EMPIRE is back (Custom - legit - pvp)

[Silenteer]

Yeah dude, GJ on getting EMPIRE back up, its fun, theres just a few minor things that need sorted out tho, actually, some not quite so minor, hehe.

Ive prepared a list of things for ya Mag :P
Ive sorted them in order, urgent fixes to not so urgent ones

URGENT
- Fix Welcomers so Selling of starting items cannot be exploited
- Change server to DR2 instead of DR3, whoever released DR3 is a newb because its buggy as hell.
- Keep the zones up longer than 10 mins :P
- The Safe Zoner in CSHOME does not work.

NOT SO URGENT
- Some mobs in CSHOME are underground and stuff.
- The Trolls in CSHOME that move around, all stack on eachother and cause lagg.
- Make an IRC Channel, and hang out it it.
- Hire some trustworthy GMs.

Also, its probably a good idea if you change the Goods starting zone to Erudin CSHOME is not supported by EverQuest Live or whatever and they dont distribute it, so its hard for people to get.

Keep up the good work Mag, gl, try get some of those probs sorted ASAP, especially the DR3 to DR2 thing

Yours, Warsaint.

[Magoth78]

Hi guys and thx for the infos,

Yep dr3 seems to be a lot buggy with all thoses randoms crashes... i'll try to get a dr2 working.
As for the urgent fix, i'll try to fix them asap (today in the evening).

Mag

[Silenteer]

Hey dude u may wanna add in #movechar for a bit, until zones get stable this is rediculous, im stuck in rivervale again because the zone is down, not happy haha

[Magoth78]

I've locked the server till I find a way to get it more stable... cause it's unplayable with thoses dr3 binaries.

[Hummbugg]

Originally Posted by Magoth78

I've locked the server till I find a way to get it more stable... cause it's unplayable with thoses dr3 binaries.

take out #goto also.... and there is people that want to host the server (better connection) just ask about


and when Warsaint says to hire trustworthy gm's he doesnt mean like Rowdy...

[Magoth78]

The connection is fine... the problem is : the binaries.

[Hummbugg]

go download mirc Magoth www.mirc.com its free =)


Smugg-

[Woodlife Treestrider]

Originally Posted by Silenteer

- Change server to DR2 instead of DR3, whoever released DR3 is a newb because its buggy as hell.

Are you fucking kidding me? You try to setup a database compatible with live while still trying to figure out the coding and all the other shit. You are the biggest newb I have ever seen if your gonna call the people who have been working there ass off to let fagets like you play cause your too stupid to realize that patching to live was a dumb mistake.

I really could go on for a long time about how much a newb reject you are, but I don't want to get into that. Just watch what you say in the forums, cause what you said was quite possibly the most retarted, selfish, rediculus, and just plain disrespectful thing I have ever read. Learn about EQEmu before you begin to critisize and call people newbs, cause you obviously have no clue.

[mwmdragon]

WOW, Woodlife do you need a cold compress for that vein on your forhead that looks like a fifth limb right now.

[Woodlife Treestrider]

Originally Posted by mwmdragon

WOW, Woodlife do you need a cold compress for that vein on your forhead that looks like a fifth limb right now.

Hahaha. Yes, quite possibly. Sorry, I have very little patience for people that ignorant and blantaly mean.


Edit: Mag, most major problem with server I have found so far is the cap is 50. I personally think cap should be 51 so that AAs can be earned. It gives some of the people at the current cap something to do when PvP does not sound so interesting. Besides.. whats better than having WA3 while duel wielding bloodpoints? Nothing.

[Magoth78]

Yep Wood, I ll change the level cap pretty soon.

But as you say, some AAs give a real advantage to people (dual wielding Bloodpoints was evil :p ) though i can change the proc of the bloodpoint..

As for the PvP, I really need to do something to improve it. If you guys have some ideas (that are technically doables) please share them.

So with the few spare time I got, here's my work list:
1/ Lvl cap to 51
2/ Make some changes on the spells so casters are a bit more powerfull. (too bad I don't have the spells_us.txt I had on EMPIRE1)
3/ Improve the PvP
4/ New zone (or probably open the Act3 but I'll need some time to prepare it)

Mag

[Woodlife Treestrider]

Mag: The stuff you have on your list of things to do is basically majority of stuff needed. I have a question though; are the epic 2.0s from last time still on this server? If so, will the zone that you have to collect raptor meat from be more stable. I remember it being hard to fit a decent size group/raid into that zone without everyone LD'ing. Also, changing the proc on BPs from a lifetap is a good and bad idea. When I used then before with WA3 on your server, they procced like crazy, but only when doing PvE. They did not nearly proc as often as in PvP cause of resists. Point being that I do not think having BP proc with the WA AA puts rogues or warriors over the line of fairness too much in PvP, but to make it more even you should maybe lower the lifetap value to lower than before, or make gear from SolB have a little more resists to compensate.

With all that being said, there is only one more issue. Adding zones and stuff seems like a double-edged sword. Of course everyone wants to explore more and wants to be first with the new uber gear. But, I think that may ruin the feel of the server, and would make it into a gear race. I think the fact that the highend gear of your server compares to EQLives mid to low end gear makes it so good. I think you did an excellent job of balancing for the most part with just a few crucial points to fix, all because the items in the server don't give massive stat boosts. But anyway, maybe releasing a new act with very few upgrades.. and these upgrades are dropped solely from raid mobs not easily taken with one group. That would make server even more interesting. Also, stick with old world zones, you made a good choice in doing so before.

Also, it may be smart to change looting policies so either only one item can be looted.. or even better would be only money. People PKing each other and stripping your corpse clean just to spite you is getting out of hand and is extremely unfair to those people who have been stripped.

Stab

[Magoth78]

ah yes, I've noticed that after the last server reboot the PvPreward variable was set to 2. I'm going to change it right now so you can just loot 1 item.

I was thinking about adding a pvpitem when you kill someone. After a certain amount of pvpitem you could start a quest or puchase some items. But the problem is that people could farm the pvpitems just with 2 chars killing each others. And actually I don't know how to make someone loosing some experience while being killed by an other PC.