Suggestions thread (Formerly: We're listening...)

[Venom_Fish]

I guess my initial request was denied, very well... :[

Well, all these ideas are all fine and dandy, but mainly redudant.
What I want to see is PKing being more "mandatory" in a way, as well as structured so that to escape death becomes more of a chore than to face it.

Mainly: You are not able to use a healing item in any No-PK Zone but the hospital.

There's many other things that I doubt you'd get around to and would rather you didn't and hurry up with this reset.

[deathbarrier99]

Originally Posted by Venom_Fish

Mainly: You are not able to use a healing item in any No-PK Zone but the hospital.

This is such a Bounty Hunter-centered idea it's ridiculous.

Here's one idea that I think is pretty neat:

Expand the gmap: Separate the gmap into 5 parts (north, south, east, west, and central) and each sector has a unique purpose.

1. North Era: This is the industrialized sector of Era.

• Shops: This sector contains unique gun shops only found in this sector
• Jobs: Salvage (metal found in scrapyards) can be used to make parts for guns or sold for profit
• PK Area(s): Box Factory
• Gang: Blazian Bandits in an abandoned warehouse

2. West Era: This is the suburban sector of Era.

• Shops: This sector contains player houses, the Hospital, the bank, and the mall
• Jobs: Mailing and trash picking
• PK Area(s): Regency Theater
• Gang: Tachi in a mansion (like it is now)

3. East Era: This is the rundown ("ghetto") sector of Era.

• Shops: This sector contains underground, Black Market shops
• Jobs: Maybe a daily quest where you have to rob a bank or a store
• PK Area(s): All of the sector
• Gang: Los Carteles in a rundown apartment complex

4. North Era: This is the mining sector of Era.

• Shops: This sector contains a mineral shop and raw materials to be used in the Industrial sector
• Jobs: Mining
• PK Area(s): Abandoned mine shaft
• Gang: Black Holst in a diner or something

5. Central Era: The OSL, the only No-PK zone

This separation of the map makes everything less cramped and centralized towards the OSL. Perhaps there could be special quests in each sector or events. Also, this enlargement of the map allows for public transportation (trains, buses, etc.)

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by deathbarrier99

separate the GMAP

We need a smaller, more PK-focused GMAP, not one like Angel was planning where everyone will be spread out (much like your plan).

[salesman]

Originally Posted by deathbarrier99

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I agree that the gmap should be more organized and "separated" instead of just being randomly thrown together as it pretty much is now...but in terms of size, I think we should focus on a smaller, more pk-friendly, gmap.

[kia345]

Originally Posted by Venom_Fish

Mainly: You are not able to use a healing item in any No-PK Zone but the hospital.

I personally love this idea. I suck at pk'ing on Era, so it's really upsetting to play around on the beach digging, get attacked, and then manage to not only chase the guy down, but grind them down to 10 hp, only to have them duck into a shop, heal, kill me, and "ownt noob ez lol". I'm sure other newer players are turned off by this too.

[Vman13x]

I hate the idea of npcs dropping guns, this is era not zod.

[CharlieM]

If guns were truly balanced you could still have rarity, because it would be based on preference not how good the gun is. But honestly I'd like to see some urban area with lots of nooks and crannies that would be completely pk zone except for maybe 1-2 hospitals.

[DustyPorViva]

More balanced PK. More newbie support, less laming... so on and so forth.

[DuBsTeRmAn]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

More balanced PK. More newbie support, less laming... so on and so forth.

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[Dnegel]

Originally Posted by DustyPorViva

More balanced PK. More newbie support, less laming... so on and so forth.

Yes, newbie support is what era really needs if we want players!

[kia345]

More exits to the ****ing hospital

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by kia345

More exits to the ****ing hospital

The hospital will be placed at unstick me, so the exit will lead out to a no-PK zone.

[Feonix]

Less lag, it seems that every computer i play era on will constantly lag on the gmap.
It just randomly freezes sometime's, don't know why or how to stop it.

[salesman]

Originally Posted by Feonix

Less lag, it seems that every computer i play era on will constantly lag on the gmap.
It just randomly freezes sometime's, don't know why or how to stop it.

All of the primary systems have been (or will be) rescripted and are MUCH more efficient. We will also try to reduce the number of NPCs scattered around the gmap, and rid ourselves of laggy gani scripts.

[cbk1994]

Originally Posted by Feonix

Less lag, it seems that every computer i play era on will constantly lag on the gmap.
It just randomly freezes sometime's, don't know why or how to stop it.

I'm not exactly sure what causes the lag. I think it has mostly to do with the huge number of NPCs on the GMAP.

I don't experience (and never have experienced) any lag on Era's GMAP, even when using low-end systems.