a very possible future for the english server

[dakhound]

Abrasive? Good job i know you well enough to laugh

Guessing you know who this is ingame then

figured now yes ofc, dont forget ppl who helped me

[g00st]

figured now yes ofc, dont forget ppl who helped me

wowzers wish more homins might figure that out might get the 2004-05 atmosphere back!

hawage

[viper579]

eeep

it really would be better if there was some way to have some sort of politiking about outposts and the lovely "stuff" all seems a bit unconnected at the end of the day

wish karmo would start that government of atyss duda sometime

funnily enough last night i came up with a solution for that . in the old rp server i used to admin we had always had a forum called the senate. the server was FvF. we never really had FvF flame wars in any other section because it was all rped in the senate, even when it wasnt so much rp and just pure flames lol.

basically it would work like this

- forum section where kara and kami can rip each other apart basically in character. even if they are out of character it wont show much difference lol.

[kalindra]

*Sighs and takes a stack of marshmallows out of her mektoub packer's bag.*

If one faction had all the OPs, I'd simply try to support the side who attacks them, if I can be there at that time, whatever the faction is. And, even with a lvl 75 healing, you can participate in OP battles and have fun and be somehow useful. Even if a lvl 250 melee or nuker can 1-2 shot kill you.

In fact, what would really depress me the most is if all the great people I know decided to give-up the game just because of it. OP mats and cats are a BONUS, fun and useful, but there is still much more than that to the game. I just know that whatever side I'll chose I'll have friends to team-up with and have fun.

Let's just take a chill pill and not let such a thing happen. For the sake of the community and the future of the game, just to show we care about everybody being able to have some fun. Cats ? why not ? I don't use them all the time. But I really think having people helping me leveling while I help them in return with the little skills I have is way more efficient than being alone with cats. There is always a workaround, it just takes perseverance and dedication. Cooperation = more fun + more efficient. Solo grinding, even with cats, is boring as hell.

No guild political flame, please. Don't we already have enough of this ?

[iceaxe68]

@Viper

Viper, dear, will you please stop grinding for a bit and come exploring with me or something? I really really promise that there's more to Atys than OP battles and PvP and so forth.

Or if you simply must grind, I really will gladly heal you between mobs, so you don't have to use your alt account and be all alone. Frankly, the very thought of it makes me sad. And truly, a good healer will advance you faster than soloing with cats, for sure.

I solo hunt frequently, and it's slow, and I don't use cats any more, and lately I've been donating more XP to the Death Penalty than to my advancement... but I'm not at all bitter about it, and I wish you wouldn't be either.

I'm sort of sorry about saying all this publicly, but I want everyone to know that I care about how much fun you are having, and I think you are a very genuine and honest person with legitimate concerns. If it is in my power, I will help you have more fun. Same goes for anyone. ANYONE.

Of course, I'll kill the crap out of you at battles, if I can. (Probably not much longer if you keep at the grinding...) But I'll take you out afterwards for a few shots of Stinga rum and some good natured laughing. The winner has to buy the first round.


@Somebody else - too lazy to go look it up again:

10-15 stacks per day? o.0
I've never heard of such a thing. I thought we were pretty rich, and never got anywhere near that. I don't think I could use that many, but maybe I'm just slow.

[xtarsia]

A crafter being fed mats by other supportive players can use 15 stacks + an hour.

Need ALOT of supportive players to do that though

[kuroari]

+1 on sasi's post.

anyone who knows me knows i spend a good 70-80% of my time ingame focusing on helping other homins out. if i'm getting levels in the process or not, i don't care. but many homins have learned to trust me with their younger recruits to 'teach' , not just powerlevel. i enjoy , very much, taking new homins out and showing them around, all the while explaining the mechanics of the game, how things work here in comparison to other games, and if they show proper aptitude, how to do specific things. how to survive as a melee-er even if you run out of stamina - how to survive as an ele if you are too close to a mob /are out of sap/ need to heal others without nerfing your xp or theirs ... - how to be a brawler and switch properly between melee/ele/heal/da/oa/tanking/ranged etc fast and efficiently so theres hardly any downtime.

when joining exodus - the first thing i noticed was a bunch of cat-hungry little homins that didnt know their amps from their lances (i love you all!!!) but with some pushing shoving and a lot of RPing, i'm molding an insane, fun, helpful, and powerful force - not just in fighting, but in harvesting/crafting/exploring/trekking as well. if we can get our little'uns to stop worrying about CATS!!! LEVEL UP!!! we won't have to worry so much about 'ruining the server' - doesnt matter HOW many ops we have.

how many times have i found high level 'noobs' that i end up spending half of my time healing/rezzing/saving from aggro cause they don't know how to properly fend off mobs - which spells to use - which weapon to pick - when to use their powers - and how to save them until they'll REALLY count. WAY TOO OFTEN!! - i went hunting with Dragonman last night and i was shocked.. i haven't hunted so efficiently at high levels in MANY MONTHS. when was the last time i had a healer that could fully sustain themselves? that could brawl as well as i could? very long .. not since The Samsara and Dragonman left.

"ruin the server" ? i agree it would be Teh Suck to have one side have all the OPs - but theres many of us that have given up on cats all together. they aren't everything - and this from someone who STILL DOES NOT HAVE ANY 250s!!!!!!!!!!! (highest combat is STILL 225) - if what your looking for is PvP - youll get it no matter who has the outposts.

pfft, my 25 cents..

[slippery]

Karavan may own the outposts but any kami with some common knowledge who can be polite get them to, most karavan guilds try and buy off kami or just give them away because they can.

I've still got a few hundred stacks from cho, never lvl so they just sit there incase i ever do

[kalindra]

*Hugs Nightblade and Sasi* When can we go on a barbecue hunt together, guys ? Sounds like great fun to me. Or a trek ? I want to learn how to travel "safely" so I can travel more without ruining all my dappers on TP tickets and really enjoy the landscape. Levels are nothing if you don't know how to use them properly. If there was sneaking XP, my levels would probably be in the negatives.

[viper579]

if we can get our little'uns to stop worrying about CATS!!! LEVEL UP!!! we won't have to worry so much about 'ruining the server' - doesnt matter HOW many ops we have.

thats why i want player events and are working to make them, right now what are basically the events? outpost battles. to be effective at one, aka not heal the healers you need a high level.

however with player events...you can do anything. i came up with the idea of sneaking race and a guildmate helped me with brainstorming. im hoping to have it run next weekend.

- reality is from whats been seen so far, GF will not put out new content, will not make ops different, will not take cats out or make you get them via PvE.

- if you want ryzom to have a bigger player base your going to have to yourself, or we together are going to have to do it.

- not talking about issues doesnt make them go away. just means they dont hit you until its really too late. see the french server for this


which sounds better when talking about ryzom

- we have weekly outpost battles

- last weekend we had an outpost battle, this weekend theres a sneaking contest, next weekend a contest to craft the best q50 daggers from choice and below mats (another idea we came up with for a player style event), and another outpost battle that weekend.