chariot Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Ho ho ho! Christmas has always been my favorite time to play with family, esspecially since we are all on vacation. Furthermore, on Ultima, PGF being exclussively available then adds some holiday cheer. My only critique is that the present system could use a little TLC. It would add a lot of excitement to throw in a couple "uber" items but make the drop rate proportionately terrible... maybe even give them unique stats to fingerprint the event year? When SCHTHACK server did that back in the day, it was such a blast. Maybe this isn't the first discussion about this, but hey, I just opened it back up. Post here if you oppose, approve, or have any ideas for what presents should contain, rather than cluttery mag cells that eventually get eternally abandonned on the blood-strewn battlegrounds of Ragol. CHEERS!! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shopes Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 This would be a welcome change, considering the amount of RT we end up doing causes me to descend into madness. I always enjoyed getting goodies from random prezzies! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-78 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 To be honest, Christmas event was the thing I liked the most about Schthack, back in the time I was playing over there. Being able to hunt the presents in any quest or area, the excitement provided when finding a present, the hype when you open it and how the presents drop rates increase with the server total kill count... (My only regret was that it was Shared dropstyle only so that everyone I played with would just rush into presents as soon as they drop, like there is no tomorrow and I end up getting none lol) I don't know how others feel about this. @Soly If such was possible, the rates should scale with monsters type (better rates on mini boss like Epsilons, Merikles etc) or it would just favor repeating spammy quests of weak monsters such as WOF first room, IDS to canabins/gillchich room etc 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saber +7 Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I am in big favor of the present style for events as we've been doing the system that's currently in place for as long as I can remember. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FOnewbie Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, R-78 said: Being able to hunt the presents in any quest or area, the excitement provided when finding a present, the hype when you open it and how the presents drop rates increase with the server total kill count... Yes me too! This was one of the best things about shthack as it brought the community together, inciting both new and old players to work together to get to the next tier of prizes. This also gives new players a lucky chance of trading worthwhile rares with older players. 2 hours ago, R-78 said: If such was possible, the rates should scale with monsters type (better rates on mini boss like Epsilons, Merikles etc) or it would just favor repeating spammy quests of weak monsters such as WOF first room, IDS to canabins/gillchich room etc Or if it's possible what about two different "PRESENT" types? the more uber kind drops off EP2 monsters with rare rates that way fodder monsters from forest/caves still has a good chance of dropping a present (with lower tier items), but it's not as amazing as the buff monsters. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chariot Posted December 14, 2020 Author Share Posted December 14, 2020 2 hours ago, R-78 said: To be honest, Christmas event was the thing I liked the most about Schthack, back in the time I was playing over there. Mine too! I played almost every christmas event from 2005-2012 there. I about peed my pants one year finding SCHTHACK's Inferno Claw (variable ATP per attack, up to like 5,000 lol). It was cool having 4 tiers of drop lists governed by the difficulty too. I forgot all about the community kill counts affecting drops. Clevor. Yeah, I could do without that complication. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanue Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 I love seeing all the positivity around this post! I totally agree with you @chariot Christmas is always my favorite time to play for schedule reasons and for the events. Some overhaul to the Christmas presents would be a welcomed alteration for me. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larva Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 On 12/13/2020 at 12:55 PM, chariot said: Ho ho ho! Christmas has always been my favorite time to play with family, esspecially since we are all on vacation. Furthermore, on Ultima, PGF being exclussively available then adds some holiday cheer. My only critique is that the present system could use a little TLC. It would add a lot of excitement to throw in a couple "uber" items but make the drop rate proportionately terrible... maybe even give them unique stats to fingerprint the event year? When SCHTHACK server did that back in the day, it was such a blast. Maybe this isn't the first discussion about this, but hey, I just opened it back up. Post here if you oppose, approve, or have any ideas for what presents should contain, rather than cluttery mag cells that eventually get eternally abandonned on the blood-strewn battlegrounds of Ragol. CHEERS!! I also in favor of giving something like this. It would be good for all of us to add something to the event and the Present system maybe is something we can have in time for the event. Well see what we can came up. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chariot Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 5 hours ago, Larva said: I also in favor of giving something like this. It would be good for all of us to add something to the event and the Present system maybe is something we can have in time for the event. Well see what we can came up. Right on @Larva I appreciate your willingness to look into some fun modifications. Let me know if there is any way I can help. Cheers! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RocketTots Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 (edited) On 12/14/2020 at 10:24 AM, Saber +7 said: I am in big favor of the present style for events as we've been doing the system that's currently in place for as long as I can remember. look, honestly any sort of change you make to the event schedule would be more than welcome by the playerbase. some sort of server-wide thing, kill count or otherwise, would be super fun and help to unite an already struggling and disparate playerbase. This would be awesome. @Larva @R-78 @serverus Edited December 16, 2020 by RocketTots 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Varista Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 It's not very hard to do either. We have two separate counts of presents, one real and one not real. Real ones range from a variety of items in a set loot table for each difficulty and the presents have a set stat pool which includes singular percentages (like 31% or 26%, etc) & it also grants the opportunity to obtain Excalibur and TJS with three percentages that stick as well (albeit with a little bit of a log off-log in work around). Fake presents are basically just regular items with the "Present" untekk classification on them. They do not cause you to get the rare drop notification. We made the real presents drop at around 1/1000 on all enemies, which ends up translating really well. For added flavor, you could do what I did and change the rare item pick up text to something like, for example: "Ultima has received a rare item from Soly-claus!" or "Ultima has received a present from Shiida-claus!" etc. Mine for this year was "XYZ has received a gift from Varista-claus!". It's quite fun, and seems to lift community spirits up. I would highly recommend that you put the time and effort in to get it to work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larva Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Varista said: It's not very hard to do either. We have two separate counts of presents, one real and one not real. Real ones range from a variety of items in a set loot table for each difficulty and the presents have a set stat pool which includes singular percentages (like 31% or 26%, etc) & it also grants the opportunity to obtain Excalibur and TJS with three percentages that stick as well (albeit with a little bit of a log off-log in work around). Fake presents are basically just regular items with the "Present" untekk classification on them. They do not cause you to get the rare drop notification. We made the real presents drop at around 1/1000 on all enemies, which ends up translating really well. For added flavor, you could do what I did and change the rare item pick up text to something like, for example: "Ultima has received a rare item from Soly-claus!" or "Ultima has received a present from Shiida-claus!" etc. Mine for this year was "XYZ has received a gift from Varista-claus!". It's quite fun, and seems to lift community spirits up. I would highly recommend that you put the time and effort in to get it to work. Time was the issue here, we couldn't have it ready on time. It will be done for another event. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdhenry124 Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 24 minutes ago, Larva said: Time was the issue here, we couldn't have it ready on time. It will be done for another event. Green names pls. Event has been on for more than a week and I've gotten zero Christmas presents to drop 😭 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotta Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 1 hour ago, jdhenry124 said: Green names pls. Event has been on for more than a week and I've gotten zero Christmas presents to drop 😭 Not gonna pressume my luck with yours () about farming 6 Christmas Present from 10 Saint Rappies In 10 hours, but your luck sucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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