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Post by Pelican on Nov 5, 2012 20:38:24 GMT -5
I've noticed that the population has been pretty low lately, and I am interested in hearing any suggestions you all have on improving the server. I'm trying to think of ways to make the server a little better, and all I've come up with is eliminating bots (they cause too many damn zone crashes ![:P](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/tongue.png) .) If anyone does have any suggestions for the direction of the server, I'd be interested to hear them, or if you like it just the way it is, that's fine too.
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Post by frenzic on Nov 5, 2012 22:24:43 GMT -5
I came to your server seeking a place where I could play through the content at my own pace and without needing to rely on others. I play at weird and sporadic times and when I get on, I want to be able to accomplish something.
The server was great until I hit planes of power. Up until that point the content was challenging but doable with just my single group (two players and 4 bots)
When I got to planes of power that all changed. No longer can I progress with my single group. This alone as killed the server for me. I don't mind playing with others but I can no longer make progress without asking for help and that simply kills the concept for me.
I like the bots a great deal but the one major issue for me is still unresolved. The cleric bots need to have a fast heal mode which will turn off their complete heal casting. Other wise they sit there CHing while I die with disc on and they have 98% mana left. That is horrible AI.
In closing I loved this server for the first four eras. I was able to play with my friends and also solo the content at my pace. When Planes of power came the entire server concept changed IMO.
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Post by Pelican on Nov 5, 2012 22:52:02 GMT -5
I actually did look at the cleric bots and their casting, but I couldn't find a way to make them not CH. So you think I should make PoP easier?
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Post by wizard on Nov 5, 2012 22:55:27 GMT -5
As much as the title says for the server. This is by no means a solo server. Even boxing and with bots, myself, rune, and razor KNOW from finishing PoP its completely impossible to do it alone. Its still posssible with a group for everything, but it ain't gonna be done with a bot.
We required one manned Healer and the cleric bot. We needed patch heals the cleric was not fast enough for. We also found something else that aided our progression in PoP a great deal, but thats information we have yet to reveal.
Edit: I lied, i revealed it.
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Post by frenzic on Nov 5, 2012 23:56:55 GMT -5
The problems I encountered in PoP are as follows:
Avatar of Earth is extremely hard with his aggro -95% mod. I think this should be removed to make him 1 groupable.
Cornaiv encounter seems too difficult for one group's dps. Maybe increase the time to complete?
Fennin is easy enough as is.
Have not tried Xeg yet.
RZ is hard with the adds but he is doable so I think he should stay in current form.
My biggest issue is with plane of time itself. My first attempt went well, or so I thought... First you absolutely need a puller or you will get dominated in tier 1-2. This is annoying but doable.
The big problem is time and adds. Some of the gods summon adds and these adds cause more trouble for me than anything else. I cannot control my dps bots so they stay on the boss or attack whatever they feel like. The adds pile up and eventually kill the healers. Adds are extremely hard to deal with when you have 4 bots who don't listen.
The other issue I ran into was the time. I paid closed attention to the messages and I had several hours left and was suddenly booted from the zone and got the 15 min warning message. I'm not sure if the time is altered or if it was a bug but I got cut by several hours and I completely gave up on time after that. It took me all night to master getting through tier 1-2 only to be ripped off when I got to candy land lol.
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Post by frenzic on Nov 5, 2012 23:58:33 GMT -5
As much as the title says for the server. This is by no means a solo server. Even boxing and with bots, myself, rune, and razor KNOW from finishing PoP its completely impossible to do it alone. This is the main problem for me. This server needs to define itself as a solo server that works for friends as well. PoP is a HUGE step up in difficulty for a single group and really just ends the server for me.
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Post by Pelican on Nov 6, 2012 0:25:39 GMT -5
The PoTimeB has a custom duration which is why you got booted. I'll do some adjustments for sure to PoP.
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Post by naknak on Nov 6, 2012 5:15:29 GMT -5
Hello First sorry about my english. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png) For a beginner even with good gear from the expansion he is working on it is impossible to do few of the bosses. Since the population is low it can be hard depending on your playtime to find people that can help on some kills. Why not remove flagging? You can still leave the quest npc in PoK but instead of getting flagged you can earn some nice items when killing all the bosses in each expansion. Regards, -Naknak
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Post by Pelican on Nov 6, 2012 10:03:54 GMT -5
I'm definitely not removing flagging. That'd make the server pointless, in my opinion.
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Post by Pelican on Nov 7, 2012 1:49:40 GMT -5
I reduced PoP monsters by about 35% and Custom bosses by about 30%. Tell me if this isn't enough or too much.
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Post by frenzic on Nov 7, 2012 13:03:46 GMT -5
I reduced PoP monsters by about 35% and Custom bosses by about 30%. Tell me if this isn't enough or too much. Avatar of Earth was still a bitch with the dot but I was able to beat him with the update. Going to test out time now =)
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Post by slug on Nov 7, 2012 13:04:56 GMT -5
Hi
I totally agree. Please do not remove progression flagging as it sets nice goal boundaries!
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Post by frenzic on Nov 7, 2012 13:05:02 GMT -5
on a sidenote, whats the custom time limit for plane of time?
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Post by Pelican on Nov 7, 2012 14:11:56 GMT -5
6 hours
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Post by frenzic on Nov 7, 2012 18:09:28 GMT -5
Beat plane of time. Only needed help with quarm and soloed the rest with 1 hour to spare. I'd say its pretty well balanced now. Some of them are a bit too easy tho imo. Seemed like fights like Inny trumped fights like CT but overall its difficult so I had a lot of fun.
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