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Old 03-17-2008, 10:32 PM
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I am against a reset. I'll explain why..

Lets pretend GK has just reset. People are showing up and leveling up again, items are being crafted and enchanted/blessed. After several months half the server is level 110.

We would be back to where we are right now. People on pmode, kingdoms not being active, and the server again collapses, more rapidly than before.

To avoid this, the most simple steps to take are to pull up some older code that hopefully is sitting in a backup file somewhere.

- To prevent high levels again, re-implement EXP loss on death. This time, however, rather than removing it, this will need to be tweaked to get it set at just the right rate of loss. So while some people that pk can gain decent level advantages, they will still lose levels if they are killed. Death should mean more than a quick respawn, and levels should be low, and stay low. It keeps things even for everyone.

- Removal of weapon improvements and armor enchant scrolls. This will prevent people from slaughtering the current in game monsters with one hit. Lords will take groups to kill. And fighting will be more even.

- Removal of most safe zones, pmode only for your first 6-12 hours in GK. This will remove the worry of people constantly killing newbies and such. However, there should be a timer that actually indicates your time left in protective mode so you won't be caught off guard.

- Each kingdom's small island would be capturable and the kingdom treasury would be used to fund the construction of additional defenses and npc soldiers to defend the islands. Each time a nation defeats another nation, the winner would gain 1-10% of the defeated kingdom's treasury funds.

A seperate, new gold server could be created then and this server could be the result. Perhaps even change the main gmap, and all of the features to give it a new world feeling.

If GK dies, then leave it up to administration to decide when and how. But we are all screaming for change, if it won't come with the current server, I would love to see a new server.

I would pay to play something that offered us enjoyable content.

I would not pay to play a reset version of this GK.
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