Incentive to level up, Goodbye Twinks

[beia]

Okay so I have put some thought into this. One of the issues we have end game here at AR is the lack of loot when the p-base is high. So I am proposing that all Rare/Unique equipment be stripped from non level 50 toons at the beginning of each month. It is very unfair for the people who put in work to get to level 50, (leveling up making friends RPing, getting PKed by the Top Dogs), to see a level 20-40 running around in decked out suits of equipment, that is all hard to obtain. If we strip all the lowbies and put all that loot back into the cycle it will help push the lowbies to level up some and get some of that phat loot when they are level 50. Feedback is okay but I think this or something along this line needs to happen to keep things fresh here in AR!

[Nycticora]

I don't think this problem was what you thought it was. There was an issue with the purge not purging some characters in some situations that was fixed recently that affected rare respawning.

[beia]

Like within A week? I came back to play and noticed that even 2 hours after the reboot on the 1st, the onyx bracelets were not even around.. No good loot at all this entire week has been locatable, then I see like 5+ level 30 and lower toons running around with decked out gear.

Someone please explain how the hell that is even logical. THERE ARE LEVEL 50 zones for a reason, all the gear should be restricted to LEVEL 50. Not so some level 25 can fucking hoard all that shit. It is ruining the game.

[beia]

Just saying when a Level 25 is decked out in this shit.. It is ruining the game.

[Merlandox]

Welcome to auction house!

[Nycticora]

stop putting shit in the auction house if you don't like it lol

[Moondog]

Well pinnacles got nothing else to do, but hunt rates and auction it.

[Ergorion]

I thought some of the rare availability was based on the number of level 50s around. So if you want more rares in circulation, just make more toons.

[Davairus]

I wouldn't say I am 100% opposed to the idea of restricting rare use by level, I just don't like it very much. It seems less fun, finding an onyx bracelet in a pit or something and not being able to use it. That'd suck.

[tayyah]

The way I see it is, I bet if you look at the hours on these chars, they have put in just as much time as you, why don't they deserve to have the gear?

[Nycticora]

bcuz that level 30 has more skills mastered than his 50 and would whup all of his alts asses at the same time so he has to whine about it here instead of ganking the dude

[Ceridwel]

How about limiting just high end rares and uniques to the level of player that is within 1 or 2 levels of the level of the item? All items have levels, and all rare/limited items have a weighting identifier of how uber they are. Thus this would apply to the fullplate and helm of domination, but not an onyx bracelet nor the pirate eye patch (as examples).

[Kato]

I don't think restricting access is a good solution. How about this: level 50 rares expand your PK range's upper limit by 1 level, and uniques expand it by 2. Now your level 30 with full titanium is in range of level 45s, and needs to ditch it or level up ASAP.

[beia]

I like a few of the ideas above, and I think we all agree something needs to happen about this. Just up to D what he wants to do with it. Also of course those who have the twinks are going to oppose the change.

[Olyn]

Every past attempt to restrict rare access in any way has been hugely unpopular. I disagree that "we all agree something needs to happen about this." I strongly oppose any restrictions on rare equipment beyond the monthly play requirement and limited inventory slots that we already have.

If anything, we may want to add more magic item to the game.

[beia]

Unless it is a huge increase it will not matter, the Twinks rule AR!

[divsky]

I've said this before, and I'll say it again. There should be no restrictions on eq, EXCEPT end-game level boss loot. Any level 50 gear that you earn relics from getting should be level 42+ only.

It's fine for a level 25 to buy things off the auction house but he shouldn't be able to deck himself out in winter gear.

[Vevier]

So level up to 25 and dunk him with your buddies. Then don't put rares on the auction house. You are asking for a code change to fix a social problem and that's only going cause more problems than it'll fix.

[beia]

Okay I am strictly talking about END GAME GEAR! Not lowbie rare and unique shit. I am talking about stuff that takes groups hours and hours to get. Lowbies should not be able to fucking hoard them. Just my two cents. They should not even be able to bid on them.

[Dogran]

I like Kato's idea. Let them have it. Add some risk.