Thats all open for discusion and i want all the feedback you guys have to give, lets make IMC hear us!
Respawn as it is now
- Fixed (set) respawn spots
- Monsters are leashed to a spot
- Really slow respawn rates
- No instant Respawn
Because of the way the monster respawn now, only one party can grind in a map at a time. Thats ridiculous, its like saying they just want 5-20 people in a certain lvl range, also imposible if your player base isnt reaaaaaaly low.
My proposition based on other forum topics
- Random Respawn places
- Monsters are able to wander
- Higher spawn rate
- Some instant respawns
- Better monster exp
- End the restriction on monsters exp
Why i think so:
1 and 2-The respawn place should be random and without leashes (there could be some restrictions so they dont spawn or wander near NPCs, thats all simple coding) so the maps wouldnt have a fixed number of good grind spots and would feel more alive. This way people would have to wander the map, but would not have the need to create a monopoly over it or to do it like a “run”.
Who didnt like to find a spot overflowing with monsters you had to think twice before atacking it and when you did it was hard and rewarding, or finding a monster stronger than you alone and tought “i could kill him if hes alone”. Those were all random encounters that are only possible if monsters dont have fixed respawn spots and are able to wander.
3 and 4- I think everyone agree that the spawn rate now is just ridiculous for some maps. I think that the monsters could have a set instant respawn rate and a timed one, this way there would always be X of that monster in the map at any given time. Ex: A map have 50 of said monster and 30 of them have instant respawns, so if the map has less than 30 of this monster they will start to instant respawn untill it has 30 again and the other 20 would have their timing working as normal. This there would be a % of said monster up at all times.
OR
You could raise the respawn rate and respawn numbers and give some monsters a instant respawn, so monsters that have timed ones would be cosidered more rare. This would also work, as some monsters would always be up and wouldnt take to long for the other ones to respawn.
5 and 6- This one is simple, grinding isnt rewarding at all at this game, better respawns will help, but the fact that i have to kill 1.000 + monsters at level 120 (at 1/5 of the game, max is 600) and if i kill monsters stronger or weaker than me im penalized is plain dumb.
I didnt mean to compare but must MMOs have a lvl cap of 99 or 60 lvls, if we compare with the 280 levels we have now every one level on ToS is worth 1/3 (on the 99 metrics) and 1/5 (on the 60 metrics), its like saying that at lvl 40 (same as 120 on tos) on a 99lvls game it would take me 3k monsters (aprox 3h and only at party, soloing its imposible) just to pass a single lvl, and thats just the very begining of mid game. The exp is so bad we even have a thing called “grind walls” in this game, because 1- there are no places to grind 2- grind is unrewarding at best.
This game talks about diversity all the time, but if i want to create a character to AoE one hit lower lvl mobs (15-20 lvls behind) im penalized, if i make a bruiser to try and 1x1 way higher mobs im penalized, if i want to focus on selling itens and have to kill some lower mobs im penalized (they should contribute with their tiny exp, even if i only get 2% in a day of item farm) and it goes on and on… You are stuck in a single path, you have to kill the same things at the same levels, this level up method is designed to be a big, long and boring corridor.
Last considerations
Nothing that i said here is news in any way, those are all level up choices and methods used at a lot of MMORPGs, thats exactly why it is so hard to me to understand why IMC choose the methods they are using right now.
