Recent content by holo

I like the new systems you've added, the book system looks really interesting, though not sure about losing pets on tao, genuinely interested how they play at high level. It's a shame I didn't start at release, I've tried to play now but with no penalty for murdering anyone there's no...

I played it the first few days of release, but seeing the buffs from being in top 20 kind of disgusted me, it goes out of its way to give whales extra buffs unobtainable for casuals. It's also not mir, it feels like barely any of the devs played mir. The first 30 levels should have been a...

Barrier of entry is a big one too. So many servers have these great new systems added, but zero introduction. That's fine for the start of a server, where everyone has to learn to use the system optimally, but after a few days it just increases the gap between an experienced player and a new...

I'm sure it can be done, there are far more difficult things that have been done with these files. You could copy and paste the code for guild chat, only sending the text to additional people. Or take the global chat channel, but only display it to people with the same flag, set by their...

Then give them their own guild within an alliance, like corps within alliances on eve, so they can have their own storage, buffs, and identity. There is so much more to a guild than just wars, so reducing it down to that is a mistake imho. By all means reduce alliances down to wars, as...

But forcing people into one guild is awkward, most guilds form cliques within them anyway. Just make tiny guilds, with their own storage and chat (and buffs!) which can then join together into an alliance like old euro mir had. Ideally with another chat. 3 colours, green, orange and purple...

Considering how many people hate it when huge guilds dominate servers, I'm not sure specifically creating a system for them is a good idea for the majority of players. Based on your little blub about not flying what you can't afford to lose, I suspect you might be an eve player? If so, why not...

Most servers, lvl0 skills are trash. I've played ones where Fwall lasts literally 0 seconds at lvl0. lvl0 Tbolt does less than lvl3 Fball by a large margin. Skele being very weak etc. But it does give the player a taster of things to come, to start hyping it up.

Yeah, so the tao has the option of doing dmg themselves, or crippling it to give away to an ally. Maybe not take the SC, but rather apply a 50% dmg output debuff on them instead. So they can still heal. Apply x% (based on spell level, 0 being a teaser to get them to really want to lvl the...

Unless it was something like 250 omas, and the reward is a permanent dmg/drop/exp increase against omas. As in you now have proficiency at killing them. But then I feel a system like that could be something away from quests, and just a proficiency bonus type thing as part of a beastory book...

I don't get the whole stopping at lvl30. Seems so arbitrary, if you're going to have a system it shouldn't just randomly end. lvl0 spells are frankly naff anyway, just give them as baseline when you hit the lvl, you've earnt it for doing the lvling. Having the spell is a taster, and will push...

They work well as optional content, but don't expect 75% of the player base to read anything you write for them. Could work well as a catchup mechanic though. That's what Star Wars did, and considering that was one of the best aspects of that game, it worked so well. (The Imperial Agent is...

1 castable buff, which is customisable via an npc in town. Gaining each type of stat should require either quests (if wiz and wars are getting quest lines) or drops, maybe requiring the drop again each time you chose that stat. Stat wise, they should feel awesome, and a real asset to the grp...

Power differential between the highest and lowest levels have a lot to answer for. Imo it's why new servers are so interesting. The difference between the hardcores and casuals grows every day a server is out, after a month it gets progressively harder to hunt together. MMOs are supposed to...

WoW got rid of the whole spells being a pain to manage and learn for good reason. No one likes feeling gimped because they can't afford a book. Though that was a good money sink, and probably one reason WoW had such huge inflation? Maybe borrow bits of a few different servers, auto learn...