Runes of Magic US / AU

I just want to make a quick suggestion. Basically, I think there should be a buff npc that can give you all the buffs you could get from other players but that last 2 hours and that persist after death. Maybe you can pick and choose which you want for a small fee or maybe you can take them all as a kind of master buff for a larger fee.

Basically, I believe this would solve the problem of having to create alts for siege and running instances. I don't know about everyone else but I can only run one extra client so I can only get one extra buff for siege while others get tons of buffs. Also, if I crash during siege, having to relog two toons takes away precious time from siege. It would also allow me to get into the fight much faster as I would only have to pop my food and hero pots.

I think this would be a new and exciting change. I think it could reduce server load by reducing the alts being used, especially for siege. It would allow smaller guilds with less alts and players to run harder instances. It would make questing easier for lower levels, maybe starting at level 50, that have a hard time finding mid level gear. It just makes a whole lot of sense for a whole lot of reasons.

Of course, there might be some exceptions like soul bond. And I don't expect everyone to get a perm sprint or high energy barrier. That said I think everyone knows the buffs I'm talking about and I think it would be easy enough for the devs to figure out which ones to include. Such as the holy protection, awakening of the wild, the warlock all attribute buff, the priest hp and mdef buff, the matk buffs from mage and p/s, the accuracy buff from druids, and maybe a few others. Another bonus is I wouldn't have to run to castle when my holy protection runs out

ALso note it can be done many ways, maybe you could introduce scrolls, or some other mechanism to get the buffs. As long as it is affordable to all, persists after death and last an hour or more, I'd be happy. I guess it could be an Item Shop scroll if it was like 1 dias to 5 dias each I guess but that would kinda suck and defeat some of the purpose as in making it fair for everyone. But as long as everyone can get them with gold from a dias seller then it's not bad. Just please don't make them cost 45 dias each because that would suck hard.

I hope everyone will reply with a short post that they support this idea so the devs can see it's something everyone wants. I hope people don't go off topic or derail the thread with a bunch of opinions. I don't want to discourage discussion but you can make your own thread if you have tons of other ideas or thoughts on this suggestion. My point is that if the replies are people just fighting and it's not clear support for the idea we may never get this suggestion implemented. So please just support it or don't but keep it short, not like my long bleep post. ty

Ya that's a problem I didn't consider but it might be the only problem and there may be a solution. Like make it a scroll that doesn't cost much. If someone removes my flower I don't cry that I paid for flowers. Same thing really. I wouldn't mind it being free myself so the cost doesn't have to be an issue.

As for the group thing, we already have alts to buff, it's the weaker guilds that have access to less alts. This gives all guilds equal buffing ability imo.

As for deciding who brings what alt into siege and deciding who buffs who, well that's difficult and distracting imo, this makes it so much simpler.

I didn't say it was the game's fault! It's simply a suggestion to make things easier for everyone.

I didn't say we don't have equal buffing ability! Obviously we do. But some of us are limited by our computers. It would be nice for devs to take that into consideration just like they allow for different screen resolutions. They should realize that not everyone can run 4 to 12 clients at a time for buffing with alts and that this causes an imballance. And then there's the lag that these extra alts add to the game.

For many it's no work at all to make an alt. Takes minutes in tosh for me. So I don't see that as an issue except that it makes it fair for those who don't have it so easy. The issue is relogging them into siege, swapping betweeen five screen, if you can run that many, it's all a bit ridiculous imo. It should be made simpler.

Obviously people with the advantage won't like the idea and say anything to make it sound like a bad idea but I hope it's obvious to most that this is an awesome suggestion.

This suggestion wouldn't replace anyone. It just makes things simpler. Replacing someone is making an alt in the first place. There are other abilities besides buffs that classes have to help them get invite into groups if that's what you're worried about. If you're getting an invite just because of a buff that's pretty sad imo. And what happens when they get tired of you and make an alt? You probably shouldn't rely on buffs to get into groups. imo

People make alts for many reason you can't know everyone's motives. Bottom line is that alts can be made so people shouldn't rely on a buff to get into groups. So you have no argument imo.