Shadows of Luclin server

[Daywolf]

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

Sure. Make it a 2-5 minute wait with an outside chance it won't come at all. Then have the guy charge you a random amount before they start the port. 1-2% of the time the port should put you somewhere else in the world (to represent sulky or pranky porters). Increase that chance drastically if you "undertip".

Some of the "porters" can even exchange pleasantries with you. Maybe if you don't say the right things it gives you a chance for the porter to drop you from group without porting you, or port you again to somewhere random. Then it can be a 10-30 minute wait before you can get another port (as they "blacklist" you). Fail too many times and you get blacklisted permanently - no porting!

I actually kinda like this idea now that we're talking about it.

Or how about the reverse? I get on my drui, click the book and it follows me around begging for a port? I kill some hill giants, begs for ports. I kill some ice giants, begs for port.

Funally I click ok and it gives me some random location to port to. Once I and the PoK book arrive, the book explains that it'd tip me, but all it's coppers are on it's corps (the PoK book is standing there decked out in raid and epic equip), but will if I buff him out and we travel four zones over through Death and Hades.

After wandering around the target zone four times, finally finding the corpse, the PoK book rewards me with a cat's eye agate and 12 copper, immediately gates out as the mega swarn-train arrives that it managed to collect searching for it's corpse.

Who said there was no interaction? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[jcr4990]

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

Sure. Make it a 2-5 minute wait with an outside chance it won't come at all. Then have the guy charge you a random amount before they start the port. 1-2% of the time the port should put you somewhere else in the world (to represent sulky or pranky porters). Increase that chance drastically if you "undertip".

Some of the "porters" can even exchange pleasantries with you. Maybe if you don't say the right things it gives you a chance for the porter to drop you from group without porting you, or port you again to somewhere random. Then it can be a 10-30 minute wait before you can get another port (as they "blacklist" you). Fail too many times and you get blacklisted permanently - no porting!

I actually kinda like this idea now that we're talking about it.

2-5 min wait with chance it won't come at all - Fair

The rest of the stuff you said has basically never happened to me. Never been refused a port if I didn't pay up front. Never been prank ported to the wrong spot and left there. Never been "blacklisted" and had to wait longer than like 10 min for a port ever. Unless playing at super off-peak hours and even then most of the time ports are easy to come by. I get a lot of ports and I play a lot of Everquest. I feel like the stuff you're talking about is exceptionally rare. About the worst that's ever happened is certain porters feel like they're getting ripped off if you don't pay them like 200pp to push a button and they'll whine that you didn't tip enough. People tend to assume if you're a 60 Shaman that you just carry thousands of pp around on you at all times. But to be fair that's happened like 2 times out of hundreds of ports over several years. Statistically insignificant.

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

still obvious you do not get it.

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[Evia]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

So if the devs coded PoK books to require you to /who all pokbook /t freeportbook Can u port me to freeport pls? then wait 2 minutes and trade it 50pp and say "ty" then it'd be legit? I still think you and others like you are WAY over romanticizing the whole idea. There's VERY little social interaction or feeling of "working together" when I use DAP. It's basically calling an Uber. Are you gonna be butthurt when we have driverless cars instead of Ubers driving people around too? Cause I promise that's coming lol

still obvious you do not get it.

[iruinedyourday]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Not THAT much difference between clicking book and / all dial and sending a tell for a port in my book. Think people majorly exaggerate this "problem" heh. You MIGHT have had a point in Classic when porters weren't a dime a dozen and available nearly 24/7/365 but cmon. When is the last time you wanted to go somewhere and couldn't get a port in 5 min or less? It's a rarity in my experience.

Just my 2cp tho

exactly why we need a vanilla only yearly wipe server STAT

[Daywolf]

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

exactly why we need a vanilla only yearly wipe server STAT

"we" as in your red server? That might help. STAT!
What's "vanilla", isn't that WoW terminology? Not classic, bro!

[elwing]

what about factions? cities? all that got obsolete in just one expac

[Izmael]

Hey can we also please have mercenaries, I find it sometimes hard to find people to group with and then I have to deal with them being humans, they go LD and AFK, also want their share of loot.

Not THAT much difference between getting healed by a merc and getting healed by a player. It's the same heal! Kek.

[Haynar]

The p99 admin have stated time and time again, that there will be no more expansions.

Your best options thru pop are takp and p2002.

If you want expansions faster: p2002.

If you want attention to detail: takp.

P2002 is on velious. Has hotzones. Double exp weekends once a month.

Takp is on kunark. No hotzones. No double exp weekends.

Both support the eqmac intel client and a compatible 2002 era client for the pc.

Each are developed independently.

I am biased, as I am on the dev team for takp. I prefer attention to detail and more accurate content.

H

[Evia]

I think your link for tak project is incorrect Haynar. .org didn't work but .net did.

[Haynar]

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

I think your link for tak project is incorrect Haynar. .org didn't work but .net did.

Thats what I get for trying to edit on my phone. So many people confuse takp and p2002 because they both have Al'Kabor in the name. Some people think they are the same server even. So I edited sig.

For the most part, most ppl wouldn't notice much of a difference no matter which server they try.

H