It's not about items - at least not that easy. It's not even the way some items are set as far as stats are concerned. Mithril is a good armour, and rare, yes. But what if you could craft one, using numberous gems, diamonds and so on? Prices would drop, everyone could have one in theory, and things will be a little more balanced. Will that change how people rp? Not at all.
I think making stronger items craftable at reasonable costs would balance things, as well as more event items - why not have more dragon ammys at reduced stats? With proper events and fitting stats, everything will be all right and smoothe out.
I'm still against a server restart. What good would it be? You can patch the system as it is, and you'll need to do so anyway. As it is now, playing is fun, at least for the Horn family, as we do not focus on pking. We live, yes, we level, too, but we also farm, craft, don't pk, and, most important, we do rp. All without event items.
I'm sorry, but leveling as well as equipment used does not affect the way you rp, no does it prevent you or encourage you. As they say, it's all in your mind. |