Bring back the Dark Men of Odus

[CrazyPro]

DMO was a slippery slope from the start and attracted some bad actors
If you want to have an Erudite RP guild at least don't give it a questionable name and don't make your RP as weird as possible.

[Swish]

Funny how the blandest guilds survive, isnt it?

[ya.dingus]

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

DMO was a slippery slope from the start and attracted some bad actors
If you want to have an Erudite RP guild at least don't give it a questionable name and don't make your RP as weird as possible.

A questionable name? You're gonna have to explain to me that one.

[Ennewi]

Regular old guilds are more user-friendly and better able to meet the demands of the MMO which typically offers more rewards than the RPG side of the game. it's already a PITA trying to accomplish x, y, z during the original timeline, what with all of the bottlenecks and clusterfucks, but then suddenly all of that ass pain is increased for a guild when its class options are restricted by the one race they've chosen to fit a theme. A solution to this would be to allow for one or two more races.

A human-only guild could manage well enough, facing no setbacks if barbarians and erudites were included. Same but to a lesser extent with gnomes, if they were to include dwarves and halflings. Wood elves, high elves, and half elves wouldn't have access to feign death, and it would be hard to explain away the inclusion of dark elves. Ogres and trolls would need a shit ton of reapers to compensate for having no clerics, and their one bard with da oogly stick would be working overtime. At least iksars would have more bards, not to mention rogues, plus monks and necromancers. Not great but still.

On their own, erudites would get bards and rogues, assuming again that masks are allowed, but the lack of warriors would be a nagging setback, largely confining them to content from Kunark and earlier.

[ya.dingus]

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

Regular old guilds are more user-friendly and better able to meet the demands of the MMO which typically offers more rewards than the RPG side of the game. it's already a PITA trying to accomplish x, y, z during the original timeline, what with all of the bottlenecks and clusterfucks, but then suddenly all of that ass pain is increased for a guild when its class options are restricted by the one race they've chosen to fit a theme. A solution to this would be to allow for one or two more races.

A human-only guild could manage well enough, facing no setbacks if barbarians and erudites were included. Same but to a lesser extent with gnomes, if they were to include dwarves and halflings. Wood elves, high elves, and half elves wouldn't have access to feign death, and it would be hard to explain away the inclusion of dark elves. Ogres and trolls would need a shit ton of reapers to compensate for having no clerics, and their one bard with da oogly stick would be working overtime. At least iksars would have more bards, not to mention rogues, plus monks and necromancers. Not great but still.

On their own, erudites would get bards and rogues, assuming again that masks are allowed, but the lack of warriors would be a nagging setback, largely confining them to content from Kunark and earlier.

Perish that thought. Erudites are the most magically advanced and intelligent race. They're not going to settle for facsimiles over the real thing.

No, you're a son of Erud, or you're not. The matter is simple.

[Ennewi]

Alternatively, a thematic guild could be formed after the fact, with the majority of its members having already acquired BIS, allowing them to push their classes to the limit on content that would provide a challenge and remain profitable. This seems like more of possibility as the servers continue to age. After every guild/player has every item/experience they wanted, what then? Either make alts, complete solo artist challenges, or delevel back to one and revisit old content twinked to the hilt. Doing so, as a thematic guild, would add a layer of challenge to the attempt at higher levels.

[ya.dingus]

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

Alternatively, a thematic guild could be formed after the fact, with the majority of its members having already acquired BIS, allowing them to push their classes to the limit on content that would provide a challenge and remain profitable. This seems like more of possibility as the servers continue to age. After every guild/player has every item/experience they wanted, what then? Either make alts, complete solo artist challenges, or delevel back to one and revisit old content twinked to the hilt. Doing so, as a thematic guild, would add a layer of challenge to the attempt at higher levels.

Nay. Sons of Erud are true of their intention. Whatever the cost to gameplay, it is worth the sacrifice for the true brotherhood that comes with unity only with your brothers.

You are no son of Erud, and it shows.

[Ennewi]

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

You are no son of Erud, and it shows.

Rude.

[cd288]

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

I liked the DMoO players I encountered but I'm just gonna guess that there was some merit to the ban. P99 devs seem pretty chill for most part and not really woke by any common standards.

On a sidenote, Erudites are badass.

They were banned because they deleted the UN channel which caused a big pain in the ass/problem for the staff

[cd288]

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

In a fantasy game of "elves, trolls, ogres, dark elves", the one thing you desperately want to roleplay is ... dark-skinned humans? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yes Loramin we all know you want to call them racist and judge them for their guild. You've told us all that before.

Slightly ironic though considering your post about supporting free speech in the Off Topic forum