Discord server win conditions

[Technique]

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

This server is intended to only last for a month or two, after which point all characters will be deleted, and the highest level characters will earn a spot on a new Hall of Fame section of the website.

So the winning strategy will be to level to cap during off hours in underpopulated zones and then log out until the server is closed.

How exciting.

By contrast, the classic Discord server rankings were based on kill points so there was actually a reason to continue playing for the lifetime of the server:

Points are based on the victims, not the killer. Players can only gain points from characters that are within 20 levels of them and higher level targets will earn more points. The point total is distributed evenly between each person in a group with any fraction of a point rounded up to a full point. Additionally, if your character is slain, half of your earned kill points are lost.

Without this system or one approximating it in place, p99 Discord will be even more pointless than it already sounds.

[SamwiseRed]

I dont think anyone gives a shit about the hall of fame part. Most of us just want to play on a perma death server. I could be wrong and you do make a valid point if anyone is actually trying to "win." I just hope to survive and kill as much people as possible.

[B4EQWASCOOL]

If you are having fun while playing a video game, you are winning.

[Technique]

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

I dont think anyone gives a shit about the hall of fame part.

Because it's a pitiful reward compared to these:

The victorious will be bestowed the following prizes:

• A class-appropriate item will be named after each winning character in the upcoming EverQuest expansion, the Gates of Discord. As an example, a winning Ranger may have a magical bow named after their character, while a Wizard might have an enchanted staff given their name.
• Each winning character will receive their named item shortly after the new EverQuest expansion, Gates of Discord, launches.
• Winners will be allowed a one-time transfer of their character and all gear from the Discord server to another server of their choosing.
• Winning characters will be awarded a unique title that distinguishes them from their fellow Norrathians.

[TheBiznessTZ]

Originally Posted by B4EQWASCOOL [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

If you are having fun while playing a video game, you are winning.

Dont you dare go start making sense

[hammbone]

I don't mind permadeath but +/- 20 lv range is silly as hell.

[lowner411]

How about some sort of ELO system used for chess, based not on the level of the character or the number of kills, but the time the character is played. At the end of the server, tally the number of hours played + the number of hours played by all the kills of this character * some modifier.

[Tassador]

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

I don't mind permadeath but +/- 20 lv range is silly as hell.

Your right it should be +- 50 so when I level my Druid to level 39 I can go around killing level 1's and screaming fuckyahhhh

[HippoNipple]

If you can just live with the fact that you aren't going to win this server and you are playing just to mess around you will have a better time.

The people that win are just going to be grinding for 2-3 weeks straight 12 hours a day.

[iruinedyourday]

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