Item loot thread

[Porkchop]

Maybe we should have item loot weekends. Or item loot zones.

[mindsculptor]

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

Maybe we should have item loot weekends. Or item loot zones.

welcome to the zone full of naked casters

[Nirgon]

You act there isn't no drop and it would be completely hopeless for melees if root/snare/stun/blind were fixed.

[runlvlzero]

If you believe in item loot you could always offer up any one of your items to the guy that killed you, i'm sure they would be more then happy to oblige you ;p

I agree its fun, but every EMU server that had it eventually died even though it really wasnt because of item loot.

Not that my opinion matters... I have no clue about this server I just rolled a toon ;p

[HippoNipple]

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

Yeah I'm just looking for a Rallos Zek rule set I guess.

I'll keep looking for that perfect server or play any of the other MMOs without item loot for now (read: yeah right).

I know people, myself included on live that lost "shiny loots" playing and didn't quit. *Shrug* gives people something to do other than farm camps and xp for progression and really promotes a PK/Anti-PK mentality.

People that never played it have a hard time understanding it. It really is all about the PK/Anti-PK. Right now it is Zerg/Anti-Zerg mentality and it is boring. Eventually the Anti-Zerg becomes the zerg and it goes back and forth.

Item loot actually pairs people with the same mind set in guilds. Personality shows and shit gets real.

[HippoNipple]

With that said I have 0 faith in this server ever going in that direction. I am content where it is, but will always vote towards YT, item loot, etc.

[runlvlzero]

Hippo you are pretty spot on, item loot shows guild loyalty, affiliation and promotes good players building a community.

Without it, it takes longer but I says someone who's been on either side for a year and put up with w/e from there has earned their ***'s to be considered worthy oponents.

Its far far worse on a pure blue server ;p Were people PVP by KSing and generally being asshats. Here at least you got to set the bar and get trolled by real trolls rather then PL'd 5 year olds.

Not sayin there aint exceptions...

[Nirgon]

Every emu server without it died too

[genrah]

Item loot adds risk vs. reward. Having little to no death penalty on a pvp server is kinda pointless Don't like pvp death penalty, go play blue.

Plus it several elements like a black market for gear, pursuit of no drop items, not to mention more thrill to the battle.

Saying item loot will kill a server that usually averages sub 50 people on it is absurd. I think more people do not play on this server due to a lack of item loot than people realize.

For instance, the DayZ mod has full item loot and perma death. That game just hit a million users.

There is a thirst for hardcore death penalty out there, too bad we cant get an EQ PvP server that realizes this and only straddles the fence between blue and red ruleset. Actually lets just call it a purple server from here on, its more fitting as it seems to want to cater to blues.

Rallos Zek around during Kunark era was possibly the best gaming experience one could have in this game. Nuff said.

-g

[Advisor]

I am Rallos Zek, played the majority of my EQ career there...

Item loot will not work here, too many cry babies and pussies.


Server needs to start with item loot at lvl 1 so people can loot leather and cheer and loot fine steel and retire, only then, will you be prepared, for the brutal, insane, awesome, pvp that is, item loots!