Arena - Full WP/Endurance

Ernam

@Tecton, Could we have 100% Endurance and WP when we enter the arena?  Obviously this would reset when we leave arena.

Hunger, sleep, Devotion/Essence and so on, would probably be fair too.

Just seems silly to enter rampages and arena spars with like 10% WP and just be screwed from the onset.

Edit:  Oops, meant to go to Golden Dais.

Iocun

Also, full arties.

Ernam

Is that sarcasm, or are you referring to arties with quantities/cooldowns?  (could be read as either)

Things like wand of reflections etc, would actually be good to reset, but would probably be much harder to code in than simply setting character variables to their full values.

Iocun

Ernam said:

Is that sarcasm, or are you referring to arties with quantities/cooldowns?  (could be read as either)

Neither. Just a silly random post because I was bored.

Atalkez

You already get full WP when you enter the arena.

Ernam

@Atalkez No you don't, at least not for rampages.  @Lothiac just entered a Delos rampage with 30%.

Antonius

You get full endurance/willpower when you enter (party) spars, which is then set back to the amount (raw amount, not the percentage) you had when you entered when you leave, but not other arena events like rampages and free-for-alls. No idea how feasible it would be to apply that same thing to Rampages and such, but seems like a good idea.

Tecton

Looks like it's just an oversight. Sounds fine to implement when time permits.

Eld

Used to be with Rampages/FFAs/etc, you got full wp/end on entering, but then it was reset when you died (even though you stayed in the game). If it no longer resets on entering those games, that sounds like a bug. I suggested resetting it on deaths in Rampages/KOTHs/etc a while back, but never got a yea or nay.
http://forums.achaea.com/discussion/911/willpower-and-endurance-resetting-in-arena-events#latest

Caladbolg

Can we instead of adding hunger to arenas, just remove it all together? >_>

Can't run around to random cities and pick up muttonchops every 3 months on a poor serpents budget.

Santar

The hunger thing is -really- stupid.

Just remove it already.

Ernam

Seriously.  I've lost count of the amount of spars/rampages I've had to heartstop out thanks to [you know who you are] just spamming nauthiz in every room the second the get into the arena.

Shouldn't have to spend 3,000 gold on food to use arena.

Valaria

at least that achieved the goal of having 'gold sink' feature in the game, @Ernam.

Ernam

First of all, gold for food goes to players, so just... no.

Secondly, a "gold sink" needs to be at least a few hundred thousand gold, if not over a million at a time, to impact credit prices (the point of gold sinks).

The only thing arena hunger is good for is pissing people off and wasting time.

Ernam

What would fix arena hunger: Make food not be consumed, like herbs/minerals.

Suladan

Caladbolg said:

Can we instead of adding hunger to arenas, just remove it all together? >_>

Can't run around to random cities and pick up muttonchops every 3 months on a poor serpents budget.

If you're poor and you're a serpent, you're doing something wrong.

Iocun

I don't get it.

Ernam

I think he's implying that theft still exists.

Nothing to see here, move along.

Iocun

Best way for a serpent to make money is the same way as for everyone else: bash/quest-farm. Methods of earning gold that depend on denizens are almost always more efficient than methods that depend on other players, simply because denizens are predictable, reliable, and require no superfluous interaction.

Or buy credits.

Caladbolg

Suladan said:

Caladbolg said:

Can we instead of adding hunger to arenas, just remove it all together? >_>

Can't run around to random cities and pick up muttonchops every 3 months on a poor serpents budget.

If you're poor and you're a serpent, you're doing something wrong.

I'm already no longer a serpent, I think class changing may be the best gold sink in the game.