That cant be right. Supposing I turn up and you don't leave? What if that causes me 'unwanted distress or discomfort' that you dont leave and allow me to have the spawn when I turn up? No ... it isnt a breach of rules ... merely a breach of etiquette and politeness.
It better not be. This is MMORPG. Not a single player game.
The looting rights are split two ways you each get a cut. There is nothing wrong here. Perhaps you would be better served playing a single player game on your iphone.
Then the counter point of that view would also be valid. You're in the area fighting the spawn and I show up and am unable to play where I want because you're forcing me out - that would be harassment too since you're bullying me and not letting me play. I'm using you and I here in general terms for example and not speaking specifically about you, of course. This is an open world MMO and sharing spawn is part of the deal.
No, they're not 'your' monsters.
It sounds like you must be new here. This has been brought up in years past. You may *think* its anti social but this is a multiplayer game. Don't hate the player, hate the game. If you don't like having to compete for spawn or share the game - go play a single player game. It wasn't an attack - it was a statement and an observation.
Absolutely not. Monsters are for everyone.
Best thing to do is write down the char name, and everytime you see or even hear of him hunting somewhere, go join in!!! Because after all, he doesn't own the spawn, right? Karma, it feels good
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lol... yeah, no it doesn't. You already said in your first line that no-one "owns" the spawn and no single person is entitled to it. It would be up to the other player to leave the area and find a different spawn if they didn't like it. If they did so and the other person started following them around the map repeatedly, only then you may have a case for harassment.
It's just whoever gets there firstest with the mostest. There's no conceivable way it's harassment that somebody kills a monster out from under you.
i dont think luring in trammel is a crime anymore, either, but I forget.
Wait, so it might actually take some effort and not just be sit in one place and much cheetos while pressing a macro? Oh the horror.
Man, I always think back to the time when you could sort of "clear out" a dungeon because the spawn times were slow. I really miss that actually. I wish they would build something like that into a dungeon. Hythloth would be good for it since it has so many floors. Like you would actually have to clear out the floor you are on before going down to the next, and the difficulty increases. Like a big champ spawn sort of.
Not sure how easy it would be to do, but what would be better is a re-spawn rate based on the number of people in the dungeon area. The more people, the faster it re-spawns. Timed correctly, it would keep you from getting overwhelmed, and yet spawn fast enough to keep you from getting bored.
This sort of mechanic already exists in game in the doom guardians room. The more people in the room -the more guardians spawn.
Very true. Many MMOs actually seem to punish you for working together or in a group, which seems rather counter-intuitive to the genre. UO is one of the worst.
It's amazing how a subtle change like this to the fundamental mechanic of loot creates an entirely different perspective of the playerbase to grouping up or fighting together. You no longer have situations where people have the mentality of getting annoyed over others attacking "their spawn." In fact it's usually quite the opposite: you're actually pleased others show up and attack what you're attacking to kill it quicker with both of you getting a chance at the same rewards/drops for doing so. It's a system that breeds co-operation naturally rather than competition and in general the community is more pleasant for it.
As far as I know it was never "decriminalized," but how often it's enforced is another matter. Some days, GMs seem to be an endangered species, at the least.
Yes... that's exactly what we need. More stuff like that. It should gauge how many people are in the area working the spawn and respawn accordingly. If one person is there the spawn rate stays the same... 2 people it increases slightly... 3 it increases more... etc...
