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Questions for those who are transferring.
Requip
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For those of you who have decided that you want to have a try at PapayaLT:
Which class(es) are you going to play? Are you willing to try something new or continue on with the same class you played for all those years? Why or why not?
In what way do you think Papaya should approach being the new host of this game?
- What should be their main priority in running the server in an efficient manner?
- In what ways do you think they should make changes in opposed to how OGPlanet operated?
How are you going to approach making this transition from mostly having everything you needed to starting from scratch?
What are you least/most excited about in starting afresh?
What "special perks and rewards" would be ideal after making the transfer?
What can we as players do to help get the community back to what it used to be?
-Quippy
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- Papaya Play should try to hear the players, this is an important part of any company because it makes players feel that the company cares even if what they is not heard completely. They should also try to keep events frequently for players to have a way to either replenish some of their resources or to distract themselves from the grind.
- The transition is not that bad, by just playing the game I should get to the point where I was, I would rather have fun than tire myself from going in too hard trying to get to Lvl. 200 in one go.
- The worst part of starting up is... the codex... the stats are small at first but little by little they make a difference.
- To be honest, anything that makes it easier to get up would be good, but as long as it's not as simple as what OGP would have offered I will be satisfied with whatever they give out.
- The best way to keep the community friendly is to simply be friendly, drop that bad elitist way of playing there used to be in OGP and be more helpful towards newbies, one of them could become part of your main party for dungeons given the time and the opportunity but most importantly, they are people too, not a "burden" or a "waste of resources".
I wanted to answer all your questions in the order you put them and all of them just because :3
Will be going for Phantom Mage once again as my main. Really the only class i am good at so why not stick with what i know. Also will make Sword Dancer as backup because who doesn't like a floating sword class.
In what way do you think Papaya should approach being the new host of this game?
EVENTS EVENTS EVENTS.
They need to have way more events than OGP hosted witch was almost never, level up events were some of my favorites and with some nice prizes it would be a nice incentive for returning players and good way to real in new players. More frequent log-in events with better prizes would also be something i would like to see and possibly better prizes on the earlier days i didnt like waiting nearly a month for somewhat decent items.
Hopefully they get this game out their more OGP didn't do a very good job advertising La Tale and social media attention was almost none-existent i just don't think even after all these years that many people are even aware of La Tale and its a pretty amazing game.
What are you least/most excited about in starting afresh?
Well i must say i am totally excited about starting over, i miss the old days when you could easily find a party to grind with no matter what day it was. Things will be fun starting over, it felt like i missed a lot along the way.
Going to be sad that i will lose my 218 character, was so close to 220 (SO CLOSE)
What i really wan to see is some potential fashion coupons of some sort its gonna be rough wearing all that newbie armor, i just want to be cute. exp potions would be nice, i am going to assume that will be a guarantee. Pets would be super awesome we need our pets, i will miss my cute dire wold.
We need more player cooperation lets grind in 4 man parties again, no more solo play i want to see more sharing. Less trash talking that's never fun.
BE SUPPORTIVE!
Honestly i really enjoy early game so the transition shouldn't be to painful for me, its really gonna be about patience. Everyone has to re-farm for rep/cards/codex/etc you just gotta be patient and don't rage when you fail a million cards.
However, losing all those items sucks. Like if we could have a server wide enchant event and such it would help; just an example.
Not too keen on going back to the imminent damage bashing because people aren't lucky with RNGesus and or don't drop 300$ just to get luckier. Friend I played with hated the game since, we were grinding Expert, and a party member had the nerve to say "Not nuf dmg herhehr" to him.They were casual, so naturally I only enjoyed playing with them for fun, not for damage. I was fairly strong, but not an asshole about it like others were at the time. Hoping that doesn't come back. (Even if it is inevitable.)
Which class(es) are you going to play? Are you willing to try something new or continue on with the same class you played for all those years? Why or why not?
Think it would be cool if people took the opportunity and started TOTALLY new and fresh. Just my thoughts.
A lot may probably do so if they didn't like their previous name or if they found a new one midway, but known scammers are sure to change their name entirely to continue scamming.
I plan to make a gunslinger because I'm used to it. The first class I want to level, however, will be a knuckle knight. I wanted to be a knight when I first started, but a friend convinced me to do explorer instead.
I think OGPs biggest downfall was when they decided to stop listening to the players. They seemed to have the idea that they knew how to run the game best, and they sort of shut down player communications. In my opinion, the herald of the end was as far back as the disbanning of the game advisors team.
As far as I'm concerned, the server transfer is a chance for me to do what I tried to do in 2009. Play a cool game with friends. Maybe build a guild in the process. This time though, I have a lot better game knowledge. We'll see what happens. As for legacy rewards? I dunno. The Seres armor set to start us off?
Really, I think Vertigo's priorities in running the server should be on two things, latency reductions and player communications. Latency is a complicated beast that can make or destroy a player's experience with particular classes, and while it won't ever go away, minimizing it should be one of their top priorities.
Player communications. I think what ended up sinking OGP was the mentality that they knew how to run the game best, and that they didn't need to listen to the community. From an in-game standpoint, players tend to enjoy talking with the GMs, and participating in GM hosted events. From a business standpoint, the players are the game's customers, and since we're the ones paying the bills it's probably in the host's best interest to ask what we're willing to buy. They'll need to be wary of adding systems that give straight stat bonuses though- see functional fashion.Everything in the shop needs to be optional- you should never NEED to buy anything.
What can we do to get the community back to the way it was? Depends. We'll never see the golden days of LT again, but we may be able to pull off something similar. I can't give any concrete guidelines though- players just need to go into the game with a positive and helpful attitude. The best I can think to do is to try to form guilds that encourage those values, and to coax new players into participating on the forums or the Discord server. If nothing else, we should have guides and FAQs ready for new players, so if they aren't into the whole community thing, we can at least arm them with the things they need to know going into this game and hope they decide to join the rest of us when the going finally gets tough.
I would advise you to edit your post and hide your character names unless you are not intended on using them on Papaya LT. Name sniping is a thing, you know.
The only thing I personally do not like about the Demigod class is the fact that I have absolutely no control over the class "phases" (holly and rage). On the other hand it opens up a way to somewhat cheat the system as both "phases" have their own cool downs, which allows to use Infinity 5th twice.
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What "special perks and rewards" would be ideal after making the transfer?-Nothing too unfair, probably upgradable gear or timed pets.
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