So now that all the bugs have been worked out...

[astuce999]

I would be for a 2nd server, starting with Vanilla only and following the timeline to the release of kunark more closely since all the work has already been done. And then hopefully by the time Velious is completed it can also be implemented on that server much more closely to the time it should have taken.

I don't think we'd need to reset the current server, I think that most people would move to the new server on their own because deep down a server that is closer to classic from the get-go, has tools to stop cheating from the start, is more free of bugs and exploits, has a much stronger population from the start, has a lot of appeal.

I would be in favor of keeping all the nerfs, including non-classic ones like item recharge, and probably more nerfs, like bard AE-kiting (and I'm a bard).

I think making things more difficult is better, and it makes the journey more fun.

I would potentially go even as far as to say no IP exemption period, only 2 characters per account, and only 1 account per IP. This part might be a little too harsh but would solve a lot of problems at the same time.

just musing,

'stuce

[Nihilist_santa]

How about a plat sink? I remember mounts and crap were supposed to be utilized as platinum sinks to help the economies some. This is unclassic and I hated mounts in EQ but I think something even if its something based around an event like a casino or some such to draw in the plat from the server that is just sitting on toons would be a decent start. Hell even allowing the purchase of titles would be something that is not game breaking and could suck up excess plat.

I don't think a reset is necessary to fix these issues and would probably hurt the server more than anything.

[Nihilist_santa]

astuce999 I don't think eliminating IP exemptions will help anything. I know myself that I only came back because they allowed IP exemptions so that I could play with my brother.
When I first started playing here I had coworkers that wanted to play but when they found out their wife or kids couldn't play with them they gave up even trying.

Any policy that limits the number of fresh players on a server is only going to hurt it.

[Tecmos Deception]

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

I think something even if its something based around an event like a casino or some such to draw in the plat from the server that is just sitting on toons would be a decent start. Hell even allowing the purchase of titles would be something that is not game breaking and could suck up excess plat.

The issue with selling guises or pot binds or titles for ridiculous amounts of PP is that the only people who would spend crazy money on those things are the people whose money isn't in circulation right now anyways.

And a casino? I guess it's pretty likely that would suck up more PP from an average player than it would from someone who already has more PP than he knows what to do with. But that isn't really helping long-term, it's just going to maybe drive down prices right now while making the super-rich even more powerful, economically speaking, when Velious rolls around and they open up their bank accounts.

I guess both might work? I don't know.

[Detoxx]

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

How about a plat sink? I remember mounts and crap were supposed to be utilized as platinum sinks to help the economies some. This is unclassic and I hated mounts in EQ but I think something even if its something based around an event like a casino or some such to draw in the plat from the server that is just sitting on toons would be a decent start. Hell even allowing the purchase of titles would be something that is not game breaking and could suck up excess plat.

I don't think a reset is necessary to fix these issues and would probably hurt the server more than anything.

Quoted for Truth.

[eqravenprince]

Just make all NPC armor/weapons no drop. No need for a platsink then as npc items wouldn't have a value. Tradeskills becomes more valuable. But then all the people who twink out their level 1 alts with a Fungi tunic will QQ. But yeah, I would love to play on a new P99 server. If anything, it would give me a few months without rampant twinking and powerleveling.

[Nihilist_santa]

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

Just make all NPC armor/weapons no drop. No need for a platsink then as npc items wouldn't have a value. Tradeskills becomes more valuable. But then all the people who twink out their level 1 alts with a Fungi tunic will QQ. But yeah, I would love to play on a new P99 server. If anything, it would give me a few months without rampant twinking and powerleveling.

^ This idea is game breaking. The economy becomes near useless, everything that is worth getting becomes camped and you wont get what you wanted when you need it anyways. Most tradeskills were garbage til they redid them around Velious and thus would suck even more. Not to mention the obvious bringing your alt along while your buddy/guild kill the mob to twink a character.

The problem isn't with twinking the problem is with too much liquidity. I think a few well done plat sinks could help alleviate that. These things could be cosmetic for instance an Idea I had the other day was what about offering race changes for an excessive amount of plat or some such gimmick? There are some mechanics issues with racial bonuses and stuff but nothing game breaking , nothing that removes immersion and its something high level toons would consider and eliminates plat.

[Randy]

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

How about a plat sink?

I was thinking make a vendor that sell Guises for like 250k-500k... they don't effect game play that much and people love them.

[smokemon]

That's enough outta you, onion-ring sasquach !!! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Issues]

A server reset is a bad idea. Period. Just because players have paid their dues on their original toons and choose to twink alts, doesn't mean the server isn't classic.

The server is classic regardless of how many toons a guy has equipped with whatever.

Sure brand new players will witness guys with epics and fungis so what. Lets go ahead and wipe the server so that hundreds of guys lose months, years of effort so new players don't see a guy with a fungi tunic.

And to what end? Eventually the identical situation would occur. So make a server with 100% resets every year? also bad, even more closed and how many times does a guy want to re live original EQ1 nostalgia anyways...