purge this motha fucker. i will be back.

disaron wrote:

purge this motha fucker. i will be back.

Best reason I've heard so far NOT to purge

I want a purge. The game had some imbalance for a while that allowed a lot of people to level really high, and even though it has been fixed, it has created a level gap that's hard to get around. I actually feel the game would be less stagnant with a wipe.

I want to make sure it's fare for players to keep things balanced and equal, but still give something to players who had leveled up high and are sacrificing a lot more for a purge. It's kind of tricky, but here are some option, and I'm sure these are old ideas.

Add a few new races. I know some of you guys don't like that there's so many, but for players, customizability and RP value, they're so awesome.

If a player has hit 20: Satyr: +2 Dex -2 Pie, passive bonus to dodge. Medium. This could also be Faun and add another small race.

If a player has hit 30: Elemental: +1 Str +2 Pie -2 Dex -1 Con, pick an element and gains a spell bonus. Medium.

If a player has hit 40: Draconian: +2 Str +2 Int -2 Dex -2 Pie, small bonus resistance to magic. Large, infravision.

There's no point in doing it right now if no staff is consistently around to maange the thing. None of us have time. In any case, there are so many changes since I was around for a purge last time, that I doubt I could purge it by myself anyway.

I have two things to say about all this:

Actually, before I begin, someone earlier said something about it would "peak" interest, but the word is pique, but anyway:

This game will never be the same until the exp loss for death is changed back to the way it used to be. I grinded characters to the 20s when few other people could. Then all of the sudden, the exp loss was changed, and every asshole had a level 20. This was the cool thing about RoH in my opinion. It required great skill and preperation. Now it's just like world of warcraft... all about time. An 8 year old can get a level 40 with enough time. Back in the day, that would have never happened.

The other thing that I think people are missing here is this: in order for this game to grow, it needs to be advertised, and once new players arrive it needs to be fairly easy for them to learn the in's and out's. We advertise on mud connector and that's about it. Sure, most of the people who would find this mud through mud connector probably know enough about muds in general that they could figure things out, but that is a very narrow market. I see my friends playing solitare, and online "go fish". You cant tell me that most intelligent people, if they knew the basic rules of this game, and how to access it, wouldn't have more fun playing RoH than "go fish". It's clearly addictive once you get it. The issue is visibility, and helping new players learn how to play. We need to go after people who have never heard of a mud before, not just those who have.

Any thoughts on this?

Oh yeah, and by advertising, I dont mean spending a lot of money, I mean posting on sites that promote free games.

"This game will never be the same until the exp loss for death is changed back to the way it used to be."


Agreed. If there's a purge, i'll play:p

Rifrath made a good comment. What's the point of a purge when all you get are the same recycled idiots back. Seems like the only reason they want a purge is so they can get a "head start" for the expected influx of players But hey, if you're expecting an influx of players, I'm sure Disaron will be more than happy to make 90% of the MUD's characters and play with himself and Carpathia, he's already so used to playing with himself. Purge or not, I could care less, I only play to get that nostalgic feeling back which dissipates rather quickly these days. RoH will never be the same as it was back in 98.

Here's a short list of 98 RoH awesomeness:

1. Market Square had only one safe room
2. Deleveling
a. getting your item again
b. paying for your level again
3. Dual wielding the same weapon
4. DM quests
5. Bane skull fucks
6. Ocelot was actually on
7. Dominus wasn't a ******
8. Gavon
9. Mui
10. Bodhi

"I'm sure Disaron will be more than happy to make 90% of the MUD's characters and play with himself and Carpathia, he's already so used to playing with himself."

Purge or no purge i'm still not playing....
Jezzz i haven't even finished getting to 40 yet... any how i'm for a purge just to see what happens. o ya can i still get a statue?

lol. shit talking bitch Mulva. Aren't you the one caught SEVERAL times multi logging and botting you fuck? lol I play with myself? We can post pics of gf's and see who is actually playing with themselves. faggot.

mulva wrote:

Rifrath made a good comment. What's the point of a purge when all you get are the same recycled idiots back. Seems like the only reason they want a purge is so they can get a "head start" for the expected influx of players But hey, if you're expecting an influx of players, I'm sure Disaron will be more than happy to make 90% of the MUD's characters and play with himself and Carpathia, he's already so used to playing with himself. Purge or not, I could care less, I only play to get that nostalgic feeling back which dissipates rather quickly these days. RoH will never be the same as it was back in 98. Here's a short list of 98 RoH awesomeness: 1. Market Square had only one safe room 2. Deleveling a. getting your item again b. paying for your level again 3. Dual wielding the same weapon 4. DM quests 5. Bane skull fucks 6. Ocelot was actually on 7. Dominus wasn't a ****** 8. Gavon 9. Mui 10. Bodhi

I dont understand how you can possibly have a problem with Dominus. If not for him, this thing would not even BE here right now. Are you retarded or just stupid? This kind of stupid attitude is probably why he lacks motivation to do anything here outside of real life. In fact, I'm the same way, and probably so is Bane. Why the fuck would any of us come back here and run this thing for people when some of you constantly shit upon the staff when all we've ever done is spend our expensive ass time providing a free service and attempting to grow and maintain this place? I just do not understand.