Clean pixels ONLY on red99 beta

[Crenshinabon]

You guys do realize that its +- 8 lvls? 60s cant pvp anyone.
So in essence naked lvl 60 transfers are useless and only people under 50 will have any fun.
I have a lvl 21 cleric ready to rock in full bronze.

[Xareth]

I'm only ok with blue transfers because:

1. It's only beta.

2. It's be a better test for all levels AND resists.

3. It'd be the only (mass) beta for 51-60 and kunark gear.

4. Most lvl 50-60's wont need to spend ANY time to level or get gear, so they will be testing more resists and pvp - theoretically - as opposed to the whole population starting fresh with an xp multiplier.

5. Who fuckin cares? It's just beta.

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

You guys do realize that its +- 8 lvls? 60s cant pvp anyone.
So in essence naked lvl 60 transfers are useless and only people under 50 will have any fun.
I have a lvl 21 cleric ready to rock in full bronze.

Sorry, but no. There will be plenty of lvl 52-58's that can attack and be attacked by a lvl 50. So as soon as that happens, lvl 60's can interact due to the dynamic pvp system.

[Bockscar]

Naked transfers would be nice, but that hasn't been indicated by any of the announecments or IRC discussions. Anyway, regardless of how item transfers work, most people still haven't hit 60 on p99 and are sitting around 56-58ish. I'm starting to think we'd be better off just not having transfers at all, or bringing 51+ chars down to 50. Leveling to 50 is gonna take a couple of days anyway with 1000% exp.

[Arshis]

I somewhat agree that only fresh characters should be involved with the beta testing of P99 Red due to a few reasons

1) Having fresh levels will better imitate the way P99 red will be. Allowing you to better test spell dynamics in combat from 1-50

2) The level 60's will have an unfair gear advantage.
I wouldn't be surprised if a large portion of the P99 red fan base no longer play blue and do not have active characters to move over.

[Morninx]

No transfers. Fresh characters to have true representation of server for true test. If worry is about not having enough to participate then keep progress from beta when live so people don't feel like their individual time is wasted over the next several weeks. Dont wipe beta when live released.

[Humerox]

No transfers. Fresh characters to have true representation of server for true test.

How can PvP resists be tested then? Unless you guys want a 6 month beta...just be happy it's here.

My only concern is that bored p99 players will just log on to grief the shit out of the "red" players who talk mad shit on the forums and end up souring the experience for people who might have otherwise actually played on the server when it opens.

They'll get bored and leave. And we could whip over a few counter twinks, ez peezy japanezy.

[Coriolis]

I'd have to agree with the no Kunark-era items for testing integrity, even if it means my lowbie monk has to get rid of his Cane of the Tranquil heh, not that he is much of a twink anyways.

Having Kunark gear on all level ranges (not just the level 60's) will certainly skew the testing results. Overall it probably wouldn't be incredibly harmful but, as was said before, there is absolutely no point in including something in testing that won't be there for the live version... It simply doesn't make any sense.

I just get the mental image of:

"Hey let's see if this bicycle works"
"Ok go hop on that Harley and take it for a spin, clearly if its running OK the bicycle is in tip-top shape."

[Amuk]

20x exp rate - named mobs spawn 100% of the time, leave drop chance %'s the same though IMO.

[Amuk]

Planar keep legit, maybe jack resist gear (gems) drop rate to get peoples resists up and testing also.

[jilena]

I have to agree that kunark gear will skew things a bit but honestly outside of resists and damage most of the mechanics can be tested with any character(s).

My only concern is that bored p99 players will just log on to grief the shit out of the "red" players who talk mad shit on the forums and end up souring the experience for people who might have otherwise actually played on the server when it opens. *shrug*