For example to repair to 70% takes journeyman,
75% expert
80% master, etc.

As you go up in quality of repair it would take more and rarer raw materials thus creating an income for low level players who can gather them.

That brings us back to the problem of people stealing items while repairing - and I have to assume it's not possible to code in a 'repair window' á la trade window.  This however isn't the GM's problem.  You wouldn't bring your watch to a sketchy guy on a street corner to get it fixed.

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Option 2 (which just came to me):  Require materials as well as gold be given to the tinker which scale on the 'quality' of repair being selected.  Quality of repair determining the % of durability returned.

As for the events, they wouldn't really be events any more if they are held weekly or more. That and I don't have the time for it, so it'd have to be something automated. What could be done is removing some of the limitations on the pit and royal sewers such as an increase of drop chances and changing the x amount of runs per Faldon day. And I guess it'll be fairly easy to add more of these places.

However, I don't really feel like making changes which will have such a large effect on the game without knowing for sure that they will 'fix' the problems as they will probably piss off a large portion of the player base.

Higher drop rate on items and higher gold dropage on monsters.

And focus on the lower level mobs for gold, so it is easier to buy pots and such.

I dont think these will end badly, if they are put in with some thought.

IFillInComplaints wrote:

I am not Brazillian, no. I am the one who have send you to this forum on MSN (if that is how you got here =p)

This isn't completely true, you can speak alittle bit of Portugese, it would be time consuming but you might be capable of making an initial translation and then sending what you have written to a Brazillian for proof-reading and further editing.

I guess thats true, hehe.

This is true, but as I see it, that this client is at its end. And as wu said, doubling drop rates, or maybe trebbling would already make a world of difference for new players. As mith slimes arnt that hard to get, aswell as 100 taming (takes like 2-3hours) they would have a little better chance.

The chances are just minor fixes, and can be done. Except removing tinker, if that woulda be done now, several solutions will have to put in place to catch the blow.

I'd like to thank everyone for responding already. 

I am not Brazillian, no. I am the one who have send you to this forum on MSN (if that is how you got here =p)

This isn't completely true, you can speak alittle bit of Portugese, it would be time consuming but you might be capable of making an initial translation and then sending what you have written to a Brazillian for proof-reading and further editing.

I agree with everything you list, except the gambling thing which is another issue.

In development, we have discussed these issues many times before and I have come to the same conclusion. Items are too rare, and they shouldn't be indestructible, or be 100% repairable. There should be a better flowing cycle of item creation and decay. Items should have durability, but much higher then what exists now. Skill based repairing by players should take place, adding more use to skills. Agreed.

This might get rid of the permanent wealth scheme that currently exists, and give new players a chance.

The current version is such a mess in my opinion, that working out an item paradigm shift on an existing game  is just so much work it makes more sense to focus on the new version. Also, when we have a game that is as long running as this, the slightest "fix" can make many people angry. All the more reason to focus on something fresh.

So at this point, any change would have to be a simple fix: Doubling certain drop rates or adding in better item drops for low-mid level players.

I understand your view on the current client, and I also agree on it. But as I have said, the current client population will be the base of the new client population.

I would be happy with any simple fix, as the end of this client is coming near, you should make it easier for new players to get atleast to a mediocre wealth. Meaning, that they can afford to buy certain items to level with as they go along their lvls, and not being stuck with a claymore and gold plate at lvl 200. It has to be balanced so people will enjoy starting up.

It will also make my job easier as a "helper of the noobs" because that is something I put alot of time into in the game itself. Aswell as I could getter items slightly faster and getting easier gold, I could give them items or gold for certain jobs in game, i.e gathering materials.

I do also understand that the slightest fix would make alot of people mad, like removing tinker, or editing him. This does not have to happen, though it would help to balance the system. But if items and gold would be easier to get, it would be more accessible for new players, as more items would flow, it would decrease the costs of the items to buy from players.

I am not Brazillian, no. I am the one who have send you to this forum on MSN (if that is how you got here =p)

Then at last, I want to point out this part from Roachsta

Well said sir.