Discussion: Zone Plugging - Page 3

dusk883 · #1 08-25-2011, 12:38 PM

Melee players who unplugged in the middle of a pvp fight became absolute bastards sometimes on TZ, now they didn't make any mistakes when trailing you the caster. IMO this is all a win for melee guys who turn into NPCs when unplugged. To this day I'll try to Charm a P99 player if I see them LD, I never know when it'll work.

Civeal · #2 08-25-2011, 12:46 PM

what if you slowed reallllly slow, would it pop you on the other side before you actually zoned? and would you die without having the chance to fight back?

Bardalicious · #3 08-25-2011, 12:50 PM

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what if you slowed reallllly slow, would it pop you on the other side before you actually zoned? and would you die without having the chance to fight back?

Didn't you just read that he said it would take about 5 minutes to see the player on the other side on an actual disconnect? Do you zone slower than that? And if so, do you play on a TI-83 calculator?

Aenor · #4 08-25-2011, 11:22 PM

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Didn't you just read that he said it would take about 5 minutes to see the player on the other side on an actual disconnect? Do you zone slower than that? And if so, do you play on a TI-83 calculator?

He said up to, not about. RIF.

**Rogean** · #5 08-25-2011, 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by dusk883

Melee players who unplugged in the middle of a pvp fight became absolute bastards sometimes on TZ, now they didn't make any mistakes when trailing you the caster. IMO this is all a win for melee guys who turn into NPCs when unplugged. To this day I'll try to Charm a P99 player if I see them LD, I never know when it'll work.

Yea but a rooted LD PC won't pumice it off [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

dusk883 · #6 08-25-2011, 12:54 PM

Pumice wasnt a game changer until well after Kunark IMO... it was pricey and if I remember right it had a long cast time for some time on Live. Yeah, when everyone eventually had money to spend and the time when Pumice was instant, it was an issue. I would log in and spend an hour to go fund the 50 effing stones I would need for the week. I think Pumice has to be addressed, it just wasn't implemented very well. Often times though, I know many people didn't take the time to junk buff and pumice would often be a bigger detriment than help.. wiping off their cleric buff before they get to my Clinging Darkness? That's a win for me. If they were prepared? Yeah, it was a pain.

Xantille · #7 08-25-2011, 02:31 PM

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Pumice wasnt a game changer until well after Kunark IMO... it was pricey and if I remember right it had a long cast time for some time on Live. Yeah, when everyone eventually had money to spend and the time when Pumice was instant, it was an issue. I would log in and spend an hour to go fund the 50 effing stones I would need for the week. I think Pumice has to be addressed, it just wasn't implemented very well. Often times though, I know many people didn't take the time to junk buff and pumice would often be a bigger detriment than help.. wiping off their cleric buff before they get to my Clinging Darkness? That's a win for me. If they were prepared? Yeah, it was a pain.

WAT

dusk883 · #8 08-25-2011, 02:43 PM

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WAT

Yeah, I started re-thinking that, too [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Here's a fact though: Woohoo Wawazzat laughed at anyone who had time to use Pumice (when it had a casting time). Of course, necro laughs at everyone I suppose.

Pumice has to be looked at, I do remember being effing MISERABLE with all the pumice I had to carry around though when it was an instant.

Xantille · #9 08-25-2011, 02:45 PM

I will lol if egg shaped pumice is in game. Since a majority of the server won't be stacking buffs for shit (esp early on), instant pumice will make running -- even from a melee -- a near impossibility.

now back to regularly scheduled thesis on the evils of reaching the glory land.

Halister · #10 08-25-2011, 12:58 PM

I'm thinking the same thing about this as about the other issues. Zoneplugging was part of the excitement. Get that fucker before he gets to the zone or he's gone.

Everquest is never going to be "fair". By implementing this anti-zoneplug thing youre pretty much fucking over slow-zoners. Having a shittier computer/connection puts you at a disadvantage by zonelines as you will have longer loading times than the other guy. Maybe not a very big deal, but then again neither is zoneplugging.

Never understood why it upset people so much. Try to kill the guy later? Go kill someone else? Team up with someone and make sure you debuff and root the guy you're trying to kill? People are way to fixated with their killshots- you ran the fucker out of the zone, you made him humiliate himself by zoneplugging. You won. Do you really need a sticker, too?