Custom teams

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

Here's the thing about trying to create a mix of custom teams: you probably can't come up with something better than what SZ had. When you start tinkering around making seemingly minor changes, you end up with much bigger impacts than you might initially realize. The SZ teams were not just pulled out of the developers' asses back in the day. They were based upon the experience of both RZ and VZ/TZ, and the expert understanding of the devs regarding class balance and raiding needs.

Why then was SZ such a failure compared to the Race War ruleset? I understand that a lot of hardcore SZ fanbois are on P99 but it doesn't change the fact that Race War was DRAMATICALLY more successful than Sullon Zek, even with its inherent flaws.

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

This is why you can't do something silly and deny an entire team access to Bards, or Shamans, or Monks

This has been addressed.

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

Further, one of the best reasons to use classic SZ teams on the new Teams server is not just that we know their strengths, but their weaknesses as well.

Precisely, we know that SZ teams fails to retain population to the degree that Race War did.

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

This is why I think going with SZ teams is the best bet. They are proven and they are tested, both their pros and cons.

SZ teams are tested and proven to be inferior to Race War teams in retaining population, which is the stated goal of P99's developers.

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

There's a reason you don't see nearly as many people championing RZ or TZ/VZ rules: because they simply weren't as good in comparison.

Care to venture an opinion on this, Sirken?