Quote:
Originally Posted by Ziroc
I set the 'level 7 and gold' to balance it out... MANY people asked for this. So I did it...
|
There were also a lot of people who did NOT want it switched. The biggest issue iirc was that once HotU came out, the server got flooded with Uber characters with 40th level characters and items that were WAY over level 40. We're talking almost complete immunity from any elemental damage and weapons that were dealing 2d12 in all damage types. The Ubers got to be a major pain in the butt.
There was a lot of debate about whether to switch to server vault, stay local vault and simply enforce item level restrictions or enforce legal characters or some combination. IIRC, nobody ever actually asked specifically for level 7 as a starting point. The consensus was that if we did switch level 1 was WAY too low, and level 10 might be too high.
I went along with the server vault but expressed concerns that the levels wouldn't properly be balanced. I wasn't the only one that raised that issue either. Whether they are now or not is open to debate. Since I haven't played in many years, they might be. But imho they were NOT when the switch was first made. I remember going in on server vault with my new 7th level character and finding that every monster within a group had a challenge rating of impossible or overpowering. Which meant not only were your outnumbered but outgunned. That IS NOT balanced.
I'm not trying to flog you over that decision. Just pointing it that it wasn't so a cut and dried. It was a shame because I actually enjoyed EFU before the change and not so much after.
BTW, Cerek and I don't agree on the difficulty. I think it was a lot harder than he remembers. And if you're right that he only got to level 8, that's probably true. I got to level 14 iirc but that took a local vault character and I saw a ton of epic characters die along the way. RTB's mortality rate in that exercise was EXCEEDINGLY high iirc.
Quote:
|
And I would think you would give me props for keeping EFU going for 10 years.
|
Quote:
|
I don't WANT props, ......
|
*Head explodes*