Engel_11 posted:

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I have a different kind of loyalty: Friend Loyalty.

The primary reason I play this game is because I have made friends with many people along the way. If I can't play with them, and am not in the mood to solo, I'll just do something else.

All the time I'll text a buddy and ask if he's on, then log on Mid. He'll join vent and I'll find out he's on Alb/Hib. Generally, we only have 1-3 hours to play. If we have to wait 1 hour to play together, guess what we're not going to do.

Us not playing is not good for anyone. This game needs people playing it or it will shut down.

Sure people relic hop, but I really could care less. Forcing me onto one realm isn't going to make me siege.

If you want to give a small bonus to players who only play one realm, go right ahead. A 2% rp bonus will be enough for some people and not be overpowering.

Honestly I think players with the relics at their back should be worth more RPs. It's a lot harder to kill a group that has 20% bonus to magic/melee, so make them worth 20% more rps to kill. Then you'll be more likely to see people flocking to the realms (notice realms, not realm singular) that doesn't have the relics.

A forced realm loyalty will do nothing but put another nail in the coffin.

Just think of it this way: lets say you like the game HALO, but if it's the only game you are allowed to play, the amount of time you spend playing video games will decrease significantly.

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Wafflestompyn posted:

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The trouble is that this mentality favors the hardcore players over new players and "realm-loyal players". Imagine, as a new player, finally getting a toon up to 50 with a template, MLs, etc. only to find that fights keep going badly because swarms of other players keep jumping sides. It was always bad enough with natural population imbalances, but it's even worse with little to no realm timer in a cluster. That's why I'm suggesting a slightly longer (and working) realm timer, but not so long that it ruins your time as well. At 15 minutes, it's enough to slow down hoppers while short enough that you can go bio, grab snacks, and you're good to go. 5 minutes is just laughable, and no realm timer would be a nail in the coffin itself.

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Meddyck24 posted:

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There are too many problems with trying to lock players out of their toons in a particular realm for long periods of time when they want to switch. Instead Mythic should use bonuses to encourage players to stick with one realm. For instance:

- relic bonuses only affect your characters if you have been playing that realm for at least 24 hours
- rp, bp, and xp bonuses only affect your characters if you have been playing that realm for at least 24 hours
- add an additional 1% rp/bp/xp bonus per day you play a realm with a cap at, say, 50%
- buff npcs will give an additional 5 points per stat if you have been playing in a realm for at least 24 hours

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Daveblades posted:

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Don't punish those who wish to realm hop, . . . .

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legereu posted:

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I am liking all the suggestions to reward people for playing the same realm.

Couldn't they do something like the way factions work in game with the monsters. I.e. if you kill a certain type of monster you increase your faction with another type of monster.

So for example everytime your account plays Midgard, your Midgard rating goes up, but your Albion and Hibernia rating goes down.

Based on your rating you could get access to realm bonuses, increased XP and RP's, you could end up in a scenario where certain NPC's don't talk to you or you don't get access to certain features on items. They could introduce quests where you can raise your faction within a realm. Getting xp, rp, completing quests etc all add to your rating.

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