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  1. Posted

    I've never weighed in on this topic because by the time I noticed it, usually the thread was so long and the debate so convoluted that I really had nothing to contribute. I really have nothing against PvP as long as it is not Open PvP, and most suggestions have been Elective (as the topic starter says) and I have no problem with that. I will likely avoid PvP, but that's me. 

     

    I think it's important to understand the history, though. There are quite a few people who are new to E&B who don't know about the "Arena" on live, and there are probably just as many who were in live, but either never experienced the Arena, or may remember it colored by the passage of time. IMHO, the majority of E&B players never actually played the "Arena" the way the devs intended it. There most certainly are individual exceptions, but most people, I think, think the "Arena" was an arena, and PvP took place in it. 

     

    To my recollection, and in my understanding of it, the E&B Arena was actually a sort of "PvPvE". The problem is that the classes in E&B aren't balanced for combat, and they CAN'T be balanced for combat. Combat was only part of the game, and you have trade and mining, too. Just taking mining as the issue, only three of the nine classes (2 of 3 on live) are capable of mining, so if they got Combat XP at the same rate as a Progen Warrior and could mine on top of that, they'd quickly outlevel the others. So when it comes to one on one, PvP combat, there's a heirarchy, with the warriors on top, the Progen as a whole performing a little better, and then finally the other traders and explorers. 

     

    The devs of E&B developed an Arena that they hoped would engage all three classes. In short, there were "orbs" that needed to be carried to a goal. Miners could mine these orbs from "Caches" that floated around the arena, or they could be gathered from generators that spit them out at a constant rate. Obviously, traders with their bigger holds could be elected to carry the orbs to the goal, while the warriors would keep the other side from scoring. 

     

    Now, maybe this implementation was just too abstract. If the miners had been assigned to mine resources to build a base or reinforce it, then maybe that would have been seen as more "fun". Or maybe the classes could have been redesigned in PvP to have a more balanced loadout. The point is, the devs never bothered to balance PvP because it was supposed to be balanced the way they implemented it. They just never expected the players to ignore their rules and just PvP according to their own rules. 

     

    Honestly, I'm looking at the gate to 61 Cygni in Altair. and thinking there has to be some ideas about PvP floating around that. But think the lesson going forward is that if we are going to implement PvP, it's going to have to take those limitations into account. It can't be as easy as just setting a flag or opening up a zone and telling everybody, "go at it". There's going to have to be some serious thought and testing put into it, unless we want to end up with another underutilized Arena.

    well,..some might argue that when equipped properly and the right buffs in place things might be kinda balanced,...that said,.why not alter a sector that which upon entering stats are also altered to the point the playing field is level and the only advantages are the buffs  from equipment?just an off the top-o-my head thot

  2. Posted

    havent seen vaden at all. ive been here since sept

    thats too bad..anyway,.greetings,.i'm famine...been around since beta..was Vadens first officer and vault keeper until the top of 2011...had kids,.had to take a hiatus...will be returning the top of next week and would appreciate an invite if someone sees me please..thank you for your consideration

  8. Posted

    Use the reset updates. Click 'launcher' then 'reset updates'.

    If this doesn't work just delete your c:\net7\bin directory and start again - could be that something on your computer has corrupted your net7 directory.

    ok Tien,will try that.two questions tho,.if the reset updates doesnt work,and i do delete the contents of my bin folder,how will i launch launcher?am i to reinstall net7?

  9. Posted

    nope,.not running vista,xp.and everything as it should be.was playing earlier,logged off,.computer sat idle for a couple-o-hours,.went to log in,.got update,.and errors.it happened awhile back too and i had to wait 'bout a week for another update to be able to log-in.

  10. Posted

    ok,.once again,..i went to launch game,got an update to net-7,relaunched,and now the client won't even start before net-7 errors out,asking if i want to send info yadayadayada,.Is there a reason/fix to/for this or am i gonna have to wait a week or two for another update like last time?thanks for your consideration.

  12. Posted

    hack works fine for me,.i leave lvl 50-58 sitting without engines,comm.'s,weak shields,hit thier reactor ,weapons quite often.have to say i like it and think i wasted no points maxing it.same with biorepression...that was my to cents.

  13. Posted

    i dont know about much,.but i know my proto launcher has a 7.6 firing rate,with caster/smiters(40%) it drops to 5 sec...with caster/smiter and plague's activated(20%) it drops once more to 3 seconds.i've something else i can't recall atm that adds an equipped 5%,but no change in the 3 sec. is noticable.i didnt use a stop watch or anything,.just hovered over my launcher on the shortcut bar as it was firing...and this has been my 2 cents,.thank you for your consideration :)

  17. Posted · Edited by Famine

    Not sure if this is relevant, but certain toons are causing net7proxy to insta-hang upon login. By insta-hang I mean that net7proxy causes Windows to through up an error dialog box with the standard "Send Error Report/Don't Send" options. Selecting either one cause the net7proxy output window to close, and the enb client finally says "Lost Connection to Server."

    Hope that helps.

    this is exactly what im experiencing on pc and laptop..and strangely enuff can log onto the other server

  20. Posted

    i've always talked on this idea,of knowing,in game what you can build..i always thought perhaps whhen at a vendor items youi have mapped will appear greayed out,.or have a little icon beside it.or one of the sort option besides value and name.mapped.

  24. Posted

    alright,.wtf?i got up went to log on,.and first i get a pop up of an unhandled exception stating "the property "server list" could not be created from it's default value.error messege "could not load file or assembly0 bytes loaded from system.ver.=2.0.0.0 culture=neutral,public key token=b77a5c561934e089 or one of its dependencies.an attempt to load a program with an incorrect format."...and the host box is blank.i put play.net-7.org in the host box,.click start and then i get "the property "server list" could not be created from it's default value.error messege "could not load file or assembly0 bytes loaded from system.ver.=2.0.0.0 culture=neutral,public key token=b77a5c561934e089 or one of its dependencies.an attempt to load a program with an incorrect format" again...now nothings been done to my pc 'cept i turned it off last night and on today.so,.what up?

  25. Posted

    we're a tight community here,.and think it safe,tho sad,to say we've all lost a family member.in this universe,.our universe,.we explore,.laugh at,and with,one another.we bond,.relax,.and escape from a world where tragedy is commenplace...to a universe where tragedy is reflected in an xp debt...devoid of pain,.loss..and sadness.this serves as a reminder that no matter what universe we occupy,..some things are constant.i was privleged to know,fly and laugh with all his incarnations save for Arahsi...and will miss them,..will miss him,.as i would a family member,...as we all should. Joseph(Famine)Zamora

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