An Idea to Build the New Player Base

Hello,

I haven't been on the forums long, so I don't know if something like this has already been suggested, but figured I would throw it out here anyways.

Most of the problem new players seem to have with FL is dying to a MOB or PK and not knowing how to get back to their corpse (mob death or PK) or coming back to an empty corpse (PK).

I would like to suggest making a selection when you create your character sort of like an adventurer. The only difference is this selection would keep you from EVER dying OR killing any other player. You could still PK and die, but instead of dying, you would only get stunned, and could not be killed. Also if you killed someone they WOULD die, but you could not loot anything (or maybe 2 things) from the corpse.

As a result of your nature as a char that cant die, you would NOT be able to wear or touch rare EQ. You could even set it up so that after a new player was at 50 for a bit, and learned the ropes, they could apply to become a regular char and get pushed back to 30 or so. (would have to work out loosing HP and trains and what not)

Just an idea. Kick it around. Let me know what you all think.

Charles

Raar had a very similar idea some time ago. A tiered PK system.

I liked that tiered PK system idea...

yes i would love something like this... except pking at 50 in non rare gear teaches you how to get 3 rounded. just my 2 cents. Non-unique maybe, but non rare? i'd hate to pk past 30 without option of rare items, this gimps melee classes alot, as most of the vul weapons are rare.

I didn't like Raar's, but I like this one.

yes i would love something like this... except pking at 50 in non rare gear teaches you how to get 3 rounded. just my 2 cents. Non-unique maybe' date=' but non rare? i'd hate to pk past 30 without option of rare items, this gimps melee classes alot, as most of the vul weapons are rare.[/quote']

I could kill mostly anyone with a drow cleric wearing only a shield from a goblin guard and holy hands so don't talk to me about needing rare eq.

Kidding, but not really. But either way, if you die wearing mithril, you don't loose it anyway, so who cares if you get stunned/beat in a PK battle.

I just think it would help new players to:

a. Have more fun

b. keep interested in FL

c. want to keep playing

d. want to learn more/join the forums and bust on dey

e. I just wanted to make a post to bust on dey

f. become more confident with their skills without feeling torn apart because some stupid WM thief blackjacked them, killed them, took ALL of their things and dint RP one bit.....

1. I THINK THIS WOULD ALLOW MORE NEW PLAYERS TO ENJOY FL AND LEARN THE ROPES WITHOUT FEELING LIKE THEY COULD NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS LEARN HOW TO PLAY THIS GAME OR EVEN ENJOY TRYING TO.

And finally in my expert opinion i have found that you should never get very very drunk and try to quote a post on the forums regarding something that you as i was trying to think of how to finish this i suddenly awoke into a new level of drunkness and began typing the words that are filling your head right now.

I began to hear my voice inside your head, and realized that I should really get some rest and stop typing whatever came to my mind so as not to make everyone realize that I really wanted this to happen so we could......wait, actually what I realized is that drunken posting is fun...and I plan to do it again tomorrow night, so long as you all didn't decide to kick me off before I wake up in the AM and remember what i did last night.

Wait....

What???

Where am I......

Floating rock............

middle of nowhere.....................

Dey actually has a Thread in the PK logs??????????????????

Do do do do

Do do do do

This is a place where reality is not the norm...................................

This is.........

The Twilight Zone

you scare me.

I personally think its a good idea. But there has to be some kind of cost to losing a battle, or we will get people throwing themselves into a losing fight again and again and again and it will really get old FAST.

I recommend that instead of being unkillable or unlootable all the time, make it so that like 1/6 of the time you actually die and can be looted. I think it strikes a good balance. Not being able to possess any rares or uniques still apply of-course.

hmm.... only one problem i see with this... unkillable thiefs would be annoying as hell, even if they dont wear rares... just jacking everyones bags..

hmm.... only one problem i see with this... unkillable thiefs would be annoying as hell' date=' even if they dont wear rares... just jacking everyones bags..[/quote']

You bring up a VERY good point. Perhaps we could make it so that only a few choice classes would be part of this selection. Perhaps a few basic mages and melee classes. i.e warrior berserker dark knight invoker pali cleric? something like that. Could not really have an unkillable thief.

DKs without rare gear? Berserkers without rare gear? You may as well just let adventurers go all the way to 50.

DKs without rare gear? Berserkers without rare gear? You may as well just let adventurers go all the way to 50.

Only trouble with adventurers is that they can still die, also they can not PK. And its not like you cant win a PK wearing chimera gear and titanium bracers with a DK, i admit it would be a little bit harder with a berserker, but not impossible.

DKs without rare gear? Berserkers without rare gear? You may as well just let adventurers go all the way to 50.

Have you ever heard the saying, "A necro is at it's most dangerous point immediately after it's just died and taken a full loot." ??

Now imagine that same amount of dangerousness except give it a gigantic bashing/tripping mob.

I've never once heard that so-called saying, Mudder, and I disagree with it entirely.

However, a necro with no EQ but with a full army of zombies... now that remains a dangerous foe.

Well I have Pali. I agree with it. With my Necro, I was much more dangerous naked. I played more like a Shaman with sleep and that's how I EQed everytime after I died.

I'd find a warrior and just destroy him and wear his eq as my first re-eq set.

I preferred to just get a few zombies and then cone and ghoul touch an invoker into lagging himself to death.

You mean cone worked before 10+ attempts!?

My little brother recently started playing and he is learning a lot of things the hard way. I feel bad for the little guy.

My little brother recently started playing and he is learning a lot of things the hard way. I feel bad for the little guy.

its really not fun to learn the easy way...

That combo you picked will have plenty of bumps in the road. Wicked exp cost. shudder Kudos to you for having some balls though. Hope it all works out.