You don't lose your equipment day!

How about a day where you will not lose your equipment when you die.

Casimir Pulaski day for example.

Would you play more, play more aggressively, if you did not lose said equipment during that day? ( I think that is why people log instead of fight ). ( I will also say this is why new players don't stick, the learning curve of survivability, let alone PK prowess is too long and steep.)

You would still lose a life, so it wouldnt be holloween madness..

I think it might be fun, and that might then lead to taking another look at Raars post about a dual PK system.

People put way to much dependance on equipment. Melee chars, solid melee like warriors/zerk are the only real eq dependant classes. The rest can easily get by with minimal/no eq. Your only losing because your not using everything available in the game. There are literally dozens of curative items, as well as AC buffing things. I realize the line between newbs and vets is VERY defined, but we were ALL newbs at one time. My first pinned cabaled char was an FG nexus war while nexus was at war with 3 or 4 cabals. I got my face kicked in on the daily, but never faltered, I learned to pk in basic gear. Learned tactics to counter the lack of eq I had. And buffed myself up because of that. If your playing for just an uber suit of gear, your playing for the wrong reasons.

People put way to much dependance on equipment because regardless of whether some classes are more dependant on it than others or not, the difference between having a full suit of great EQ and having a basic suit are worlds apart for all classes, given the bonuses some pieces of EQ can proffer.

EQ is not everything, that's for sure. It offers a very sizeable advantage to any class though, one that experienced players can capitalise upon easier.

If there was a day where you couldn't lose EQ, my play-style wouldn't change in solo-PK because I'm already a very aggressive player, which contributes a lot to my dying a lot (the other contributor being the making of idiotic mistakes and poor judgement ). It would mean, however, that I'd be more likely to maintain that level of aggression in situations such as cabal warfare where as the odds become more and more stacked against me in terms of numbers, I play more and more defensively.

Dey

I actually really, really like this idea.

yeah it definately has it's fun potential

I'm for it! We can just try it once, if people don't like it then we'll just never do it again.

I feel like... Well it'd be almost pointless. Would we just be promoting people to go out and get themselves killed a lot?

Caballers already have access to life-insurance. So who is this aimed at?

Casimir Pulaski day

Crazy Illinoisan holidays... I like the song though, and the album was pretty good.

I think it might be a wasted on one day. I don't suspect enough people play enough for one day to make this a noticeable difference, maybe a week long trial would be something more worthwhile.

WC

Crazy Illinoisan holidays... I like the song though, and the album was pretty good.

I think it might be a wasted on one day. I don't suspect enough people play enough for one day to make this a noticeable difference, maybe a week long trial would be something more worthwhile.

WC

If I had a week of GUARANTEED rare retention. I would roll a DK.

Zerk here...I can't lose my gear...but you can. Well...I guess an invoker would basically fulfill the same objective. I'm just a melee man.

I'm still waiting for Raar's equipment revision that he has been promising for years now...

Rebalance eq and you fix the real problem. This is just treating the symptoms...

We all look at any problem from our personal point of view.

I did not mean it so that you PowerGamers could rank something and get it set up so that you can PG for that week.

I also dont look at it through the eyes of someone who is so good they rarely lose the equipment they have, nor through the eyes of someone who has so many CPs that they can consistently have LI on..

From my POV, I'd like the chance to get a decent suit, which for me all lies within the normal areas of Aabahran, not winter, deso,gear etc...

And be able to go at it with everyone, learn, understand etc...

To me equipment is bigger than lives.

I know I dont do the right things in battle, I miss doing a dispel before something else etc...

It would be a day for me to learn and learn and learn.. against live opponents. I can jump back into battle quickly and log the whole day with many different situations.

As it is now, its fight, die, re equip, which takes quite a long time, and after re equipping a few times, it does get a little redundant, and not quite as much fun as active PK..

Plus, I am sure some of you would like to have a few more opponents who stick around to fight.

Rebalancing is way beyond me, so I shouldn't so wont respond to that. Although I think it deserves it own thread.

Big papa changed my mind. I'm for it.

I'm still waiting for Raar's equipment revision that he has been promising for years now...

Rebalance eq and you fix the real problem. This is just treating the symptoms...

Hey, years is stretching it a bit. But it definitely is on the books...