Re: Gamemaster?!?
Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:54 am
Title and contest of this thread does'nt match anymore, so i'll make difference here even worse.
Is killing shalahs from clif exploit? yes.
Do ppl need to report it when they see someone exploiting? yes. It's not jealousy like someone said above. Leveling elemental magic is so easy if you compare it with melee. There are at least 20 level 250 mages and only one 250 melee on server. But thats another story.
Is the problem fixed? yes and no. Did'nt check the place myself, but looks that only 2 shalahs are there. However devs did'nt move boss mob, but only limited number of shalahs around. I guess ppl can kill that boss shalah with less trouble now. Not a perfect solution, but still beter.
Now about other problem that ppl like to report about it. Camping. I'm not talking about sirgio, aen or other tribe bosses. I'm talking about Grove in Matis. Story goes like this:
I was helping guildmate to get his level 250 in melee. Last 10 levels are hard, you heal out of team for more XP for him and to speed thing up. Sometimes you make long sessions on the same spot.. It's only way to do it. You kill great jugs (lvl255) cos they give more XP then any other mobs. Some other guilds come along, see as there and leave, respecting our hunting spot. We do the same if someone is there before us.
However, one time 3 members of one guild (no names, i'm not that kind of person) show up next to us and one minut later an Guide appear. Strange to see an guide in high grove. He did'nt say anything and after few minutes left. Members of that guild 2. One hour later those 3 come back to us and started to nuke our mobs. After some shaming on region chat they left with standard excuses like a "Sry, my brother was playing and not me".
Week later we saw slow pop-up of mobs. Not a standard after-server-reboot slow pop up, but really-really slow. I spoke with an SGM (no names again, but have screenshot of this conversation), and he said that "timers are altered becose of camping", but many ppl complain about it, so he will forward our tickets to devs. Next day problem was solved. But...
After last patch 2 days ago, XP of jugs is changed. In team of 7-8 ppl (all between 100 and 150) Ocyx, easy to kill, lvl 204/206, gives more XP (3k) then Jug, lvl 22? (2.5k). We even tested on Great jug (lvl 255) and got 2.5k XP!!! This may be bug made by "spring cleaning", but also devs way to do something about "camping". If the second one, here is my opinion:
Ppl who call standing on same spot and killing mobs for XP "camping", are jealous, not the ppl who report exploiters. I call it hunting, not "camping".
To the devs (who will not read it): Stoping ppl leveling (by changing mobs XP) is not the solution for overpopulated Grove (more ppl in grove then in all 4 main cities together). Please before doing something like this again think about activating teleports in another level 250 areas, so ppl above level 200 can hunt everywhere, not only in one region.
Is killing shalahs from clif exploit? yes.
Do ppl need to report it when they see someone exploiting? yes. It's not jealousy like someone said above. Leveling elemental magic is so easy if you compare it with melee. There are at least 20 level 250 mages and only one 250 melee on server. But thats another story.
Is the problem fixed? yes and no. Did'nt check the place myself, but looks that only 2 shalahs are there. However devs did'nt move boss mob, but only limited number of shalahs around. I guess ppl can kill that boss shalah with less trouble now. Not a perfect solution, but still beter.
Now about other problem that ppl like to report about it. Camping. I'm not talking about sirgio, aen or other tribe bosses. I'm talking about Grove in Matis. Story goes like this:
I was helping guildmate to get his level 250 in melee. Last 10 levels are hard, you heal out of team for more XP for him and to speed thing up. Sometimes you make long sessions on the same spot.. It's only way to do it. You kill great jugs (lvl255) cos they give more XP then any other mobs. Some other guilds come along, see as there and leave, respecting our hunting spot. We do the same if someone is there before us.
However, one time 3 members of one guild (no names, i'm not that kind of person) show up next to us and one minut later an Guide appear. Strange to see an guide in high grove. He did'nt say anything and after few minutes left. Members of that guild 2. One hour later those 3 come back to us and started to nuke our mobs. After some shaming on region chat they left with standard excuses like a "Sry, my brother was playing and not me".
Week later we saw slow pop-up of mobs. Not a standard after-server-reboot slow pop up, but really-really slow. I spoke with an SGM (no names again, but have screenshot of this conversation), and he said that "timers are altered becose of camping", but many ppl complain about it, so he will forward our tickets to devs. Next day problem was solved. But...
After last patch 2 days ago, XP of jugs is changed. In team of 7-8 ppl (all between 100 and 150) Ocyx, easy to kill, lvl 204/206, gives more XP (3k) then Jug, lvl 22? (2.5k). We even tested on Great jug (lvl 255) and got 2.5k XP!!! This may be bug made by "spring cleaning", but also devs way to do something about "camping". If the second one, here is my opinion:
Ppl who call standing on same spot and killing mobs for XP "camping", are jealous, not the ppl who report exploiters. I call it hunting, not "camping".
To the devs (who will not read it): Stoping ppl leveling (by changing mobs XP) is not the solution for overpopulated Grove (more ppl in grove then in all 4 main cities together). Please before doing something like this again think about activating teleports in another level 250 areas, so ppl above level 200 can hunt everywhere, not only in one region.
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And sure killing from cliff tops is just fine by me, i think its very cool looking too, and i've been shot dead by tribes from below in the desert! So it goes both ways 