Only Jim and Rex could make me read over 100,000 paragraphs of stuff just because they posted it.



But on the real, this game will always be played because of people like Cole and Paparick that are true slashers, been here since day 1, will be here until paul shuts it down. Most of us old slashers quit, not because of the game quality (in most cases) but because of other reasons. As long as the originals keep playing, the game will maintain its 20-30 player base. The people that continue to play don't play because they want the most GPs (no one will ever beat cole) or they want to be the top guild (no one looks at that anymore after like season 11 or 12), they want to play because they want to play, it is that simple.

I still play the game and probably will until it ceases to exist. I don't agree with all of the changes that have happened to the game, but i've been able to adapt to them. I still want to see how the game develops in the future.

i play because i have the gear and cant sell it. buy it all and i am gone and wont return

There would be more people playing the game if the updates for the past year had made the game more fun and helped the market instead of taking anything the community liked out of the game or nerfing it. The "updates" slowly crippled the market.

If paul had decided to take the countless polls and walls of text seriously this game could have been amazing.

I think i will keep the wall down this time... so only quoted last line of text... BUT... I will be posting replies based on AREAs that are of interest...

1. Counterclass:

Based on the replies / comments, I will be re-posting this with some additions... mainly need their own ABILITIES. Now with that said... and after reading it over again.
I will say that the stat placement on those toons are the same amount given to the characters we use today... not really overpowered... basically they are designed for that counterclass.
Sage = No Heals... well, with the abilities NOW, they benefit, also, IF the "Phalanx etc" suggestion was implemented, Sage would be a great choice to use. ALSO... will help economy with
FISH / COMFREYs etc... those skills will be utilised. (shit... getting ahead of myself here... )

2. Skull Dungeon:

This idea are for the people that have put alot of time, effort and $$$s in the game... and to be honest needs to be added for even new people to strive to try.
NOW... you are right about there being re-occuring items... BUT some additions to this area needs to be implemented and here are some more thoughts on it:
A... If a person in a group exits this area, they can NOT rejoin that group. So if all leave, they have to restart a new one.
B... NO ACCESS to your vault while down there... otherwise it just makes it TOO easy
C... When you die, Items are left on the ground for monsters to use... THIS ALSO INCLUDES what you have in your INVENTORY.
EDIT: Yup... a level 55 area...

Okay... with those 3 things above, this is what COULD happen... Say 20 people have died, about 5 of them picked up some great items from there, the BOSS monster
has a treasure room and is using the best items of that treasure... Monster is a Hybrid... Heal / Melee or Cast / heal. Your group kills him... it is a mad scramble (5 second rule)
to grab the best of the best items laying about... yup... you better make sure that you have room. What ever is left is left and when the 5 seconds is up, you automatically go
to town. (yup... may need a bit more thought, but that is the general idea I think)

NOW to answer your addition of Group vs Group... duelling should be left to PvP arena (can work on something later for this)... so... I still think you are on the right track, but,
maybe we can see other groups in there as well... message pops up... "Another group has entered to reap the rewards", you can NOT see a path to them and vice versa. NOW
the hard part... these groups race to the CORE, and yes... there should be "SPINS" to make it harder to get there. Once a group has entered the CORE, no other group can until
other group has finished... NO... it is not over yet... other group enters to kill BOSS... a new boss respawns for them... only thing is this... only 1 item from the remaining treasure
will be accessed... 2x weapon (random) / 2x armor (random) / 2x charm (random)... NOTE: may need to re-evaluate the amount to 1 of each... not sure.

3. Phalanx of Bjorn:

Okay... this is also a 1-5 area, and when I mentioned 50% heal for them to appear, I should have been more specific that once 1 person gets to 50% health, they
will appear and physical attacks will work. Also, this suggestion was for CASTER GEAR in mind... could you imagine once again caster gear being usable? A good team balance is also brought into
the mix here... where healing, casting and melee is required... look at some of the old posts saying that catacombs are easy with KILLSPEED being major concern then healing being secondary!
Yup... faster killing means less damage taken and thus less healing required and keeping your actions high. Not only that, but this area MAY make use of some of those other abilities that we
do NOT even use... Monks, Ninjas may use their casting abilities... more diversity... I will look into this suggestion a bit more later on... I think it can have value... OH... once again... once you leave group,
you can not re - join... and NO ACCESS to your vault... remember, you are away from town.

4. Elder Well:

Dang I knew this would be taken a bit differently to what I was suggesting... should not have used the word "Well" ...
This is actually another dungeon, but you enter a "Well" and you decend into caverns... so it is like doing MQ in a sense... as you decend, you pass the plaques of the fallen, OR Victors of Old.
To keep it simple, maybe the LAST 10 entries... "Fallen" or "Victors of Old"... they can appear as text in our Message Box to keep it simple and ppl can copy/paste for records. So... Victors of Old
will get this message with there character name added once they complete it... their little pride of completion....

Now... Once again... this can be 1-5... and yes... it is a single well just on the outskirts of town where the old town use to be (see the picture here... OLD LS) again rules are... NO Vault access, no leaving.
Yes you can do this solo... I bet that alot of people will go with a very strong caster again like the old days... BUT, you may still need the helpers as they say to reduce some dmg. Not biased for melee, these
areas are created to give diversity to builds, bring back the value of some items for those that want to do different areas et cetera... now... once again... Fish/Comfreys are back into the mix... woot.

On another thought... we HARDLY ever see tokens, maybe some of these areas have an increase drop rate for them? ... No objectives at all. Also... MAYBE there is an OPTION you can tick for SOLO in anyone of
these new areas where you do not have to NAVIGATE like the old well... this way it keeps it open for guilds to get groups together to maybe recover lost items from one of their fallen? Pretty much endless additions
for these.
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There are alot of things that need to be identified in all the above suggestions... the key points for them are simple... (as you have said earlier)
1. More diversity brings in more players... each individual is different.
2. Economy needs to be increased to where it was for each core etc.
3. Skills are getting obsolete because of the diminished amount of people gaming
4. Great gear holders finding a challenging and reward like they use to... some incentive to play more ... maybe even get them paying $$$S again.

Remember each area created there targets certain areas where the game may have died in some form... and skills, profs included need some places
for that type of gamer....

Yup... I am at work posting this up... and again... got to get back to the grindstone... yup I have more to say... but started noticing that things were starting
to go around in circles... so... when I get more time... I MAY post up some suggestions etc...

Goodluck all and Have fun...
tl;dr... yup...

Regards
Rex

This post was edited by izParagonzi on Jul 10 2012 06:38pm

Honestly I am having a blast buying all the items I once wished I owned.
Im going to make an insane collection (y)

you dont want the best items? thats what i always wanted then realized i cant havem.. darn people wont sellem

Pay what they ask for, or offer something hard to say no to.

Problem is no fg is enough to get dion to sell ANYTHING. same with mandy and they own ALOT of best in games.


E i voted in all of those rex YES ofc for the dungeon and WELL but for phalanx thing NTY

This post was edited by SmokeyMcPot1990 on Jul 10 2012 09:49pm

jim are u on any type of stimulant?
like adderall or cocaine
because these walls are insane