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

Loved PM a few buddies and myself created and recreated until we were all in the same zone, ganged up and pwnd noobs for like an hour. I was a skel he was a bat and my other friend I think was a wolf. we pwnd all the noobs until they logged or recreated a dif race

First rule of project monster: always delete your loot when you spawn. Cuz fuck newbies ;P