[Discussion] The mechanics behind lockouts

[Freakiie]

No people can not do it now. They leave now and they still face a 1 week lockout.

Yesh people are leaving after bosses are down and if we remove lockouts they will simply be abusing it even further because nothing will deter them from not doing it.

People can be rude, yesh, look at yourself for example. Say what you want, do what you want. You feel like you can do anything because nothing is going to happen to you. When you know you can get punished or penalized for doing things you aren't suppose to, people are less motivated to do so. Is it 100% system, no but its better then your current logic which is no system at all and let people run rampant.

And your implying that you have found a better way to promote stability? I would like to know what system your comparing it to that makes you think this way. Logically you can't know if something is better then something unless you can compare it to something else. So what system are you referring to and comparing to that makes this one so instable versus yours?

We implement things like these to reduce the people who want to be jerks. Without things to deter people from doing things they want, they do it. We can never get rid of all of em, but we sure can swat quite a few of em.

Like I replied earlier to another poster who had the same thoughts as you.

Even with cops we have crime.

You feel with out cops its just the same.

In truth, thats not true.

Acting like these systems do nothing for us is just plain ignorance.

Do you even Coil? How is there a one week lock out if I leave? Of course I've been locked out of the content I've finished, but not the content I'm leaving from right now. Do you even know HOW these lockouts work? Because the more you post the more it seems you don't actually know what you're on about.

[Xystic]

Do you even Coil? How is there a one week lock out if I leave? Of course I've been locked out of the content I've finished, but not the content I'm leaving from right now. Do you even know HOW these lockouts work? Because the more you post the more it seems you don't actually know what you're on about.

The content locks you to that specific instance, most of them these days do it after a boss kill, and allows you to pick up where you left for the week. However, if we remove lockouts, we promote people to leave and just start over, farming bosses they only want. We totally deter the idea of having any static parties. People will do whats fastest to get gear and that is, going into content, killing the bosses you need, leaving and resetting.

What that means is, bosses that are of interest to you are not necessarily of interest to others. Therefore you can farm that boss to your hearts content but at the same time, your party may not feel the same. This results in you or people who feel like you to leave. For example I only need loot off the first two bosses, so I can just continuously farm them but my FC needs the last 3 bosses. Instead of wasting countless hours with them I can just pug my own for the first two bosses because their is no need for a FC that does not have similar interests as I do. I just chunked my free company and every single pug I will join. However, this now applies to every single individual. Is the FC in my Interest? Will I benefit any further with them?

With loot restrictions and a 1 week lockout. Once you go in, you have to be dedicated to those players. We deter this idea of leaving after the bosses you want with lockouts. Its not 100% efficient but its better then nothing.

Are you sure you know what your arguing about?

[Ri_ri]

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To be honest it seems that you're against liberty. If people want to leave, let them. Without character lockouts, a lot of options for replacement would be avaliable.

And you get locked out as soon as you enter a turn. So, to give you an example, I can't even try doing T4 because stepping a foot on it means I can't enter T2 anymore. Doesn't matter if I beat it or not.