Red99 Stimulus Plan (some constructive feedback)

[Herb9]

I quit. First 23 hours of server being opened I was level 11 with only 5 online higher than me. The xp rate is stupid and on live at that same time I was level 16.

Also Thyrmm and Drakuul didn't get ice comet for a hottttttttttt minute but it's here already! weird! *plane of fear was open already

the grind sapped teh fun. and I *was* playing skyrim during downtimes.

[Nirgon]

Melees are strongest with assistance or in group pvp.

Pop is low because its not as easy street as blue 99.

Market will flood with items, or people will encourage friends to come with promises of power leveling and items.

It's rough out there now and *no one* will disagree with the fact that most people can't handle it. Faster xp isn't the solution.

[Nirgon]

Why you think SZ was such a great implementation I will never know. I played both and RZ was way better.

[Truth]

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

I played both and RZ was way bluer.

[Herb9]

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

Why you think SZ was such a great implementation I will never know. I played both and RZ was way better.

At the time SZ came up it was a perfect time to leave RZ. Adell and Kesdian had just united the server under that Ascending Dawn?? banner and the major wars were all over. RZ had already represented well at server wide tourneys and had since lost most of its big names.

Meanwhile on SZ, some of the major clans that had quit like Sinister came back for the launch and found themselves on the same team as Darkenbane, and mega pve clans like Legacy of Steel sent folks to form Ruin, and it was the most epic clash of pve minded players vs pvp minded players EQ has ever seen.

[Nirgon]

Originally Posted by Herb9 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

At the time SZ came up it was a perfect time to leave RZ. Adell and Kesdian had just united the server under that Ascending Dawn?? banner and the major wars were all over. RZ had already represented well at server wide tourneys and had since lost most of its big names.

Meanwhile on SZ, some of the major clans that had quit like Sinister came back for the launch and found themselves on the same team as Darkenbane, and mega pve clans like Legacy of Steel sent folks to form Ruin, and it was the most epic clash of pve minded players vs pvp minded players EQ has ever seen.

Yeah that whole rally the server against FU/PB etc came just short of failing though. Moral of the story: GM involvement to break up pvp in raid zones (really, really, stupid) and (admittedly) members on our side cheating burned us. Their shit almost didn't work. That war was better than any stories I've heard on SZ. I logged in Coldcut for some pvp and had my own 52 geared up wizard there, nothing was as good as the Velious battles on RZ, but maybe that's just a matter of taste for me.

[PhantomRogue]

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

Yeah that whole rally the server against FU/PB etc came just short of failing though. Moral of the story: GM involvement to break up pvp in raid zones (really, really, stupid) and (admittedly) members on our side cheating burned us. Their shit almost didn't work. That war was better than any stories I've heard on SZ. I logged in Coldcut for some pvp and had my own 52 geared up wizard there, nothing was as good as the Velious battles on RZ, but maybe that's just a matter of taste for me.

Different strokes for different folks.

Even with the rampant hacking on SZ (on all sides), I wouldn't trade that server for anything. Those that were around for the Hate, ToW, Ruin, Honorbound days were the folks who wouldn't care if they got Ganked at level 40 by a level 60, because the server was FUN. They were around for the huge PvP battles. The train wars, training mobs onto a <Hate> Cursed raid. Mem blurring bosses, rapturing clerics in the middle of CH rots.

That is the one thing that this server misses the most (in my opinion). The feeling of being on a TEAM to go up against your enemy. There's no point in trying to corpse camp Holo or Nihilum, because they can just as easily be tagged in IF the next day. It's too easy to change sides here. We needed teams to serve as a 'breeding ground' for your side. But with teams, you need more people than FFA... so... whatev.

[hagard]

Why in the fuck would you want to grind 200 hours to lvl 50. I'd rather not play at all

[Albane]

I like the idea of a Global Auction channel. Is this something you can disable if you don't want to hear it?

[Nirgon]

It won't be used for global auction tho dude, even if it's tied to /auc.


Also, as far as what Nilbog said, exactly.