Egg-shaped pumice, chipped bone rod.

[Envious]

Lethdar too hardcore for Pumice.

This shit should be in game. Was part o classic PvPs.

Eh, forgot... Sullon wasnt classic PvP.

[Toomuch]

All I have to say is, if this shit's in game, I'm rolling bard, and I'm getting a group of melee's and a druid/wizard, and we're just going to run around ganking the absolute shit out of people all day. Everybody clicks once, no buffs, GG we win.

Matter of fact, keep it in. All you turds cheering for it be ready.

[Envious]

I spent years playing with it.

Lethdar wants it out of game, and Golem wands in game, because he is willing to spend hours camping a dispel clickable. Then will excuse it as being "developing his characters ability" or something similar. That farming gear is part of the game, but buying items off a vendor that was part of classic EQ, is not.

Guy is a heterosexually challenged person. (That ok for forums? Dont wanna use the bad word.)

Toomuch, did you play classic EQ PvP? And no, Sullon does not count.

[Envious]

http://youtu.be/_6wzsIh93qc

[Toomuch]

I started EQ late, admitedly. I started when kunark was the current xpac, a couple months later Velious came out, but I was bouncing around servers as a newbie with friends. Spent a little time on TZ, Terris-Thule (hated blue), then found Sullon Zek, and it was home.

So no, I missed that phase. Maybe I'm just bitter because I was on good team and never had easy access to golem wands, so I was only ever getting shit on with spam insta dispells, but seriously... that shit is imbalanced. It ruins people's fighting chances. I don't want golem wands in either, because it's stupid. No matter if it takes time to farm or not, it's OP as hell and doesn't belong on something they are trying to make into a decent server. Yes, they are going "classic", but there's plenty of sploits and broken shit that they aren't reverting to, simply because it's not in the best interest of the server.

Insta click spammable dispell is NOT in the best interest of the server, in my not so humble opinion.

[Envious]

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

It ruins people's fighting chances.

Makes everyone chances more equal imo... you get jumped with pants at ankles by someone that spent 15 minutes buffing... blow 3 or 4 pumice and its all equal.

Above post was edited about 15 times trying to get it to embed... then found out only RnF... then failed to get it to work there. Anyway. Good shits.

[Vohl]

The current state of the game is pretty biased toward casters. A root or snare landing means game over for any monk, rogue or warrior. Pumice was the classic answer to that tactic. The classic answer to any warrior, monk or rogue was to strafe three steps as they run at you. Keep in mind that this server is pre-Kunark. Weapon drops that make melee truly dangerous in PvP are largely missing from red99.

[Bockscar]

Crystallized pumice does the job of giving everyone access to a dispel. Unlimited storebought insta-click dispel is so gamebreaking that I fully expect the server to launch without Egg-shaped pumice. Insta-pumice would basically remove the concept of duration-based spells from the game, especially at this point in time where, unlike back then, everyone knows everything and is prepared to rake in every conceivable advantage. I'm not a huge fan of golem wands either, but the important difference here is that they're not sold with unlimited supply in every town all over the game world. Anyone can and will run around with two bags full of pumice. They won't have two bags full of golem wands.

[Darwoth]

costs 300p to buy back a wand, so minimum of 600p each time you blow one if you are reacharging them.

this is largely different than a 15p instagib for all buffs/dots/snare/roots, i played during egg shaped pumices and the playerbase was different back then, in spite of being freely available maybe 1 in 8 people had them and the majority who did would only have one or two.


13 years of playerbase evolution would completely change the dynamic of combat into a shitfest with what amounts to free instant dispel.

[Envious]

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

Insta-pumice would basically remove the concept of duration-based spells from the game

Not really, play in groups, learn cast times, bury duration magic spells, watch them strip their own buffs.

You guys are going to be upset with the no-lifers like Lethdar having a golem wand EVERY TIME YOU FIGHT them. While your stuck trying to channel a 3 second cast through a quadding pet, perhaps 3 pets, with no skill while being nuked.