The only way to make progression truly void of ringers it to have each tier limited to levels, etc. Which, on a much larger scale, would work very well if done right. On such a small server, and all the ill-thought quests it'd be pretty hard.
Tier locks based on things like all the core stats, mana, hp, ac, AA's, etc etc would be pretty rad. Not only would it pretty much eliminate ringers, but it would also force progression instead of staying the same tier for 10 years (ahem!).
Edit: If you really wanted to be sadistic, you could also use it to ruin tier jumping as well by adding minimum requirements to each tier. This would actually be the ideal model for a perfect MMO, as long as the player base was big enough to accommodate such restrictions.
Tier locks based on things like all the core stats, mana, hp, ac, AA's, etc etc would be pretty rad. Not only would it pretty much eliminate ringers, but it would also force progression instead of staying the same tier for 10 years (ahem!).
Edit: If you really wanted to be sadistic, you could also use it to ruin tier jumping as well by adding minimum requirements to each tier. This would actually be the ideal model for a perfect MMO, as long as the player base was big enough to accommodate such restrictions.
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