Here comes my post with the most hated replies.
I said it multiple times already and I will repeat myself again.
This server needs a full reset (accounts + items). This is the part where most remaining players (staff members mostly) will disagree with me but as I once said. I do not care about the staff team and what they would lose at all when it is for the sake of the server.
Why am I suggesting a full reset?
There 2 main reasons. The first reason is the fucked up
economy. There are way too many items in this game. Even at the times when I still played the game there were players hoarding 5k furies and ring of stones combined. No wonder when every strong NPC dropped and uncut onyx. The same thing happened with dfs, all GWD items and skilling supplies as well. When drop rates got nerfed, it was already too late.
That's why nerfing all the drop rates will not change anything. There are way more items than active players and this is why nerfing any drop rates alone will change nothing. We had this flaws 1 year after Emps-World launch already. I offered Thomy my help to deal with all the flaws regarding the economy.
I was using the money I had and milked the shit out of this server. I had 800+ member rings, 100+ ags and lots of more items. I was manipulating the price of any item I wanted and merched hundreds of millions with the item of my choice and used to drop certain items and let them disappear while still making money. Unfortunately this was also the time where Thomy and I did not get along and I quit the game. Why should I "work" my ass off to fix the economy when the owner does not appreciate it? My accounts were taken care of a player whom I trusted the most and he had the permission to do whatever he wanted.
Basically my whole bank was "donated" to the community and the opposite thing happened. The economy got worse. Two years later, after I mentioned the economy problems again, a white knight suggested that the community could work together to fix the economy. MY ASS. Someone who abused the construction shop to get billions of gp into the game for his own sake wants to fix the economy? As you can see nothing has happened so far.
The next big flaw is the
amount of unhealthy and useless items we have.
Mentioning all of them would take quite a while. Let's make it short. Many items should have never entered the game and taking them away from single players was no option according to Thomy. That's why treating all players the same despite of their rank or bank is essential for this to work.
Things that need to change before the reset
1. Rework of drop tables and drop rates.
2. Rework/Removal of dead content and useless items e.g. claws, korasi, emps-wars, etc.
3. Rework of the donation shop.
This is one of the most important parts because this is what keeps the server alive. Following changes should be done.
You will no longer be able to buy a donator whip. What you actually get is a whip dye. You will still get your donator whip after using the whip dye on an abyssal whip. The same goes for bows and staves.
Other cosmetic donator items such as wings, outfits, phats, hween masks will be available from mystery gifts only. This will make cosmetics actually rare because of the RNG involed while useful items are not getting into the game for free. To make mystery gifts more attractive you will also have a chance to get oldschools from them (the chances will be very low obviously).
Another nice feature to have are donator ranks and emotes. Currently donating in Emps-World is seen as "wow, you spend money on a game?". Many other servers sell actual armour and nobody gives a fuck about whether you got it as a drop or from donating.
Unlocking titles and emotes on forums based on how much you donated total as well as adding some ing features for donaters only is the way to go in my opinion.
I will not mention the other changes that need to be done for obvious reasons.
Things that need to change after the reset
1. Advertising Emps-World for untradable consumables and other things.
Such items would be skilling brawlers, membership, ing emotes, an exclusive forum emote on SB, and other things which I am not gonna mention now.
2. "Refer a friend" could work with similar rewards but I am not sure about that.
To sum up, this game we have at the moment is trash. I am for a full reset with the changes mentioned above and many others things. Other people suggested to make World 2 a world on its own which I support as well as long as everything gets done the right way. You can also call it "oldschool emps" if it makes you happy. However focusing on PK entirely will not get any things done with the current amount of players where most of them are stakers and skillers.
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