god items discussion

[Former-GM-Belial]

One of the reasons thus far for the quest being disabled is the weapons rewarded near the end of the quest which you only need to be level 70 to take place in.??It has been discussed and we have generally felt like it may flood the server with weapons (though we are aware of the number of players who must complete each phase of the quest before the next opens and how that may mitigate the flooding).

On to your point about the quests not being implemented.??It may be that we just hand them to the players (something that has been discussed in the GM section, and is still being considered somewhat), but if you say there are not enough people to effectively nullify someone with a god item, I'd like to suggest that the server is not large enough to ensure that there are people online when the last seal is opened to stop the guild(s) trying to make the god item by force.??This does not in any way negate your point, of course, just trying to point out anythying I haven't seen mentioned yet (sorry if I've missed anything in the previous posts).??

I, personally, would be all for scaling god items' power to better fit heRO, and then possibly changing the quest around a bit to make it easier in proportion as well (lowering power of god items a bit, giving out something other than ice picks+other level 4 weapons, and lowering number of players needed and items required).??I really doubt this plan would garner huge support from the community, though.??

I agree that adding 1000 more players would greatly help the issue in general.?? Barring that, however, what else is there???We need a solution that is actually viable for heRO - if one needs to be implemented.??Rest assured that, while we don't implement every idea, the GM team is concerned with balancing things like this.??

I do not speak for the team, instead speaking for myself now, when I say that I personally think that god items can ruin a server this small.??And, as such, I would not lie to you when I say that I am very interested in this discussion to see what the community has to say - though I cannot promise that anything concrete will happen or, if it does, when it will come to be.

EDIT: In response to Ayu - thanks for sharing that example. I too was wondering how anyone could see a double-meg smith would not be a problem. A blacksmith being obviously far inferior too whitesmith with those equips... since their big damage skill can not also stun like Cart Term can. Double meg max str cart term is very frightening.