Enlightenment: the unbalanced server

[Monkeyboy_McGee]

It's dawned on me quite recently, although a lot of you probably realised this a long time ago (i hope) that event/alch items are not the biiiiiiiig thing causing unbalance in the server. While alchemy items such as the fhom and stuff do add rather a humungous(Sp) boost, i suppose, the only thing that needs fixing there is either alch ingredients get re-added, or the fhoms and stuff get taken away and the whining of their owners gets ignored. Either way, it isn't a huge problem.

The main big problem, that's causing platinum to lose it's worth and all non-event/alch items to become completely ineffective, is Enchant Armour and Increased Weapon Damage.

Think about it people, the problem with powerplayers isn't the fact that their level is too high and normal players aren't doing enough damage, it's because their AC/wc is too high and normal players can't even land a single hit!

The PPs sit there with at least +6 EAs on each of their items, while the attacks of normal people just bounce straight off them. After laughing at the lil' red writing saying "Failed" above player's heads, the PPs swing their weapon (loaded up with around 8 IWDs and a few EWs maybe) and the player is dead within say 5 hits. Another case is that the PP's weapon is so souped up with stuff and (his level comes here i suppose) so his WC is through the roof. This means that with each successive hit, you're immobilized, and so you can't hit back at ALL because of their high AC and WC. (Quick, someone make a band called AC<lightningbolt>WC)

This is fact, you may choose to deny it but it is fact
If EAs and IWDs were not about, then two major things would happen:
A)Normal players would be able to hit those who would otherwise have been impenetrable due to EAs. Event/alch items/relics will start to make a difference again, but only a -slight- difference. This would give their wielders an advantage, yes, but a fair one.
2)Players will do roughly the same amount of damage and will not be completely done over in 5 swings. Fighting will become fighting again, not just *swing swing* "Haha, pwnt!". Also, eventweapons will start to give a -slight- advantage. A fair one, this time, whereas otherwise IWDs just make things crazy-style unfair.

The IWDs are the reason i sometimes say a certain thing to normal players trying to buy eventweapons with every item they currently own. I say "Dude...eventweapons aren't any better than normal ones. they give like 1 extra damage, which makes absolutely no difference once you IWD them. Just stick with craftable weapons". With IWDs around then in the long run, you will have say 64 damage with an event weapon, or 60-63 damage with a craftable weapon. Doesn't make a lot of difference, especially with high AC of most players.

UNFORTUNATELY...
Yes, the big unfortunately is that unfortunately, this problem cannot be fixed due to the selfishness of the graalian population.
Getting rid of the IWD and EA scrolls would mean that you'd have to get rid of, or at least cleanse somehow, all the weapons and armours that have been EA'd and improved already.**NOTE: IF YOU DID NOT DO THIS, THEN IT WOULD JUST BE LIKE THE ALCHEMY ITEMS. NO CHANCE OF ANYONE ELSE GETTING THEM AND SO THE GAME BECOMES EVEN MORE UNFAIR**
Anyway, back to the point. The reason this won't ever be done is because all the selfish fatheaded players on GK, mostly the PKers and powerplayers since they wouldn't really be powerful without their EAs and IWDs, would whine and whine and female dog and female dog if their precious items got taken away.
If deletion of all Enchanting and Improved weapon damage was to take place in the near future then these lamers would sit there going "OMDGOFMGFS NOWAY WE SPENT AGES DOIN THIS UR NOT GUNA JUST GET RID OF IT".
Tough luck, lamers. I've spent ages trying to find EAs and IWDs for my stuff too. i've upgraded a weapon to be pretty powerful, but i'd still like to get rid of it all. The only reason you people don't want to get rid of it all is because if it were to go, you wouldn't be allmighty anymore.
You wouldn't be able to sit around all day and kill anything that crawled into Bmode, ruining their game. Awwww, such a shame how you wouldn't be able to cause unhappiness to everyone else isnt it

One last thing: EAs and IWDs are one of the set of items making proper money obsolete. Along with brutal maps, diamonds, and event items, these items are being traded around instead of money like it should be and was intended...if it's the ECONOMY you want to balance out, getting rid of IWDs and EAs might be one way to do it...

The only time when EAs and IWDs could possibly be removed would be when the reset happens, when the server is completed and finished. In other words, it will never happen. (No, this is not sarcasm).
While i know this will never get done, i still think it should be if you want the game to be balanced =/