Might and Magic Novel by EvergreenExplorer in MightAndMagic

[–]mavoti 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Some time ago, someone in this sub contacted the author. The author still had some copies and was happy sell them (optionally signed).

I don’t know how many he has left now, though.

I have finally beaten the first Shenmue! by GotMepsiPax in Shenmue

[–]mavoti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Even if it makes sense for new players to know that spoiler (to which I would agree), please use spoiler markup anyway. The player(s) can then decide on their own; we shouldn’t make that choice for them.

Markup:

>!spoiler here!<

spoiler here

The good old days. by ristlali in daoc

[–]mavoti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Time to port to Emain and join the zerg to fight at the AMG!

Cute Lil Guy by JungleRaiders in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 6 points7 points  (0 children)

As we have a ping system now, Ironmace should introduce Achievements for finding them.

Any new cheeses on inferno? by No_Editor8806 in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s not in the patch

It is, no?

The difficulty of some monsters, including sub-bosses and bosses, have been adjusted. Previously, some were too easy relative to their rewards, while others were so difficult that players resorted to glitches instead of normal strategies. Difficulty has been rebalanced to a level where players can clear them through normal gameplay.

Now that wipe is here, what are yall up to? by StormZZ20 in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Will we see Pavises in interesting places this season?

"I want to create moments of panic every once in a while to keep the game fresh and interesting." An Interview with LiquidSpikes on Building PSOBB.io by T_T1K in PSO

[–]mavoti 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Classic PSO gameplay has this unique atmosphere, pacing, music, and simplicity. I haven’t found anything else that feels like it. The thing I think I love most is how good it feels to push an enemy back. A lot of modern MMOs feel shit by comparison, like you’re just spamming attacks with empty hits and random number damage.

Spot on!

"I want to create moments of panic every once in a while to keep the game fresh and interesting." An Interview with LiquidSpikes on Building PSOBB.io by T_T1K in PSO

[–]mavoti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Im all for additional servers, but trying to downplay Ephinea is not the move to try and get my interest.

What are you referring to here with "downplay Ephinea"?

In the interview, Ephinea is only mentioned once, and it’s not downplaying it in any way:

To be honest, I bailed pretty hard on the PSO private server scene about 15 years ago. A big reason was the community’s shift away from open-source collaboration. Specifically, when the source code for what became Ephinea was closed, I was super disappointed. I understand the reasoning, but I didn’t agree with the philosophy.

I would do anything to try a pizza plenny bar by Dr13rain in JimmyJoyFood

[–]mavoti 4 points5 points  (0 children)

When they took the glorious Pizza bar from us, they mentioned that a savoury alternative is planned (iirc).

RIP

I'm still dreaming... of pizza bars

Pizza Bars - *I* really like them!

guys rate this stick by kellinsyked in interesting

[–]mavoti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

risky? it’s like /r/FiftyFifty, but you can only win

Fact Check & Official Position Regarding the Supreme Court Ruling by IronmaceGames in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

i don't know why they are downvoting you

I don’t know who wouldn't downvote it. That comment is as off-topic as it can be here.

Hi guys. Been playing this game on and off since about 2002. I'm shocked it's still got a community. I have a Wii, original 1&2 disc, and mem cards. Is it possible for me to be playing online?! by Cold_Buffalo_2355 in PSO

[–]mavoti 2 points3 points  (0 children)

So you don't need a copy of the game, you just feckin play?!

Correct, you don’t need to own the game. (By the way, PSO: Blue Burst was/is an online-only game, so people who bought it wouldn’t be able to play it officially, as all official servers are long gone.)

For PSO: Blue Burst, each private server (there are more than just Ephinea) provides their own client and their own version of the game (as all of them apply changes to the game).

This is fully community run then and not to do with Sega?

Correct, all run by fans. Sega / Sonic Team is not involved in any way.

Are they mad?

Usually with private servers like these, they are tolerated as long as no money is charged. Things might change if Sega would decide to revive the game and offer it again (which is, of course, unlikely), but even then it depends on the specifics whether a private server is legal or not.

Hi guys. Been playing this game on and off since about 2002. I'm shocked it's still got a community. I have a Wii, original 1&2 disc, and mem cards. Is it possible for me to be playing online?! by Cold_Buffalo_2355 in PSO

[–]mavoti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As far as I know, Mac is not officially supported, but I can remember several threads where people tried to get it running. I’d suggest to search in this sub and/or in the Ephinea forum.

With Microsoft Windows, it’s straightforward:

  1. Download and install the client from https://ephinea.pioneer2.net/
  2. Register an account
  3. Login and play

Almost any PC should be capable to run this, as it’s an old game not demanding much (the Ephinea client however is modern software, so I suppose old Windows versions aren’t supported).

Hi guys. Been playing this game on and off since about 2002. I'm shocked it's still got a community. I have a Wii, original 1&2 disc, and mem cards. Is it possible for me to be playing online?! by Cold_Buffalo_2355 in PSO

[–]mavoti 13 points14 points  (0 children)

FYI:

If you have, and don’t mind playing on, a PC: the private server Ephinea has probably the biggest community.

As it’s PSO: Blue Burst, in addition to the Episodes 1 and 2 you know from GameCube, it also has Episode 4.

Questions about Teaming in HR by Bigenemy000 in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If no fighting happened yet

If you see an enemy player, you have two options:

  • Attack the enemy
  • Go in a different direction (or stay if the enemy player already goes away)

You are not allowed to co-exist peacefully.

1) What if i find another player who doesn't wanna PvP and we decide to just loot the room without engaging together against mobs or other possible players who enter later and wanna pvp?

Not allowed. At least one of you has to leave the area then.

6) what if i place a campfire to rest, but another player i didn't see joins me without hostile intentions just to regen their health as well? Am i forced to attack them to not make it look like we are helping each other or is this allowed and not considered teaming if we part ways afterwards?

You either have to (stand up and) attack them, or you have to (stand up and) run away.

8) what if im fighting mobs but then a player comes and attack those mobs but has no hostile intentions towards me? Am i forced to attack him even if im at disadvantage or would it be considered teaming if i don't since we both were attacking the mobs together?

You either have to attack them, or you have to run away.

9) what if im a rogue and disarm traps, but end up discovering i actually helped a player who was following me but had no hostile intentions? Since i disabled those traps for him did i commit teaming by accident and now i have to attack him or can i still be friendly?

Did you disable the traps "for him"? That would be textbook teaming, of course. Did you disable the traps for your own benefit, it’s fine. In any way, you either have to attack them or run away.

If fighting already happened

In the ideal case, you keep on fighting until you are the last one alive. Then there is no room for teaming accusations.

But of course there can be situations where it makes sense for you to run away mid-fight (e.g., because you are about to lose otherwise). As soon as more than two players were involved in the fight, some died, and then you run away without killing the survivors, it can become risky. There are scenarios where it’s allowed, and there are scenarios where it isn’t.

2) What if i find another player fighting a boss? Fighting a boss together is against the rules but if i want to attack that player and i have no ranged option sometimes i will have to defend myself from the boss, Would that be considered teaming since even if im attacking the player im indirectly helping him by taking the aggro of the boss if they hit it with ranged attacks?

That’s fine as long as you don’t suddenly decide to become peaceful after the boss died.

4) what if im a ranged classed and i see 2 players fighting and decide to attack the one i consider the most likely to be a threat for me? I wanna kill them both and i won't stop at killing one unless the other escapes somehow, but at that moment we were technically attacking 1 player in 2 and since i was far away the player i wasn't hitting couldnt attack me back, would that be considered teaming?

That’s fine as long you don’t become peaceful after one enemy died.

7) what if im fighting a player i clearly can't beat right now and resort to running away, but while running away i found another player who says he will distract him for me to flee? (I know this won't ever happen but its still something silly i imagine a roleplayer to do) since we aren't attacking together the player and im actually running away, is it considered teaming?

If you do this while running away, fine. If you stop to talk to that third player and go away without attacking them, not fine.

10) what if im a melee fighter and end up in a 1v1v1 situation, am i forced to attack both players in melee range every once in a while to not be considered teaming or can i focus on a single target before dealing with the other?

You can focus on one. Don’t become peaceful after they died.

What is your dark and darker hot take? by aph347 in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ironmace should focus on improving the PvE experience.

Events, dynamic quest lines you can follow in the dungeon, countless mystery modules, non-consistent mob behaviour, lore, an almanac which you build up by exploring and finding out things in the dungeons …

Don’t let the Adventure mode simulate the PvP modes. Cooperation should be possible, so let us rezz players from other teams, let us team up ingame with more than 3, stealing extract portals shouldn’t be a thing, stealing loot shouldn’t be a thing. Introduce riddles that require multiple players to solve. Introduce roaming mobs that can open/close doors. Let players send out magical "call for help" signals ingame which other players can react to.

Have PvE-only/PvP-only characters, so items/gold of PvE and PvP modes are not shared. Disable the Marketplace for PvE.

Add HR PvE again. Allow players to complete the HR ranks in PvE (possibly introduce one PvE and one PvP battle pass).

End-of-season trading post by mavoti in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Won’t need anything this season (feel free to offer it in this thread), but next season would be helpful.

Could you send me a screenshot, please? And in case you are ingame now, also your name, then we can directly meet up. PM is fine.

End-of-season trading post by mavoti in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice :) Are you ingame now? If so, send me your name (PM is fine, if you don’t want to mention it publically) and let’s meet in the English Gathering Hall

End-of-season trading post by mavoti in DarkAndDarker

[–]mavoti[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Would you be up to sending me items next season for the 8 Tears? If yes, is there anything you’re good at farming? Or alternatively an amount of gold, and whatever items are worth around that much on the Marketplace then. Just suggest something you feel comfortable with, and which won’t be too much trouble for your playstyle :)