11-09-2007, 11:08 PM
Ok I have read through all posts now (I think) and this is what I have to say
Just a notice first, someone mentioned that the amount of money you get from hunting and the amount of money you get from crafting isn't balanced. We're aware of that and I will look into that on Sunday and see if I can tweak it so it's more balanced.
Anyway, let's start with pitrunes outside dungeons.
I have been against this from day one. Simply because I think it's too convenient for players. If you're out hunting alone then you take a big risk. If we have pitsrunes at dungeons then you will know that you can always get your stuff back, and where's the excitement in that?
I think that with a playerbase of 200+ it should be rather easy to get someone to help you out, or hunt with you. You shouldn't be able to take care of everything yourself. So my suggestion would be that you join a guild or get some friends, that way you will almost always have someone to come and resurrect you and help you loot your stuff back.
And even if you can't contact anyone, there's a stuckmenu that many people have stated. Or you could walk to the nearest town, like Vulcan said it won't take as long as you think. You might loose your stuff, but if you explore dungeons by your own you should expect that.
And is it really that different from dying to monsters as it is dying from players? I mean, if another player kills you then you know you won't get your stuff back. If a monster kills you then you still have a big chance of getting your stuff back even without pitsrunes. Why make that chance even higher?
I don't know, it seems like there are more arguments against pitsrunes then there is for them. I still stand by inital opinion that I'm against this, even after reading what everyone has to say about it.
About regstones.
I think they should be more expensive on stones than on vendors because of the fact that you simply have to doubleclick the stone to get a full bag of regs, which means no work. If you want it cheaper, then you will have to put some more effort into it. Horde your regs in your bank, that way you will always have cheap regs at your disposal.
About housebanks
We have discussed this quite a bit on the staff forums. One idea I had (which Smurtle also seems to have) is to have "guildbanks". These containers would only be accessable by the people in that guild, and they would share the content in it. That way they can get a secure container that can't be looted from anyone outside the guild.
I can see right now that housebanks won't happen. Guildbanks are under discussion but it's looking doubtful. So this guildbank idea is something in between and might be usable. It doesn't even have to be that expensive.
About about this whole XUO vs IN thing
As Coldrake said this is a new shard and we should look ahead instead of looking back. Think of IN:X, not IN or XUO. I can't stress this enough, although I know it will take time before people stop stereotyping INers and XUOers.
Ok, i hope I didn't miss any posts. Jesus, this turned into 9 pages in under 2 days. I'm glad we have so many active players with suggestions and ideas. I try to engage myself in discussions as much as I can, but it's almost impossible to read through all the posts on forums, I would have to have it as a full-time job :p
Just a notice first, someone mentioned that the amount of money you get from hunting and the amount of money you get from crafting isn't balanced. We're aware of that and I will look into that on Sunday and see if I can tweak it so it's more balanced.
Anyway, let's start with pitrunes outside dungeons.
I have been against this from day one. Simply because I think it's too convenient for players. If you're out hunting alone then you take a big risk. If we have pitsrunes at dungeons then you will know that you can always get your stuff back, and where's the excitement in that?
I think that with a playerbase of 200+ it should be rather easy to get someone to help you out, or hunt with you. You shouldn't be able to take care of everything yourself. So my suggestion would be that you join a guild or get some friends, that way you will almost always have someone to come and resurrect you and help you loot your stuff back.
And even if you can't contact anyone, there's a stuckmenu that many people have stated. Or you could walk to the nearest town, like Vulcan said it won't take as long as you think. You might loose your stuff, but if you explore dungeons by your own you should expect that.
And is it really that different from dying to monsters as it is dying from players? I mean, if another player kills you then you know you won't get your stuff back. If a monster kills you then you still have a big chance of getting your stuff back even without pitsrunes. Why make that chance even higher?
I don't know, it seems like there are more arguments against pitsrunes then there is for them. I still stand by inital opinion that I'm against this, even after reading what everyone has to say about it.
About regstones.
I think they should be more expensive on stones than on vendors because of the fact that you simply have to doubleclick the stone to get a full bag of regs, which means no work. If you want it cheaper, then you will have to put some more effort into it. Horde your regs in your bank, that way you will always have cheap regs at your disposal.
About housebanks
We have discussed this quite a bit on the staff forums. One idea I had (which Smurtle also seems to have) is to have "guildbanks". These containers would only be accessable by the people in that guild, and they would share the content in it. That way they can get a secure container that can't be looted from anyone outside the guild.
I can see right now that housebanks won't happen. Guildbanks are under discussion but it's looking doubtful. So this guildbank idea is something in between and might be usable. It doesn't even have to be that expensive.
About about this whole XUO vs IN thing
As Coldrake said this is a new shard and we should look ahead instead of looking back. Think of IN:X, not IN or XUO. I can't stress this enough, although I know it will take time before people stop stereotyping INers and XUOers.
Ok, i hope I didn't miss any posts. Jesus, this turned into 9 pages in under 2 days. I'm glad we have so many active players with suggestions and ideas. I try to engage myself in discussions as much as I can, but it's almost impossible to read through all the posts on forums, I would have to have it as a full-time job :p