New Lodizal Agreement Proposal

[ScottBerta]

I’d be for a roll off but I would propose winner gets pick of first item, 2nd place second item, etc ..this may encourage more to help kill. I also like the idea of having people help or forced to help like Scout.

[newsgent]

i love this idea and would support its implementation! the current system is heavily biased towards US east coast players and is inherently unfair... sad that p99 staff have allowed this to go on for years already! change is way overdue

[Daldolma]

Rolling is the worst possible option. Scout is an absolute travesty where 50 people line up their 9th alts for a 2% chance at conveyor belt loot. The encounter is completely trivialized and in almost all instances, the winning roller and his friends/guildmates in attendance would have zero chance of actually killing the Captain but for the fact that 49 other neck beards are honor bound to help since they too rolled. Replicating that process on Lodi is a terrible idea.

Just change the spawn timer. Make him completely random. No window, no variance, no skips. Work out the probabilities so he spawns at roughly the same rate, but with no rules on timing. If folks wanna spend 48 straight hours sitting at Lodi spawn to race for FTE, let them.

[LazyHydras]

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

Rolling is the worst possible option. Scout is an absolute travesty where 50 people line up their 9th alts for a 2% chance at conveyor belt loot. The encounter is completely trivialized and in almost all instances, the winning roller and his friends/guildmates in attendance would have zero chance of actually killing the Captain but for the fact that 49 other neck beards are honor bound to help since they too rolled. Replicating that process on Lodi is a terrible idea.

Just change the spawn timer. Make him completely random. No window, no variance, no skips. Work out the probabilities so he spawns at roughly the same rate, but with no rules on timing. If folks wanna spend 48 straight hours sitting at Lodi spawn to race for FTE, let them.

This. I know this isn't the Scout Roll amendment thread, but, I am still in favor of Loramin's suggestion there regarding bring-your-own-group and there being a /list mechanic for each group.

[Fammaden]

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

Rolling is the worst possible option. Scout is an absolute travesty where 50 people line up their 9th alts for a 2% chance at conveyor belt loot. The encounter is completely trivialized and in almost all instances, the winning roller and his friends/guildmates in attendance would have zero chance of actually killing the Captain but for the fact that 49 other neck beards are honor bound to help since they too rolled. Replicating that process on Lodi is a terrible idea.

People's ninth alts only deserve good loot if they farm tens of thousands of platinum to buy it. Showing up every ten hours for months on end is far too easy compared to farming 20k.

[Daldolma]

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

People's ninth alts only deserve good loot if they farm tens of thousands of platinum to buy it. Showing up every ten hours for months on end is far too easy compared to farming 20k.

I don't really care whether people gear up 9 alts or not. But gameplay mechanics should encourage actually... playing the game in order to get that gear.

Logging in and out a toon and typing /ran every 10 hours for a 2% chance at being handed loot is a non-classic bastardization of EQ.

[Pretzelle]

Just have him spawn randomly during his window at any node on his path. Or hell, at any random loc in the zone.

[Nathaniel]

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

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Or hell, at any random loc in the zone.

That would make him very likely to spawn somewhere in the huge ocean towards North Ro.
Would be fun actually! :-)

[Baler]

a lot of people who play P99 don't even read or post on the forums.

[LazyHydras]

THIS being said. . . how are you going to implement a roll on a mob like Lodizal with variance and a skip mechanic? lel.