Simulated Patch Day Repop's

[Akame]

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

This server is supposed to be about going back to a time in EQ lots forgot and having fun but once you been there and done that there isn't any fun because of guilds like the guilds that sit there and fist bump each other in a zone sitting in one spot for days on end and talk about how cool they are.

These same issues existed back then, there is nothing unusual about raid target competition and disagreement. It's when the guilds get ugly with eachother that it becomes "unfun." The difference is in 1999 most of the players were adults, often in the IT fields, the players now are for the most part teenagers, and some young adults who are quite used to getting their way and weren't taught common courtesy growing up.

Same game, same problems, new generation.

[Aeolwind]

The problem with this, all along, has been a set of douche bags that choose to try to cheat....on a "free" server...of 11 year old content.

Patch day pops were classic. But due to limitations (Mainly the staff being human) we can't do this, even simulated. It's been explained in other threads re: the same topic. While we sit on the "OMG IT MUST BE CLASSIC" fence, it -cannot- be "at all costs". And opening an exploitable hole like patch day pops has the potential to ruin the server.

Being the guy that does most of the work on raid content re-creation (Poorly in many cases I might add) I want it to be close as possible. I recently upped the AC on the raid mobs considerably to help push this end. And I'll continue to make changes like this, but I can't in good conscience open this particular hole.

[Gwence]

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

I believe simulated patch day repop would be detrimental to the server's health. Raid variance has a side effect of having to play a lot to get raid mobs. If it had simulated patch day.. i'd say server would lose a good chunk of poeple that compete for these mobs.

I remember when there was a rotation, hardly anyone would log on when there wasnt anything to kill. It made the server quite a dull place. Simulated patch day would bring the same issue. Everything would die in 3 hours, then there wont be anything else to do for raiders.

This raid variance makes it that people are tied to this server. They gotta be on there to help their guild and what not. It actually motivate poeple to play here.

aka DA would get no mobs if they actually had to mobilize instead of camp

No one plays right now either, they afk for 3 days with their characters online then wake up when they get a call or txt or alert of some kind.

Patch day spawns were always a BONUS on live they did not remove the normal variance of the spawns on regular cycles, it was a once in a while thing, also spawns on live did not respawn on server crashes or general server maintainence downtime, just on actual patches where .exe was changed. There was also a variance on the actual patch day iirc of approx 12 hours or so, but that might have been implemented during luclin era.

[Vyal]

But this isn't back then--- That was YEARS AGO for dee luv of god I have solo'd half these gods and dragons, I remember making a video years ago about how to glitch into vox and solo it as a mage.....

All I am saying is that if your whole intention is to come to this server and play to return to a cool period in EQ but you end up getting to end game joining a raid guild and doing nothing with your time but waiting on these things to spawn --------- YOUR MISSING THE POINT ------------ & you need to go play Live where this type of thing has been perfected in there are hundreds of badass mobs you can go kill.

Just doesn't make sense thats why I quit this server people are fucking retarded.

[Akame]

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

The problem with this, all along, has been a set of douche bags that choose to try to cheat....on a "free" server...of 11 year old content.

If it can't work or opens potential exploits, we'll just have to find another way for the raiders to all play together. Maybe send them out drinking and go get manicures together and party all night at the Korean bathhouse like I do with my friends. That will make friends out of anyone I guarantee.

[Akame]

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

I remember making a video years ago about how to glitch into naggy and solo it as a mage.....

....Just doesn't make sense thats why I quit this server.....

Then can you quit posting too, exploiters don't exactly have much to say in my book.

[Vyal]

You kidding me right?

I was with DA camping Naggy for like 3 days straight, if we wanted to be in that guild and over 46 we had to either be in fear or solb camping one of the two, when naggy finally spawns we rush to the thing stick pets up there top of the steps HIDE behind a wall and let one tank pull it and pets agro it.

Was like winning a fight with a dragon by having it trip over a rock and crack its head on the ground.

I have saw Vox glitched to the point it got stuck in a wall and everyones corpses fell under the world.

[Akame]

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

You kidding me right?

Nope, just means one more guild off my list when I go guild shopping.

[Tseng]

Why the hell would you still post here if you make a point of pointing out that you've quit the server?

[Gwence]

I was with DA camping Naggy for like 3 days straight, if we wanted to be in that guild and over 46 we had to either be in fear or solb camping one of the two, when naggy finally spawns we rush to the thing stick pets up there top of the steps HIDE behind a wall and let one tank pull it and pets agro it.

lolololololololol

60+ zergathon and this is how they kill nagafen

Thank you Vyal, awesome post!