Hey fellas,

I have tried a couple times over the last year or so, but my private messages appear to hang for a while and i never see them in the outgoing folder. Maybe it's just me... 

Somehow I had missed that post. Thanks!

I totally get that you'd prefer people to go through the content. When we have several ultimate weapons, you can be sure we have exhausted most of the zones, but anyway, i 100% get your point here.

Looking forward to seeing some new great ideas in action.

Akka, do you think there is an open possibility of some sort of catch-up mechanic for players in Tier10+?

Even if there were item drops that allowed players to obtain an Epic 5.0 stone without grinding Abyss, it would be an absolute godsend.

Outside of that, I had an idea of random chance boss spawns similar to how PoDragons works with mini-named NPCs. This would help break up the grindy grind, and add a bit of surprise and fun!

I've played on EZ since 2009 and it has always been a boxing server where you can conquer the content alone.

Maybe in 2009 it was just transitioning to that point, but it was in fact created as a raid server. Members of Order of Sin, or Berlin Crime would single or 2 box. The 6 boxing shift didn't happen until around the revamp of Tier2 from Anguish to Plane of Storms.

I think focusing on a 6-character team would be amazing, but that's just because i grew tired of feeling like I needed 18+ once I started to grow past Tier 7.

Not really, you still have to deal with Tier5 and the non stop yawnfest of the other zones. Would be nice to loot an item in T9 or T10 that can be used on another toon to flag them w/ an epic stone

Perhaps some sort of catch-up mechanic or item would be a better option here. Moving characters is dirty business, as there's NO way to prove ownership of an account.

I would like to see T11 drop some sort of "catch-up" item. If i decide to make 4 enchanters, perhaps 1 item per character would make them eligible for Tier10 (Thinking one-zone behind current)

By this point, we have more than pounded our heads into old content. Not a complaint by any means, just a wishful suggestion.

Cheers!

My advice is to run more than 1 necro. I know redundency is somewhat frowned upon because of loot distribution, but they are powerhouses late-game.

I'm not really sure if allowed or not, but there are / were loot macros floating around EZ or the forums you could use. This would certainly depend what zone you are in, and how you adjust the macro to grab specific pieces.

Are you using /hidecorpse looted, and /hidecorpse all to your advantage?

Even in a zone like Halls of Honor, or PoDragons it's pretty easy to get everything of value looted in just a few minutes.

Akkadius and Rent both read the forums on a regular basis. He will see this and assist in time, i'm sure.

In the ~9 years i've played here on and off, they have never forgotten holidays (Unless Hunter was on the road and physically could not set up the event).

They have jobs, lives, etc. Akkadius is a pretty strict disciplinarian, and i wouldn't expect him to drop the ball.

You'll want to box at least 6 characters on EZ to get anywhere meaningful.

If you only had 1 character before, i would recommend rolling a whole new crew.

War / Pal are required, you can add others from there. I recommend War / Pal / Cleric as the core of your first group.

You can add others on as you flesh it out.

Remember that you can shared bank lore items

Also, once your character has gear even from Qvic, there is zero challenge from any "non extended content" zones.

If you plan to farm a ton of stuff, maybe just park farmer characters with PoTime gear or something.

lastly, consider donating for the "free instance" donate item. It's awesome

If it's your first group, make characters that can assist with leveling more.

If i were to settle on a final two-group meta, it would be;
War, War, Pal, Cler, Sham, Monk
Nec, Nec, Nec, Nec, Druid, Pal

But that's completely based on my play style, and possibly not yours.

Tnonim has a completely different method, and has conquered everything with just 6.

War / Cleric / Ranger / Pal / Mage / (Monk or rogue, i can't remember)