Expert mode reset - date and SSC?
Posted: Sun Jul 19, 2015 7:19 am
Howdy all!
Since we've got our own shiny new forum now, I thought it would be good to throw open the doors for a bit of discussion on the planned expert mode reset, and what "character rules" we want to run with going thereafter. Please chip in on the following multiple choice questions (and any commentary or feedback not related to the questions as well!)
1) We've been tentatively discussing doing the reset at the end of the month, which is fine. We've also reached the point where at least a couple of us working together can farm the Moon Lord pretty effectively, so do we need two more weeks of that? We'll probably aim for a Friday evening reset, to give the most playing time to the most folks. When should the reset occur?
a) Friday July 31st, like we've talked about
b) Friday July 24th, bring it forward a week and let's do this
c) Another date, later or not one of the above options
2) We've talked about using new characters for expert, which seemed a popular idea. There is a TShock option, called Server Side Characters (SSC), that basically tracks your health, mana, and inventory on the server instead of locally. As a result, it "forces" new characters for the server by treating any character connecting for the first time as if they have starting stats and no gear. You can't bring anything from elsewhere to the server, nor take anything from the server to another. It does not affect your local character file, it just treats you uniquely while connected (ie - if you use your uber character to connect, you will have only server inventory/stats while playing with us, but all your normal stuff if you're on your own server). There are scattered reports that SSC can occasionally be glitchy, but most folks using it say it works perfectly and they love it. Regarding characters, how do you feel?
a) We should make new characters and use SSC, so people aren't bringing in outside stuff from other servers and tainting the experience
b) We should make new characters, but don't use SSC. Leave it on the honor system that people won't bring equipment from elsewhere
c) We should not limit the server to new characters - people should be free to bring in whatever they wish
Anything else you think should be established in advance or as a ground-rule? Let us know!
Since we've got our own shiny new forum now, I thought it would be good to throw open the doors for a bit of discussion on the planned expert mode reset, and what "character rules" we want to run with going thereafter. Please chip in on the following multiple choice questions (and any commentary or feedback not related to the questions as well!)
1) We've been tentatively discussing doing the reset at the end of the month, which is fine. We've also reached the point where at least a couple of us working together can farm the Moon Lord pretty effectively, so do we need two more weeks of that? We'll probably aim for a Friday evening reset, to give the most playing time to the most folks. When should the reset occur?
a) Friday July 31st, like we've talked about
b) Friday July 24th, bring it forward a week and let's do this
c) Another date, later or not one of the above options
2) We've talked about using new characters for expert, which seemed a popular idea. There is a TShock option, called Server Side Characters (SSC), that basically tracks your health, mana, and inventory on the server instead of locally. As a result, it "forces" new characters for the server by treating any character connecting for the first time as if they have starting stats and no gear. You can't bring anything from elsewhere to the server, nor take anything from the server to another. It does not affect your local character file, it just treats you uniquely while connected (ie - if you use your uber character to connect, you will have only server inventory/stats while playing with us, but all your normal stuff if you're on your own server). There are scattered reports that SSC can occasionally be glitchy, but most folks using it say it works perfectly and they love it. Regarding characters, how do you feel?
a) We should make new characters and use SSC, so people aren't bringing in outside stuff from other servers and tainting the experience
b) We should make new characters, but don't use SSC. Leave it on the honor system that people won't bring equipment from elsewhere
c) We should not limit the server to new characters - people should be free to bring in whatever they wish
Anything else you think should be established in advance or as a ground-rule? Let us know!