RoZ

[SteppinnRazor]

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

Have fun downloading their "special" launcher so that freak can look through your browsing history. Count anybody with a brain out. The guy was doxxing people internet search history.

The doxxer was Secrets, and hes no longer involved with these servers.

Ive played every single one of these RoZ servers, and they are a shitload of fun. Highly recommend.

[Cwall 146.0]

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

i had a chance to read the season rules before i got banned;

the biggest criticism i can make of the server, if it's even a criticism, is that it's more like a devnoob server than r99

in order to progress your character, you actually have to engage in pvp

this will discourage most r99 players who really enjoy training (which doesn't earn you points) or enjoy mass leveling alts (which is ineffective because they don't have pvp points)

also, too many karanas

you're unbanned, I think burt thought you were someone pretending to be you and ban evading or something idk

[Cwall 146.0]

and yeah secrets isn't involved, the anticheat .dll is completely different from the one that secrets wrote a few years ago and isn't nearly as invasive

[Tyronius of Midnight]

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

Have fun downloading their "special" launcher so that freak can look through your browsing history. Count anybody with a brain out. The guy was doxxing people internet search history.

Secrets hasn't been on RoZ since 2.0

Also, Rogean also used secrets "AntiCheat" for many years, and likely still uses some form of it.

RoZ's anticheat is minimally invasive.

[pvpness]

**VISIT DISCORD SERVER FOR A MORE CLEARLY PRESENTED INFOMATION AND DISCUSSIONS** https://discord.gg/rRedv7Qh

Server Information Document : https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...E8DYHs9o/edit#

Rise of Zek

A Minstrel’s Tear (Season 1, 2023)

Classic - Kunark

General Things to Know

A full release schedule is found here and most major updates can be scrolled through here (must be in our discord, see top right of this document)

5 month season. 2 months Classic, 3 months Kunark.

Binding rules are Cities + Encampants*(See below) only.

A quick overview of PvP rules & mechanics:
PvP is +/- 4 levels
Characters can flag FFA if they help a player above their PvP range. FFA flag lasts several minutes.
Many zones are flagged FFA & Lockout, and have a level requirement. These rules, if any, will be displayed when you enter.

Boxing rules are set to 3 per person.

Corpses decay in 2.5 hours, and 6 hours in raid zones. Corpses can be retrieved at any Priest of Discord in a starting city when they rot.

Bards are removed. In their place, we have added Beastlords.

Bazaar has been enabled
- Accessible via the East Commonlands tunnel
- Cannot cast spells or melee while inside

Guilds are created by the server staff. Message Skeeter if you wish to create one.

PvP Mechanics


When you die in PvP, you are sent to the Island of Misfits (Safe Zone). When you are ready to go back to your bind point, click any torch or campfire in the zone. If you die again within a short time frame, you will be locked to the Island of Misfits for a short duration.

Players accrue Infamy when they get PvP kills. Infamy is a metric to track a player’s bounty. When a player dies in PvP, a percentage of their total Infamy is stolen and given to the person who gets the kill. If the killer is in a group, Infamy and points are divided amongst the group.

The number of PvP points earned is determined by the Infamy of the player killed, and a small bonus is also applied based on one’s own Infamy. Type #infamy in game to bring this information back up.


PvP Mechanics Continued

We have added PvP vendors that sell many different items. Some are augments you can slot into gear you acquire out in the world, some are custom spells, and some are items that can be worn. To see a full list, see this link. These vendors will be located in every city for you to view.
NPCs in many different zones have a chance to drop 2-slot and 3-slot augment gear in place of their original drop. E.g. a Skull Shaped Barbute has a chance to drop as 0, 2, or 3-slot augmentable version of itself.
Additionally, low-grade augments can be obtained by PvEing as well, but the best augments come from PvP vendors.

PvP Resist Notes

Root Soft cap set to 92%. The formula is Your Level + 60. So at level 50, you will need 110 MR to hit 92% resist rate on root.
Every additional 10MR = 1% chance to resist. At 190 MR, you will have achieved immunity to Root effects.
Some notes on Raids

Most Raid targets for now are set to 5 days +/- 8 hour variance
Most Raid targets banish pets if they are tanking
Plane of Fear and Plane of Hate trash is set to 24 hour respawn
Plane of Sky was changed dramatically from its classic version
You can access the zone by paying Rushka Deklamoor a small fee in East Commons (Solo Method). The regular method of group teleports is still an option
Buffs will not be stripped upon landing inside
No keys needed to travel island-to-island
Death Touch is disabled in this zone
A graveyard has been set up in the zone. All corpses will pop up on Island 1 after 20 minutes

Encampments

A legacy Rise of Zek mechanic is back. Encampments provide a way for guilds to quickly mobilize and rebuff.
To claim an encampment, a guild must buy an Encampment Deed from the North Freeport Office of Landholders. Turn it into any of the Encampment Lot NPCs and each Encampment Location.
Bind slots at encampments are limited to 36 characters. Melee are given a long cooldown gate item if they own an Encampment
NPCs that both guard and buff the owning guild are available at encampments
If an enemy guild destroys the bind stone, the encampment is lost
There is a token guilds can use to make their encampment immune for 15 hours.
Encampment locations are hand placed by server staff

[pvpness]

** Here is the google document of PVP Spell, Augment, and Item Changes **

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...gid=1040701152

[Raclen]

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

i had a chance to read the season rules before i got banned;

the biggest criticism i can make of the server, if it's even a criticism, is that it's more like a devnoob server than r99

in order to progress your character, you actually have to engage in pvp

this will discourage most r99 players who really enjoy training (which doesn't earn you points) or enjoy mass leveling alts (which is ineffective because they don't have pvp points)

also, too many karanas

The way it avoids devnoob counter strike pvp is by keeping PvE relevant and the most important path for progression. The pvp points help fill in some gaps for itemization or allow pure pvpers to have some sub par gear without the PvE.

The changes are intuitive. The gameplay is the same, you will still be doing the same stuff you would do on a 100% classic box.

The improvement being you can play a rogue in classic and have access to a 13 dmg weapon. The resists are in a better spot than red99 with root/snare and a solid partial dmg system with direct damage spells vs outright resist or full dmg.

Even though PvP points were added, the system was designed with making sure it didn't diminish any PvE progression.

[Raclen]

Another positive, the client is leagues ahead of titanium. You download the patcher and it installs everything with 1 click. The ui even has several versions preloaded similar to duxai. You can be up and running with a much better client with 1 click to try it out.

[Platexchange]

Drugs

[pvpness]

Solid Changes with great Quality of Life changes - still classic eq with need for pve however a focus on pvp.

ROF2 Client so much smoother than Titanium
NO Plugging
NO SEQ
NO BOWQUEST