Bring back Classic levels and hit detection?

[BlackSolider]

IMO a "hat economy" is pretty dumb since hats are useless. Yes they could be tradeable, collectible, etc. etc.

A trading card game makes much more sense because people can actually do something with the items, tournaments can be hosted around them, people can be better at them, etc.

I'm not going to say that our current card game is perfect because it is far from that. Rest assured we have plans to try and fix it up, though there is only so much we can do since only one person understands the scripts.

So, a better card game > hat economy, but thats just my opinion. Collecting hats has simply never appealed to me, and I've always loved card games.

[unknown]

if hats are "useless" than why have the sethat npc at all? its an item to customize your character further and it would help the economy in the ways you mentioned yourself...

A trading card game on a video game is pretty dumb IMO. If I wanted to trade cards, I'd go trade cards IRL. You say hats are useless but so is a trading card game lol. I've loved card games too but why on graal? I want something that can customize my char more. As far as cards go, hats are comparable, they can be traded and collected, so its basically the same thing, just a hat economy would probably appeal a lot more to the rest of graal.

[Tyhm]

They said the same thing when I tried to implement day/night and weather.

...wait...

[BlackSolider]

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The two are fairly similar: you can look at them, trade them, collect them, laugh at them, hate them, etc.

But there's one major difference between collectible hats and a collectible card game:

Cards you can battle with.

Thus making cards better than hats, imo. Whether you agree or not, cards still have that added function because you can't have a hat battle last time I checked.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by BlackSolider

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The two are fairly similar: you can look at them, trade them, collect them, laugh at them, hate them, etc.

But there's one major difference between collectible hats and a collectible card game:

Cards you can battle with.

Thus making cards better than hats, imo. Whether you agree or not, cards still have that added function because you can't have a hat battle last time I checked.

Dunno, in the online world of gaming, most people like to show off/be unique. With retaining that to simply cosmetics, players never feel like they're 'losing', and that they too, can obtain something to show off to others. However with competitive battling like the cards, losers lose motivation fast, especially when gaining those better cards means they have to not lose.

Simply, just because something has more use than being cosmetic doesn't necessarily mean players will prefer it. It just seems to me, personally, what online gaming seems to steer towards.

[MysticX2X]

Originally Posted by BlackSolider

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The two are fairly similar: you can look at them, trade them, collect them, laugh at them, hate them, etc.

But there's one major difference between collectible hats and a collectible card game:

Cards you can battle with.

Thus making cards better than hats, imo. Whether you agree or not, cards still have that added function because you can't have a hat battle last time I checked.

It doesn't hurt to have both.

[xnervNATx]

id like to know how much btk voted the second option except unknown and contego.

[Crono]

"43" lol, that's more than Classic![/EVERSOWITTYOFCOURSEnotrly]

[Bell]

No hat economy and no wings. Its been a long standing agreement between UN and Classic that we would not have a hat economy and we wouldn't use wings.

One problem I see with Graal in general that I will fight bitterly against is the fact that every server seems to want to have the exact same things that the other servers have. Wouldn't it make more sense instead to have unique servers that players can enjoy? I'm not saying there won't be some similarities. Every game online has similarities to others but shouldn't you be able to log onto differant servers and experience not only a different look but different gameplay options?

Day/night and weather are good examples. It was a different experience when one had it. It became common and expected when everyone implemented it. Thus ruining the entire experience all together. Now if you don't have the option to turn it off people complain.

[BlackSolider]

The less you have of something, the more you appreciate it.

When you get something for the first time (think a car or ps2 or puppy,) you appreciate it more.

When you lose something you loved/took for granted, you appreciate it more when it's gone.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Bell

No hat economy and no wings. Its been a long standing agreement between UN and Classic that we would not have a hat economy and we wouldn't use wings.

Err... what? Why would Classic agree not to have wings nor hats. Especially hats... UN was not the first server to form a hat economy, so it really has no rights to it. I see no reason why Classic would agree to that, especially when UN probably never gave anything in return?

[contego]

Originally Posted by Bell

One problem I see with Graal in general that I will fight bitterly against is the fact that every server seems to want to have the exact same things that the other servers have. Wouldn't it make more sense instead to have unique servers that players can enjoy? I'm not saying there won't be some similarities. Every game online has similarities to others but shouldn't you be able to log onto differant servers and experience not only a different look but different gameplay options?

Eh, not so much. I think having too many servers only spreads the playercount too thin.

And tbh it 's Graal The Adventure has an on going identity crisis. -.-

[DutchGuy]

Originally Posted by Bell

No hat economy and no wings. Its been a long standing agreement between UN and Classic that we would not have a hat economy and we wouldn't use wings.

One problem I see with Graal in general that I will fight bitterly against is the fact that every server seems to want to have the exact same things that the other servers have. Wouldn't it make more sense instead to have unique servers that players can enjoy? I'm not saying there won't be some similarities. Every game online has similarities to others but shouldn't you be able to log onto differant servers and experience not only a different look but different gameplay options?

Day/night and weather are good examples. It was a different experience when one had it. It became common and expected when everyone implemented it. Thus ruining the entire experience all together. Now if you don't have the option to turn it off people complain.

Thank you for making something obvious that every regular player already knows.
All staff members have been lacking originality the last couple of years.
The only ones not seeing it are the ones who are the reason behind classics failure.
The people they say they know whats best for the server but don't do crap about it. Classic Staff.
Thanks.

[unknown]

Originally Posted by Bell

No hat economy and no wings. Its been a long standing agreement between UN and Classic that we would not have a hat economy and we wouldn't use wings.

One problem I see with Graal in general that I will fight bitterly against is the fact that every server seems to want to have the exact same things that the other servers have. Wouldn't it make more sense instead to have unique servers that players can enjoy? I'm not saying there won't be some similarities. Every game online has similarities to others but shouldn't you be able to log onto differant servers and experience not only a different look but different gameplay options?

Day/night and weather are good examples. It was a different experience when one had it. It became common and expected when everyone implemented it. Thus ruining the entire experience all together. Now if you don't have the option to turn it off people complain.

in othewr games like WoW or Guild Wars or anything like that, all the servers are pretty much the same. Graal already has enough variety. Classic has already been moving in the way of other servers, everyones just biased that the ideas are from UN.

Kind of like Laura with her comment "I want to know how many of those votes are BTK"

It doesn't matter who it is or where they play or what guild they are in, what matters is, they want to see a change in the HD on classic so they can play there again.

[unknown]

Besides, this thread is mainly for the hit detection to be changed to default...We were thinking of starting a new thread for ideas from everyone on improving classic in the right direction of development though.

Also, what I am hearing about, "Every classic server has gone the same way"
Well, graal classic servers have only advanced so much, and what I am hearing about classic not integrating what other classic servers have because its not original is a total excuse. Basically you're saying any ideas from other servers will never be added to Classic because they have already been used. If thats the case, classic is done for since there is no pioneering really going on. Who cares if another server has it, its obviously successful and could stimulate activity. Like has been mentioned, biggest issue for most is hit detection. Dark Cloud likes to talk about the one room on classic for default HD, yet more than half of the scripts in that room are broken.