Runes of Magic US / AU

Dang I cant be apart of this .. damn 7 day bans.

So where on us servers can we spend euros?

Quoted from "timthum"

So where on us servers can we spend euros?

We have our ways. :p

Seriously, if you win, all will be explained.

lol ok Kalvan i will believe you

Thank you for the info Mika. i do have to say that i trust Kalvan.
Enjoy everyone and have fun!

I want to participate but I can't post in that thread because it's closed :/

Quoted from "narix11"

I want to participate but I can't post in that thread because it's closed :/

I don't think the competition has started yet.

And one thing about the competition: Why final boss? Most of the players in the game can barely make it past the first boss unless its an old instance from years ago (KT (Level 62) and below, most guilds can't even kill Annelia yet...), which of course, decreases the chances for them to win, according to this line:

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Please try to be in dungeons appropriate for your level as doing opposite may decrease your chances for winning.

In other words, 95% of the guilds have a very slim chance to win... Looks like we're down to the 6 guilds that can clear content thats released recently.

Quoted from "Mika"

2. Final boss because we don't want to make it really easy. Coz somone can make a great screenshot and be complete n00b player without any gaming skills. This way we ask for both. To be good player and to have an eye of details

The problem is, 95% of the game population cannot clear any content lv 67+, even with the current level 80 cap. Most cannot even do the first boss in TOSH, a level 70 instance. There are only about 6 guilds in the entire US servers conbined that is capable of running level appropriate content. So you effectively exclude the majority of the population from participating. Unless you include easy mode, in which case it defeats the point of making this final boss limitation, because it doesn't take any "gaming skills" to do easy mode - it can be farmed in 10 minutes even by "n00b players".

I can see the reasoning behind these rules, but they simplely do not work in RoM, because it costs several hundred dollars per month to be able to run "Level appropriate content", assuming that you could somehow find 11 more people that's equally geared and willing to spend another $100 on Golden hammers to run the content itself.

Time to make some alts and run older instances. Anyone up for a Pasper's Shrine run? Maybe I'll break out my Origin pics from back when running Origin was still cool. TT would be a good one with a pirate party lol.

Quoted from "ruisen2000"

The problem is, 95% of the game population cannot clear any content lv 67+, even with the current level 80 cap. Most cannot even do the first boss in TOSH, a level 70 instance. There are only about 6 guilds in the entire US servers conbined that is capable of running level appropriate content. So you effectively exclude the majority of the population from participating. Unless you include easy mode, in which case it defeats the point of making this final boss limitation, because it doesn't take any "gaming skills" to do easy mode - it can be farmed in 10 minutes even by "n00b players".

I can see the reasoning behind these rules, but they simplely do not work in RoM, because it costs several hundred dollars per month to be able to run "Level appropriate content", assuming that you could somehow find 11 more people that's equally geared and willing to spend another $100 on Golden hammers to run the content itself.

so your taking more or less the only bosses of the last years that actually need a tactic instead of stupid DPS for a "nobody can do it 2 years later" and "this is so expensive because of gear" rant? really nice troll post then :p Or it says a lot about the willingness to cooperate and coordinate in the game and human idiocracy is certainly not Gameforge's fault.

Rossbot made a good point there - but i'd rather submit a Razor Lurker screenshot (instead of Falynum ;-) or try Andaphelmor with the gearsets you get from the quests (the blue ones which always have 110 dura) .

PS: Level55 Content is REALLY FUN to do with fresh characters and only using blue quest gear (HoS normal with a mix of level50/55 blue quest sets from Weeping Coast and Thunderhoof ... you can mimic then-pimped gear by using X / XI yellows and only using them with crap fusion stones for one big yellow stat per item instead of using puris and old stats ... ).

Quoted from "ruisen2000"

Quoted from "Mika"

2. Final boss because we don't want to make it really easy. Coz somone can make a great screenshot and be complete n00b player without any gaming skills. This way we ask for both. To be good player and to have an eye of details

The problem is, 95% of the game population cannot clear any content lv 67+, even with the current level 80 cap. Most cannot even do the first boss in TOSH, a level 70 instance. There are only about 6 guilds in the entire US servers conbined that is capable of running level appropriate content. So you effectively exclude the majority of the population from participating. Unless you include easy mode, in which case it defeats the point of making this final boss limitation, because it doesn't take any "gaming skills" to do easy mode - it can be farmed in 10 minutes even by "n00b players".

I can see the reasoning behind these rules, but they simplely do not work in RoM, because it costs several hundred dollars per month to be able to run "Level appropriate content", assuming that you could somehow find 11 more people that's equally geared and willing to spend another $100 on Golden hammers to run the content itself.

EXactly.. so the people who are good players should get the extra money for diamonds. Why should someone who can't even clear ToSh, which is an instance that came out 10 levels ago, be able to get some extra dias? You obviously don't need the diamonds, cause you're not using them correctly. I think it makes perfect sense. Reward the players that have put in the work to gear and clear the latest instances, not the players who can't clear a thing.

Doesn't it make sense to you that the people who "Spend 100$ on golden hammers" SHOULD be the ones getting the money rewards? Why would it be the level 80 who's never spent a dime and can only clear HoS?


Goodluck to all those guilds who are gonna participate. Hope you win.

Here is me soloing the goldspammer instance

Link removed since it's not an instance screenshot -- Kalvan

first off EVERYONE should be able to do instances on easy setting.
2nd Borella we all know that not every endgamer is spending 100 bux on hammers.
3rd some of us spend alot on hammers and dont have the people in guild to run all the instances.
this contest is for everyone it does not say anywhere that it has to be a guild run and there are plenty of pug groups for Bethomia easy.

p.s. Borella i am not trying to start any arguments here my statement is true.

Quoted from "Borella"

EXactly.. so the people who are good players should get the extra money for diamonds. Why should someone who can't even clear ToSh, which is an instance that came out 10 levels ago, be able to get some extra dias? You obviously don't need the diamonds, cause you're not using them correctly. I think it makes perfect sense. Reward the players that have put in the work to gear and clear the latest instances, not the players who can't clear a thing.

Doesn't it make sense to you that the people who "Spend 100$ on golden hammers" SHOULD be the ones getting the money rewards? Why would it be the level 80 who's never spent a dime and can only clear HoS?

If someone cannot clear TOSH, it does not mean they do not try just as hard clearing content that they are capable of. You assumed that people are not clearing endgame content because they are lazy, which is not always true. In the case where people are being lazy, then of course they do not deserve anything. But it should not be the fault of the player, if there are only sufficient players willing/able to run a less difficult instance which they think is the limit of their capabilities given the manpower available. (Of course, there is little point discussing this, since Mika has already stated that this would not be detrimental to someone's chances to win. THe original post led me to believe that people should run instance that are near their level - aka within 5-10 levels).

Also, the amount of $$ people spend should NOT correlate to their chances to win, or make them more "deserving". Contests should not be designed to see who is able to spend the huge amount of money required to clear content.

Using low level alts to run low level instances - I will admit, that had not occured to me yet as I wrote my post. It wasn't intended to be a QQ (I think Yoman sees all my posts as QQ these days), I simply stated what I perceived to be a potential issue based on what I know about people's dungeon's capabilities. Of course, I'm not saying that it WILL be an issue (I am a human being like everyone else - I won't try to pretend that I am always right). Its simply a projection (which may or may not be correct), and is, of course, open to criticisms and disagreements.

And Mika, of course we appreciate contests, and I look forward to the other contests you have planned for us. I look forward to seeing some screenies from Origin myself, its probably one of the most beautiful instances, imo.

Use your imaginations here, people. While you might think you'll get more pleasure from submitting a screenshot of taking down last boss in ToSH or Bethonia, there are other, lower-level instances that can be run with level-appropriate characters. Some of those instances can be just as challenging, interesting, and there are some which are rarely seen by other players.

In any case, time's a wastin'! Better hop to it before the competition closes!

Dam the Au server is out then..... Cant find 4 people to light candles for Jenny......