User talk:Iktinos

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WinterRose: Asks about the fact that Lords and 999 Heroes cannot enter much of the area

I'd like to take this opportunity to once again make a case for the 999 heroes in Nivea.

1. A 999 hero has the disadvantage over 998 hero since all +X lvl insignias drop automatically at 999.
2. A 999 hero is a badge of honor, it's not a lord shadow that one can get by morphing at 300, as it has to be run and a significant amount of effort is poured into creating it.
3. A 999 hero is not a dead-end - it still gains stats (ever so slowly) via killcount rollovers and isn't as frozen as a lord's shadow.
4. A 999 hero is no more powerful than a 998 one. Parking a hero at 998 so that it can continue to have access to a specific area should not be expected of anyone.
5. Forbidding a 999 hero access to area proper can be viewed as a slap to something that players view as a great matter of pride, especially if the 999 is in fact a very difficult character to level, like a dragon or an ent.
6. Leaving a character at 999 is done because hero is a hero, and not a lord; treating it as a lord is like saying that level 50 character should be viewed 'as a hero' because it can carry lvl 51 gear - but 999s cannot wear lord gear, do not get lord insignias, and are not as powerful as shadows in their T1 lord sets that do not even require self-spells of Eragora. A shadowed bladedancer, for example, can veil at Midgaardia - can a 999 do it as well?

I see absolutely no reason to forbid any hero from entering Arx Nivea. If the goal of an area is to keep powerful characters out, then draw the line at 250 or any other arbitrary point, but excluding that which represents the pride and achievement is not something I personally can support.

Eragora is, and has always been, a superhero continent. Please, once again, reconsider leaving Arx Nivea open to all superheroes (and not just those "wise enough" to park at 997) and keep the lords out as you please.

Thank you, -- WinterRose 09:20, 29 November 2013 (EST)

It is part of the theme of Arx Nivea that it has magical defences.

Thanks to them, lords and the top 2% of all superheroes get access to a specially written section which explains much about Arx Nivea that lower level characters are unable to access.

--Iktinos 10:55, 2 December 2013 (EST)