The respawn location of other player

It's definitely not healthy for the environment but it's been around so long it appears to be one of those things that is just going to keep existing.

Which is unfortunate because it's one of the things that has most contributed to reapers running.

Most people whether they enjoy a fight or not just flat out don't enjoy having to beat the same crew multiple times in a short about of time when the reaper is producing and the others are mostly hoppers with nothing to lose and the reapers nothing to gain.

It creates a "what's the point?" feel and it's understandable. People mock reaper runners a lot but it exists because of flaws within the system that have lead to it being so prevalent

Even in a fantasy world it doesn't make sense to push the producers into a multiple win requirement and having it set up so the non-producers only need one and have nothing to lose.

I also don't subscribe to the "we need closer respawns for revenge/to save loot".
Sinks should have serious consequences and consequences that we all share equally. Revenge fights are an opportunity but not an entitlement. Close respawns significantly reduce or kill loot production on a server. A lot of events like fof never get finished because of it. We need more events being completed and more loot circulated, not less.

@pithyrumble said in The respawn location of other player:

Oh the torches and pitchforks would come out if a PvE player said this. 🙄

So here's some for pvp:

You're asking for a safe zone. Safe zones aren't supposed to exist. (Glares at Pirates Life 1 & 3) You're running a Reaper Emissary. There is a big signal where you are so they can keep coming back. Honestly, would you back off a lvl 5 Athena Emissary if they beat you a few times? Whatever the reason they wanted to fight. I find it amusing how many people want to fight, but aren't willing to deal with a rematch.

Stop doing Reaper maybe.

It's not a safe zone it's an adjustment to the algorithm after the initial encounter and after at least one person sinks
If anything it's a safety net for attackers to spawn close as it rewards loss in combat.

"it's fine how it is" could apply to any algorithm but that doesn't mean it's healthiest for the server and loot production.

Pve reapers are currently holding what's left of healthy loot production together. Servers aren't just filled with activity that circulates loot. It's a lot of activity that isn't overall keeping a server thriving. A pve reaper produces and a pve reaper is only going to produce long term if the environment makes sense for them to do so. There is nothing to fall back on. Reapers are doing the events, they are stacking the loot, if they move on it pretty much all crumbles. Servers need to be flooded with loot circulation and production otherwise there is nothing to stick around for after a certain amount of time for people that are participating in the food chain and aren't just off roleplaying or doing random things.

The newer players aren't as motivated to grind as those of us that have been around a long time were. People are more often avoiding the risk and pushing aside the grinds. Athena is a dead faction compared to what it should be given a growing population. The rest of the factions lurk in the shadows. Reapers that pve and pvp are out on the front lines keeping things going. As long as chain shot spamming which leads to easier and more frequent spawn killing is a thing it's only gonna get worse and worse. We are largely not bringing in people that want anything to do with that nonsense anymore. That's not their fault as the softer side of SOT is definitely the focus when it comes to marketing.

Chain shots (as they are established) and close respawns will continue to cause people to either avoid running reapers all together which is not good, or they will just run and do cheesey reaper stuff which doesn't help anything.

It's not balanced currently. It leans towards no production and no investment and away from production and investment. Not in any way a sustainable approach to a game like this. There is growing evidence of that as more content creators and people that typically hunt a lot start getting into other ways to play because they have to adapt from the lack of trophies and organic action out there. Eventually that adapting will turn into different games entirely for more consistent enjoyment or doing what alliance servers do and completely opt out of adventure how it is built and just constantly do custom stuff which will continue to lessen healthy activity on servers.

Personally I'm thinking those custom servers eventually going public are going to be required to keep it afloat in terms of keeping pirates around longer than a season or a couple weeks a season. I think that bringing in so many casual non-grinders while having so many hardcore pirates in the same environment where the grind is less and less appealing due to the stark differences between pirates is pretty much going to make the custom stuff an integral part of activity and survival for long term players. Still gonna have some pvp (in some cases a lot) but it'll be a softer pvp between cliquish communities as opposed to completely shared and random like it is now.
Which in some ways can be a good thing because if done right there is a lot of cool potential there but it will be a lot different than how the game used to be.

Until then viva la pve reapers