Quality Assurance vs Control

[Elderan]

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

Nihilum is to blame for the server decline, but so are their competitors. Their integrity is of course called into question when they start recruiting random level 30-somethings and convince every Azrael/Force they can to join them in exchange for loot that would otherwise go to more senior members, but it was a good move for the guild short-term.

Azrael and Force members (the ones with some integrity, that didn't join Nihilum) are to blame because they've given up, and instead of taking action they complain about Nihilum/GMs/admins/exp rate/server repops/CIA conspiracies here on the forums. If you're not willing to hunt down and murder the enemy (or at least try to) anymore, then you have lost the right to point your fingers and cry about them. Without looking like a sore loser or hypocrite anyway.

It's fine if you've become tired of having your hard earned progress eventually amounting to nothing and feel like quitting, but stop living in denial. The bad guys beat you, and you gave up on your team.

Devs do a lot, but they really could be doing more. Here's what I would do if I were a dev (you're probably lucky I'm not):

1. Get rid of blue server. It's unnecessary, and this might increase the population. Even if it doesn't, it frees up donated money that would be better spent on red.

2. End account trading/buying, and go after offenders hard.

3. Closely monitor ooc, and enforce the play nice policy rules (including naming policy). Suspend and ban people until they stop being stupid.

4. Yellow text when a character is suspended or banned. No yellow text for pvp. Maybe reward players for not engaging in pvp for a long while, and using diplomacy to solve disputes. People that know to use their words, and not their fists, could get like titles or something. Jeffery the Compassionate; Melissa the Noble

5. Somehow implement teams. I'd like to see SZ hard-coded teams, that a character can change ONCE through a long involved quest. Some new lore would have to be written, and they would have to choose a new god to worship. Anyone that chose agnostic for their character should just have that character deleted, because come on, how lame is that? If there's magic and dragons and stuff and you're not going to get into mythic religious stuff you're boring and we don't need you. Start over and make a cool RP backstory.

That would improve things a ton, at least for me.

First of all Nihilum pulled in some Azrael members who were just old holocaust members who were still friends with those holocaust who went to Nihilum. It is not like Nihilum picked some random Azrael people. Azrael was rolling with 50 people, I don't think losing 1-2 people killed them.

It comes down to two key factors. Leadership is one and Nihilum has a great leader, Azrael/Force doesn't. And your core group of people. Nihilums core group is far superior to Azraels in overall EQ play.

Nihilum does what it is supposed to on this box.

[Colgate]

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

It comes down to two key factors. Leadership is one and Nihilum has a great leader, Azrael/Force doesn't. And your core group of people. Nihilums core group is far superior to Azraels in overall EQ play.

Nizzar the Disciple

[Kraftwerk]

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

First of all Nihilum pulled in some Azrael members who were just old holocaust members who were still friends with those holocaust who went to Nihilum. It is not like Nihilum picked some random Azrael people. Azrael was rolling with 50 people, I don't think losing 1-2 people killed them.

Gloinzz
Roggeh
Whistler
Brysn

That's 4 that were plucked from Azrael/Force that I can recall off the top of my head. I'm sure there were a handful more, I stopped playing-ish when the server reset mid afternoon on a Tuesday. This egregious miscount on your numbers is calling your mission to state facts seriously into question.

[Smedy]

i think having spawn timers on static is one of the most retarded things, means people will only logon for 1 hour of raiding during the entirety of a week, and the constant server resets make sure these mob timers never ever move away from eachother

Make it random, embrace the underdog to be able to scout and snipe a mob every now and then, encourage people to be on

More constant + pop more random fighting

Remove the classic static shit timers ffs

[Jenni D]

I personally killed two different nihi today, although one was afk i think (sorry samhain)

svr still fun if you just pvp n pve with pals
doesnt have to include dragons and dkp (unless you never did that in eq previously)

[Smedy]

not sure what timezone you're on tina ,but everytime i logon and port around there's litteraly no one to kill, i might have to disband azrael to find pvp at my timezone, but then i've fucked myself out of any shot at getting sunstrike, shit's classic

[hijinks]

Welcome to the peaks and valleys cycle known as Red99. It's normal, so is people over reacting to it and starting the same things rehashed 100x over. Population will spike and drop here, I tend not to blame in-game actions as much as other games that are released. DarkFall UW finally re-released and to the average PvPr that might have been playing this for nostalgia, it is an attractive alternative.

We're playing a 14-15 year old elf simulator game, how fresh and thriving with life can you expect it to be? Especially with the hate that this server drowns in, unless you're the hardcore type with thick skin it just isn't very fun. I expect the pop to continue to hover where it's at now until Verious or some serious PvP changes such as YT/Leaderboards/etc, you have to give the hardcore PvP crowd something else to grind out other than raids.

[Elderan]

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

Gloinzz
Roggeh
Whistler
Brysn

That's 4 that were plucked from Azrael/Force that I can recall off the top of my head. I'm sure there were a handful more, I stopped playing-ish when the server reset mid afternoon on a Tuesday. This egregious miscount on your numbers is calling your mission to state facts seriously into question.

Whistler was the only one we went after and waived the 50dkp requirement to bring over. Gloinzz and Roggeh just came over on their own accord and they got no loot until their 50dkp requirement was reached. Brysn was much much later so not sure how you can count him.

[Jenni D]

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

not sure what timezone you're on tina ,but everytime i logon and port around there's litteraly no one to kill, i might have to disband azrael to find pvp at my timezone, but then i've fucked myself out of any shot at getting sunstrike, shit's classic

I usually play on n off throughout the day uhhh +12 hours ahead of parts of america.
Basically when chewie, salem n co are staying up late.

Theres pvp around, i havent stepped foot on kunark for months besides to buy a spell either. love dat classic eq shiz myself.
Next time im on n i see a target ill see if youre online to give you the location.

PEACE

[mendan]

colgate currently logged on his throw away sektor account and training fear onto nihilum.

nihilum buffed up and got ready for pvp, zoned into azrael wiping to CT, and now the training and griefing begins. sad sight...