Proposed Resist System Changes - Lucy

[heartbrand]

Because advocating item loot on an 80 pop server, where nihilum already has an incredibly large item / number / level advantage is dumb as fuck. I've tried hard to build something, a second guild, something that can raid accomplish things etc., and it's been hard given the pop / discrepancy of gear and level and what not but it's working. There's been so more civility on this server lately, LNS being honored, trash talk being toned down a bit, less asshattery in OOC and shit. You know what would kill all of that? Item loot. A bunch of nihilum members in full no drop gear raping the rest of the server and taking their loot. You want to see people rage quit and not log on again? You want to see this server return to the 30 pop it had, 90% of which was nihilum? Put in item loot.

I thought you want to encourage PVP. Item loot will just mean everyone carries gate pots @ all times, hugs zone lines, and never goes within three zones of possible PVP. It's bad enough with the exp loss on PVP death. This is not Rallos Zek. There are 80-100 people playing here, many of whom are not hardcore PVPers and will not stick around to see their items looted one by one.

[Nirgon]

In an item loot system? I'd be happy as fuck to be a 59 rogue with a serpent tooth (pre epic) or vox spear.

You don't think people would camp out in ninja places to try to log in during a pull and gank tanks for dragon haste and shit? Give people something to do rather than kill them for 3% of their xp and then get corpse camped themselves? Heh.

Risk vs reward = fun

I think of people learned to bag their gear and the correct resist system was in place, you'd be fine with it.

[Yukahwa]

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

If resists were classic, ie immune to root at 50-60 mr, it would be kinda cool.

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What the world? In olden days, if you had 100MR unbuffed, you were in decent shape as a level 10 rogue PK for backstabbing sitting casters at orc hilll.

50-60 was never adequate. Its what you ran with as a poor guy (2X 7svm bracers, bloodstained mantle, DRT and a shiny brass shield if you weren't dual wielding. It was certainly not enough to be anywhere near good to go. It was a good effort and might be enough to get you to a zone line.

Resists seem a little funny here, but things were never that easy.

[Nirgon]

Bards have decent debuffs as well. It's not just the enchanter/shaman show.

[heartbrand]

1-50 isn't the issue for melees, anyone can buy some quick PL, it's the 51+ grind, the fact there's only so many chanters and clerics to go around, etc.

[SamwiseBanned]

My first toon on here was a warrior when population was close to 200. Ogre warrior with no groups around Guk so I traveled to faydark by boat. Once I got to gfay it took 2 days of logging in and out before someone would bind me. After finally being bound i spent the next 2 days lfg off an on. Finally I said fuck it and rolled a druid

[Nirgon]

Right and you making that warrior is a result of population / groups. Nothing about the resist system is good for starting melees. I made a cleric twink with hollowed bone bracers, 7mr bracers, etc etc and had a red con mage's pet land roots on me every time at around 80ish mr. I can't imagine if I was a melee dealing with that. You'd be fucked.

Yes, Nizzar's monk is going to be better off. But so would I playing guerilla warfare with Bundy as a bard + wizard. We could do so much more.. like not have to worry about getting snared/rooted and virtually insta gibbed.

The same minds that came up with the classic trilogy came up with this resist system. Not to mention, there was an entire server with a population of more than red + blue combined that didn't think "PvP sucks in this system".

If you think PvP is just entirely a side thought in this game? There were 4 (5 with discord) servers with pvp and the most memorable and grand scale GM events were about it. They even got down to super minor things like which items and tactics were and weren't allowed. They apparently cared a whole lot.

[CrystalBlue]

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

The same minds that came up with the classic trilogy came up with this resist system.

Those minds did not envison half the servers meeles running around in rainbow shields and phara dar robes either (and every other best in slot resist gear item), which will soon be the case. How do you think Trakanon was beat with 26 and the other kunark raidmobs with sometimes less? Shitty resists?

***** please


Those minds were also constantly adjusting the system behind the scenes. Stop pretending they had a perfect system and knew what they were doing flawlessly.

I'm convinced you have a secret directive from Cast to deep-six the server. This lunacy you are pushing on our 80 pop server coupled with item loot can mean nothing less.

[Nirgon]

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

Stop pretending they had a perfect system and knew what they were doing flawlessly.

No u.

And I won't stand for you blaspheming the classic Everquest trilogy. I will go Swampmad on your ass.

[SamwiseBanned]

Weird I've never had Mage pet root land me when i just had enduring magic. That being said I havent seen a Mage use earth pet over air in pvp since feb.