New server with the following rules:
1) Follows timeline to live patches or as close as possible
2) 1 Character per account / 1 Account per IP
3) Everything is "NO DROP" + Axe recharging
4) Disable Multi-questing
Reasoning:
1) - Pretty sure spending 5years in Kunark or several years in content that is suppose to last way less time has a negative impact on the high end, especially since Kunark had the same level cap as Velious. (P99's end expansion)
2) Several things come with this change. First it makes peoples choice of class really central to playing on that server, also it makes everybody stand out a lot more, while this wont effect a lot of players who only play one character anyway It limits a guilds overall strength when many hardcore members no matter how much time they commit on the server they are only worth 1 character, they cant just log in 4+ other level 60's for raids / item farming / spot checking and so on of high value spawns in the world
3) Get people involved in the world. First and foremost this does not kill the economy of the game. Everyone would just start selling "Services" such as PL'ing or they will camp and item or help you kill something which already happens on p99 in terms of selling Merc's to kill epic boss fights to complete certain MQ's. At the very least people will spend more time with others in order to get gear and be involved in the game and other zones other than EC. Also it makes raiding a lot more difficult by Axing recharges. Which yes was used back in the day but nowhere near to the extent it is used on P99
4) Again... get people involved with each other, even if its just selling services. Also I feel it really hurts the game when "Anything is purchasable". Yes loot rights could be sold but at least with MQ'ing axed it would make it quite a bit harder to the point that you might as well just camp it yourself or with friends / guild, rather than just buy it in EC
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