New TLP Announced for May 2023!

The solution is attunable raid drops. You can still sell it, but the item maintains scarcity and value. This also lets DBG tack on a revenue stream by selling an unattuner item for $$$.

Fingers crossed for FV loot rule set. I prefer everything being tradeable. It would also make the economy a genuinely robust one.

As Prathun said; "You don't want that".

It's going to be 65/100 PoP start with free trade.

do we get to start in defiant gear?

I have never understood why people thought raid gear was "elite" or somehow difficult to obtain. Instances proved that it is not. Most raiders ARE casuals. I think folks are greatly over estimating the pool of people who don't raid in this game. Raid gear being tradable does not, in any way, diminish the effort it took to get it, it just gives me options on what to do with that gear once I am done with it. Before my only options was to destroy it. Most folks earn their raid gear through raids. And if some fool with more money than sense wants to drop 20 krono on a BIS piece in era I'll laugh at them and happily keep getting BiS for minimal effort.

I will never understand why people are so fussed about what someone else is wearing and how they got it. Envy is the only thing I can think of and who gets jealous over pixels.

Prathun abandoned Norrath long ago.

Everyone saying Mischief is still good and to just play there. Pretty sure Mischief is going to take a hit when 2.0 comes out. It was the best TLP to date and to not repeat it after giving mischief an entire extra year before a clone was the best way to have a good outcome this TLP. 100% its a clone of Mischief with some added little things probably.

Good thing Mischief proved him very, very wrong.

Mischeif has random loot as well as more drops which takes away one of the big problems of RMT being able to lock down camps and prevent people from preventing others from getting the drops.

Well, to be fair he was talking about just free trade. Mischief isn't just free trade, the random aspect is a huge part of the success, even if folks might not like to admit it. The inability of individuals to lock down items AND the abundance of loot was a huge factor to reducing the toxicity of the early server. I don't think people give it enough credit.

Do we think random loot is as impactful later on with raid availability through AOC's? I never really considered random loot much of a draw myself, curious to hear your thoughts on that.

If its going to be droppable loot it almost has to be 'random' imo.
Otherwise you all know what's going to happen.

why do TLPs tend to speed through vanilla and Kunark? Do people generally dislike the earlier era?

That's a yes from me.

Im not sure why TLPs don't start in GoD. Doesn't make much sense.

Im going to assume devs think about the time it takes to get to max, which is for most expansions levels (sometimes) + aa's. so even tho classic and kunark have level increases, they do not have aa's needed to grind as well. so 2 months each seems fair if the normal 2/3 month cadence. I personally liked 3/3/3/3 classic til pop like on mangler and aradune and others but I guess there was enough pushback from other people here or somewhere to get devs to lower it.

And your second question, if you just read the forums then yes it seems like just about everyone hates it. I do not think thats the case at all. and if you look at classic start tlps vs anything later than that, the classic start tlps all have such a higher number of people every time. (think mangler/aradune/mischief/yeli vs miragul/selos/vaniki and its night and day)

Raids are not the only items of concern as there are always drops from the group game that players need and can be locked down by farmers.

Random loot is what makes free trade viable

FV style server without the random loot. - no old krono, only Krono purchased on that server. Can be xfered off at live.

That's sad to hear.

Vanilla -> Velious is basically the greatest era of MMO in my mind. When the gaming world was still magical and mysterious. I'm a returning player waiting to see what the new TLP will bring and I'm hoping to get more than just a couple weeks playing through my favorite content.