Idea for Post Velious: Hardcore Characters

[azeth]

Swing and a miss

[w1zard]

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

Just had an idea for p99 after Velious: A ruleset for individual players called 'Hardcore Characters'. You'd flag at the Priest of Discord in any town by asking him to flag your character.

The rules would include:

-Can only flag at level 1, and all gear and spells in your possession would be deleted.
-Can't receive outside help with NPCs. The moment you receive outside help, you get a 85% penalty to exp gained from the kill.
-Cannot be buffed or healed except spells cast on yourself or by an NPC.
-Cannot accept items or money in trades.
-You cannot loot any items or money from an NPC if you did not kill it solo.
-85% exp penalty for the Hardcore Character upon entering a group.
-Corpses cannot be rezzed with this flag on.
-Exp Gain increased by 250% while following all of the above rules. (ie; if you join a group, the bonus is negated and a 85% penalty is applied)
-This flag can never be turned off.
-Characters would have a silver name while this mode is enabled.

There is an optional 'super hardcore' mode, all previous rules apply and:
-Cannot use the bank under any circumstances.
-All bags appear as non-bags to your character and will refuse to store items.
-Characters would have a black name while this mode is enabled.

Would you play something like this? I would.

You spent all this time imaging this load of crap? It's simple. Here are your choices:

1) Wipe it clean like a baby's dirty brown hole
2) Continue on with Luclin, PoP, etc
3) Create new server with natural classic progression. Rinse. Repeat
4) Create custom content in spirit of classic

My vote is on option 4.

/thread

[indiscriminate_hater]

just wipe it clean, then we can all be hardcore

[Cobretti]

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

Just had an idea for p99 after Velious: A ruleset for individual players called 'Hardcore Characters'. You'd flag at the Priest of Discord in any town by asking him to flag your character.

The rules would include:

-Can only flag at level 1, and all gear and spells in your possession would be deleted.
-Can't receive outside help with NPCs. The moment you receive outside help, you get a 85% penalty to exp gained from the kill.
-Cannot be buffed or healed except spells cast on yourself or by an NPC.
-Cannot accept items or money in trades.
-You cannot loot any items or money from an NPC if you did not kill it solo.
-85% exp penalty for the Hardcore Character upon entering a group.
-Corpses cannot be rezzed with this flag on.
-Exp Gain increased by 250% while following all of the above rules. (ie; if you join a group, the bonus is negated and a 85% penalty is applied)
-This flag can never be turned off.
-Characters would have a silver name while this mode is enabled.

There is an optional 'super hardcore' mode, all previous rules apply and:
-Cannot use the bank under any circumstances.
-All bags appear as non-bags to your character and will refuse to store items.
-Characters would have a black name while this mode is enabled.

Would you play something like this? I would.

Secrets, you took this idea from Imperium Server that just got implemented, and put a spin on it from your MortalQuest server. It is a nice concept and I really like the idea.

Really miss MortalQuest, and Cast/Holocaust really screwed it all up back in the day with MQ2 warp R.I.P Marlboro

[Randy]

It would be funny to run around on a server like that just shooting arrows at mobs people are fighting so they lose all that exp. Hilarious.


Anyway, I like the idea of a timed lifespan. Ban PLing and have characters that eventually time out and return to level 1 with some or all of their gear.

[fastboy21]

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

Just had an idea for p99 after Velious: A ruleset for individual players called 'Hardcore Characters'. You'd flag at the Priest of Discord in any town by asking him to flag your character.

The rules would include:

-Can only flag at level 1, and all gear and spells in your possession would be deleted.
-Can't receive outside help with NPCs. The moment you receive outside help, you get a 85% penalty to exp gained from the kill.
-Cannot be buffed or healed except spells cast on yourself or by an NPC.
-Cannot accept items or money in trades.
-You cannot loot any items or money from an NPC if you did not kill it solo.
-85% exp penalty for the Hardcore Character upon entering a group.
-Corpses cannot be rezzed with this flag on.
-Exp Gain increased by 250% while following all of the above rules. (ie; if you join a group, the bonus is negated and a 85% penalty is applied)
-This flag can never be turned off.
-Characters would have a silver name while this mode is enabled.

There is an optional 'super hardcore' mode, all previous rules apply and:
-Cannot use the bank under any circumstances.
-All bags appear as non-bags to your character and will refuse to store items.
-Characters would have a black name while this mode is enabled.

Would you play something like this? I would.

I am for special rulesets, but I don't get this one. What's the hook here exactly?

Getting a 250% exp bonus for solo'ing doesn't seem hardcore to me. It seems like easy mode, even with the restrictions you mentioned. I guess it would be substantially harder for non-solo classes, but even then.

Not being able to accept rezzes? That's just weird. Its like being not able to accept ports or have your corpse dragged. It isn't hardcore mode its just slowing you down with an artificial and not fun time sink.

Anyways, I'm all for special rule-sets, especially temporary ones that don't impact the integrity of the server. I would be up for having a "GM event" with a rule-set like this where the first person to lvl to 60 received a reward of some kind, etc.

[maskedmelon]

I do not like his idea ^^ but then, I suppose it was not aimed at me ^^ Iam down with the 85% do penalty and even harsher death penalties, but the rest seems to turn the game into soloquest, gutting our beloved mmorpg of its mm.... ^^

[Lisset]

I'm sure after Velious is released, people will be too busy playing Pantheon II and Half-Life 4.

[khanable]

I'm all for a challenge, but this honestly sounds worse than dark souls.