LMPQ

So, I hear LMPQ will be changed in about a week or two. I think this is good, considering that the current system is way too easy and repetitive, and offers disproportionate rewards compared to the time and effort put in each run.

I think the staff probably feels the same way, so the only question is how will things change? I have my own suggestions, if you are open to them.

First, tauros should drop less tickets. Say, 10 each, not 50. Secondly, we'll only want to give player rewards after they collect a majority of tickets. Only needing 30 is laughable.

So I think 261 tickets will be possible if we nerf the tauros. An item reward at 200+ tickets seems more fair. Then there's the exp. I propose the formula for received exp be this:

(tickets - 100)^2 * bonus multiplier

Where bonus multiplier is greater the more time is left on the clock. Every 10 seconds left means +1% exp, so, for instance, if the party collects 261 tickets and has 5 minutes left on the clock, they get 33,697 exp.

If they collect 200 tickets and have 10 minutes left, they get 16,000 exp.

 

So are you guys open to any suggestions at all, or are you just intent on sticking to it exactly as it was in GMS?

 

Right. So first, all you need to do is make the tickets drop 100% of the time and make each box spawn exactly the same thing each time. Byebye random number gods (except for the rewards ).

Then to prevent smuggling, what you need to do is have the check for tickets and confiscation happen at the same time as when the players get transferred. As an added security, remove tickets when they also enter the PQ. And if that doesn't work, it should be abundantly clear you don't want smuggling, so make it against the rules.

And just to be extra safe, only grant an award up to x number of tickets (the max possible) and if there's any over, might as well send a little cheat log or something too.

 

Maybe tweak the rewards too such that lower number of passes = more likely to get junk and undesirable items, while higher numbers of passes means you're more likely to get valuables. That would certainly be a buff I think.

Compare 2.5 minute runs and 95% of it is junk to 8-10 minute runs (maybe even faster for pro parties!) that will get something nice 50% of the time.