GluttonySDS
Grandmaster
...is PVP. The reason EQMS ever steps foot inside of a dungeon is because there is often no PVP elsewhere except dungeons. So if PVP is encouraged outside of dungeons, less blues will be PKd as the PVPers will be fighting eachother.
How do we encourage PVP outside of dungeon PKing? We promote factions. How do we promote factions? By making it so PVPers can people who faction can make gold from factioning. This can be done through the following:
1. Allow punkte to be turned in for items the same way event score is. Punkte has no bearing on tracking and thus is a purely cosmetic thing. If we allow punkte to be turned in for rare drops(cloth, wearables, other things exclusive to factioners) then people will without a doubt be more inclined to faction(for the same reason people are farming ettins, only thing most people give a fuck about is pixels).
2. Redo the sigil bonuses to make it worth while/fix the broken ones. RDA portal should only be enterable by those in the winning faction. The faction special farming drops should be increased to about 5% instead of .000001%. I know these have been revamped once or twice but the bonuses clearly arent enough to get people factioning.
3. Create a new faction sigil of control that if controlled for 5 minutes, hands out 500 silver every 30minutes per player. Put this in an area not in or near town. Watch how this becomes the newest/most constantly fought over point on the shard. Who the fuck in their right mind would go search for bards in dungeons when they know they can make money PVPing over this point.
To keep the PKs out of the dungeons, give PVP some love and get the PVP on this shard bumping.
How do we encourage PVP outside of dungeon PKing? We promote factions. How do we promote factions? By making it so PVPers can people who faction can make gold from factioning. This can be done through the following:
1. Allow punkte to be turned in for items the same way event score is. Punkte has no bearing on tracking and thus is a purely cosmetic thing. If we allow punkte to be turned in for rare drops(cloth, wearables, other things exclusive to factioners) then people will without a doubt be more inclined to faction(for the same reason people are farming ettins, only thing most people give a fuck about is pixels).
2. Redo the sigil bonuses to make it worth while/fix the broken ones. RDA portal should only be enterable by those in the winning faction. The faction special farming drops should be increased to about 5% instead of .000001%. I know these have been revamped once or twice but the bonuses clearly arent enough to get people factioning.
3. Create a new faction sigil of control that if controlled for 5 minutes, hands out 500 silver every 30minutes per player. Put this in an area not in or near town. Watch how this becomes the newest/most constantly fought over point on the shard. Who the fuck in their right mind would go search for bards in dungeons when they know they can make money PVPing over this point.
To keep the PKs out of the dungeons, give PVP some love and get the PVP on this shard bumping.
