Game Mechanics: Butcher Block

[taypost]

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

Greetings,

I've just recently found this server and have to commend you guys on providing this for us.

In an attempt to maintain original EQ accuracy, I'd like to inform you that I've found two significant problems with the dwarven starting area.

1) Spawn rates seem too fast and too often. As a low level dwarf I can be fighting a goblin for example, and be attacked by 3 others before it is dead. These spawns can continue and keep me in combat until I'm forced to run. This seems unrealistic to me compared to original EQ.

2) Krag chicks are quite clearly "KoS" on this server however that was not the case in original EQ. People seem to disagree with me on this, however I can distinctly remember that as a dwarf, you started at dubious to the krag faction. It was always very debatable if you wanted to start killing them as they were higher level and good xp, but after about 3 kills you'd turn KoS and have to deal with those risks.

I appreciate the hard work I've seen put into this community so far and hope that this feedback is well-received.

-Ruinous
Cleric of Brell Serilis

bump.

[Ruinous]

Figured I would also add that the orc runner spawning in the dwarf newbie area right in front of Kaladim is incorrect. He originally spawned near the gfay zone line, ran around past chessboard and towards xroads.

He's level 6-9 as I recall.... not exactally the type of mob you want in your newbie starting area.

[nilbog]

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

Figured I would also add that the orc runner spawning in the dwarf newbie area right in front of Kaladim is incorrect. He originally spawned near the gfay zone line, ran around past chessboard and towards xroads.

He's level 6-9 as I recall.... not exactally the type of mob you want in your newbie starting area.

Fixed, pending update

[Kuron]

Figured I would also add that the orc runner spawning in the dwarf newbie area right in front of Kaladim is incorrect. He originally spawned near the gfay zone line, ran around past chessboard and towards xroads.

Excellent that this is getting fixed. Thanks, Nilbog!

If it's any kind of help: I remember selling things at xroads quite often on live, standing there for hours at a time, and seeing the Runner get repeatedly slaughtered by Nyzil Bloodforge and friends. It was pretty much the end of his journey 95% of the time. The other 5% when he'd actually sneak by was when that gang of guards would be busy slaughtering something else. If he managed to get by, he'd run all the way to the Butcherblock newbie area, but it was rare that this happened.