[quote name='Burns' date='30 November 2009 - 07:07 PM' timestamp='1259604478' post='48767']
MP4:i think that mp4 suffers from the same problem, but there might be a few solutions that don't involve forcing people to play with the big guys if they don't want to, but then they also have to live with a few rights missing (call them the big-guy-rights, if you like)so, possible 'rights' to be taken from mp4 to make them think twice before god-modding
:-no access to Wish Shop-items other than give-vitality, invisibility and locate (call them the RP-spells)
-no access to some shop-features (i'm thinking about collector-crits and tokens mainly)
-no access to the ol' hidden shop and no access to medusa's weapons and breast-plate-thingy
i think that pretty much covers all things that make combat cool... leaving people the freedom to stay on mp4 and do their RP as they please without interferance from the evil grinders (*mwahaha*), and forcing the rest of the players to advance, bringing more mp5 into the game for us evil grinders to hunt, but also more weaklings for the 'weaker' mp5 to feast upon until they make it out of the usual 'i get beaten to pulp by 4 out of 5 mp5'-dilemma
MP5:Yeah, it's not only their fault that we have nothing to kill, it's also our fault!so:
-no stat-reward and no creature-wins/xp for smashing people who have less than 20% of your own active days (leaves you the freedom of doing it for fun, but your gains are null in such fights, obviously comes with a 'too young'-warning so we know who gives us nothing, might make veterans stop hitting newbies on 5)very short list... uhm... i guess somebody can come up with better ideas without completely destroying the fun of vets and grinders...comments? other ideas? better solutions than me? let's hear your voice, and don't forget to cast a vote up there
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Well, main problem if you ask me are the restrictions..spells from the wishshop could possibly get an age requirement as well if you ask me, but it shouldnt. It's hard enough to come by WP for them, so then even restricting the amount may backfire if you ask me. As for the MDShop, age requirement exists. Any more would not be wise imo, since you have to see it like this:
You can and should go on to mp5, but you do not need to (like Z proves).
MP5: You kidding me, 20%?!!! If you then take into account the really active vets easily pass the 500 mark, this may lead to a lot less people able to farm. I'd lower it, more like 10-15%, which would still be enough if you ask me. Even then this goes into the direction of serverside protection of people, which I dislike. I mean, i'm fine with voluntary agreements on that, but actually coding it..is awfully ..disturbing my rest.
On another note, mp3: Just lower the exp cap a bit. That prevents too much farming up, and makes mp4 more of the combat way as well. Fits in the with the different fighting systems, basic to advance.
As for low levels..you can manage with lower MPs, but then again, there's also a reason why sometimes more is less and less is more, and sometimes the other way around, more is just more. Everyone has his own reasons, and I tend to believe mp5 is best, else I'd have stayed way longer at low mps. (yes, even if I'd have hit cap)