R99 Behavioral Issues [GMs] - Page 7

Telron · #1 03-29-2014, 04:50 PM

Anyone who argues that ignore is a suitable solution to negative behavior is just ignorant. The reality is that while this behavior is going to happen, it shouldn't be tolerated or accepted and should definitely be punished. Simply telling people to use ignore is a band-aid fix that really doesn't solve the problem.

People leave this server every day because of the toxic BS that happens here, and in ooc, and in pms. Maybe their skin isn't thick enough. I would agree. But they are still leaving. A proper solution is to cut the BS and stop being such douche bags. Anything the staff can do to facilitate that would increase the server population.

Grow up people and start treating your fellow players with respect. This is a MMO you know... Or do you really want a dead server.

Squire · #2 03-29-2014, 04:53 PM

player attrition has much more to do with exp, mechanics, and the overall playability of red than ooc, one cannot engage in a serious conversation about player retention as it pertains to a chat box when the overall gaming experience is so poor at the moment. i have faith the devs will address this, but until the population is raised via other fixes, improvements, etc global ooc will be necessary, for better or worse.

if the devs offer some sort of augmentation to player chat in concert with a suite of other changes to improve ones ability to group, pvp etc, then i'm all for it. as it currently stands, the sub 50 population (i.e. the players we should be trying to retain, and the type we should trying to attract) are soloing mobs in empty zones, i know I'd personally hate to engage in this with absolutely zero outside contact. As you said Telron, this is an MMO, and player interaction is the cornerstone of this genre, and on a pvp server one presumably is knowingly signing up for a bit of negative interaction as well.

A pvp server is not this.

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A pvp server is this.

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I think as the server CURRENTLY stands in terms of population and the rate of progression, removal of ooc as something to, at the very least look at while medding, would do more damage than good. Its cliche, but there is a certain amount of truth that goes with saying that if someone has such thin skin that ooc offends them to the point of quitting, I'm not sure they could survive being a level 52 and engaging in post PnP era pvp, either.

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holy shit.

indeed.

Fame · #3 03-29-2014, 05:00 PM

Fawqueue · #4 03-29-2014, 05:08 PM

Honestly the real fix isn't XP, Pathing, OOC, or toxic players...it's the lack of a time machine. We need to physically get back to 1999, then we'll have all the PvP and players we could ask for!

So less QQ, more inventing guys.

Squire · #5 03-29-2014, 05:11 PM

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After fixes come

Can we hear about any of these fixes or design direction plans? I believe a week and a half ago you said you were going to mention some this past week.

Squire · #6 03-29-2014, 05:50 PM

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Can we hear about any of these fixes or design direction plans? I believe a week and a half ago you said you were going to mention some this past week.

Zoolander · #7 03-29-2014, 05:28 PM

derubael have u raised a fresh toon after the expnerf as a player?

dont get me wrong, but as a gm its easy to say that everything is fine with the nerf without actually playing with the current nerf and population cut half.

Derubael · #8 03-29-2014, 05:35 PM

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derubael have u raised a fresh toon after the expnerf as a player?

dont get me wrong, but as a gm its easy to say that everything is fine with the nerf without actually playing with the current nerf and population cut half.

I leveled a toon on red99 prior to the crazy bonus being put in, when it was just the scaling bonus and a sub 100 pop.

that being said, i've never said it was 'fine'. I understand that some kind of accelerated XP is needed 1-60. just not 400%-200% (which is what it was before 1-50)

dethbringre · #9 03-29-2014, 05:39 PM

Mmmm even 200% sounds tasty right about now

Agatha · #10 03-29-2014, 05:44 PM

plain and simple though if u want to get nit and gritty about it. is that anyone who levels a char on this server without 4x bonus is a fucking retard that is wasting there time.

server needs to level off before i even begin to start playing again in a meaningful way.

the server as of now, just isnt working out. people with no actual investment making changes, like the recent removal of the exp bonus, basically kicking a whole guild off the server just goes to show you.

if you dont look at that and think to yourself hmmm this doesnt really seem like all that of a stable server, you are retarded.