*Please dont ban me* Thoughts on how to make SOD better

[Lifar]

Mind you I think Wiz and his team have done a great job. everything im about to say are suggestions.And in no way shape or form ment in insult him or his great work.


* I cant spell i know that dont bring it up*


Numbers and LAG

Ok were going to start out with the server numbers and Lag
I've Noticed that when the numbers get up to the high 300's or low 400's that the server suffers from lag and often people get booted when trying to zone. Now i know Wiz cant split the server because that means twice as many patches have to fix the bugs twice and all that. so i suggest to get rid of 2 boxing. that would lower the numbers some what. And also allow more people to level.

Game play

Now I know its just not me in this but has any one tryed to lvl a low level character during the day time hours? and end up all the good camps and spots are taken? well i suggest that Thay re-introduce some of the old zones. Some how get it so the story line splits up the races again. I honestly loved the sepporation of the races because it provided Multiple leveling grounds Quests and oppertunities for advancement. Now i know some of them have already been used for other things. and thay could stay as thay are. but here are some examples

Newport - Humans and Erudites only

Rivervale - Halfings

Freeport - Just keep it like it is or get it so that the Human Necros and shadow knights start out there since it is now an undead city it would make since

Grobb- Just keep it as it is i like grobb

Halas - Keep it just for the berly holk

Faydark- The wood elfs Oh course and some half elfs

Cant remember the high elf place but give em back there homes

dark elfs keep were thay are along with Ikkies and trolls

After that rebuild the new grounds
Come up with Newb Quests like newbie armor and weaps. it would give more people the intent to group and make friends
and also would stop people from beging because thay can get gear them selfs.
get misty thincket like it used to be. and alot of the old newb zones like that
Tell every one to sell in Lfay Like we used to

Quests

Make some more for the lower classes Newb Quests that provide a whole suit of gear and a weap. im not saying like on quest to get all of that . a quest for each peace. and have it using trade skills. there for making every ones characters even better.

A lvl 65 starfall quest for each class. Like epics we all Miss Epics








thats my rambling and my rant like. i said please dont ban me it was all just Suggestions

 

[Aeran]

IIRC, a lot of these things (new zones, epic quests) are on the to-do list, but there are just other things that take priority over them. Also I recall seeing another thread about stopping boxing, and I think the answer was no.

 

[choco]

Numbers and LAG

Ok were going to start out with the server numbers and Lag
I've Noticed that when the numbers get up to the high 300's or low 400's that the server suffers from lag and often people get booted when trying to zone. Now i know Wiz cant split the server because that means twice as many patches have to fix the bugs twice and all that. so i suggest to get rid of 2 boxing. that would lower the numbers some what. And also allow more people to level.

have you signed up for a donator's account? the more donators there are the more funds they have to work with. that's the only way to allow them to grow the backend as the demand increases.

they have just recently added another server which, to me at least, has improved many of the zones i was getting some lag in.

 

[Yally]

Just a few things to point out right now:

I never notice server lag. I am on a T1 ethernet connection and I just dont notice this 'massive lag.' Maybe it's just me?

As far as low level camps being overtaken at peak hours...move around! Everyone seems to want to bunch into a few easy areas. Well, newsflash, there is a plethora of experience to be had throughout Dalaya. Aside from the harder-to-reach areas (many of which have great exp bonuses to compensate) there are many MANY quests designed just for the purpose of exp. While i'm on that note, i should point out a few lower level questing things. A) quests like you described are 'under construction' for the remaining race/class combos that lack them. B) there are tons of quests for multiple classes that help out here.

I think what i'm trying to get at here is that people arent exploring and doing enough quests. Veer off the beaten path folks and you'll find more than meets the eye

Check up on the lore of newport. That covers halflings/rivervale too probably.

What else, um, ok, starfall epics: Some epics are in, others are being remodeled, and the rest will be done in due time. (it's not the top priority.)

 

[hooden]

The only places I get legitimate lag are in S and N Newport. The other day some kid was handing in so many tokens that I think he was purposely trying to crash the zone. It was just rediculous. But there was lag in the newports again today. I never really get lag when I exp. Although I do get the lag bug!!