RE: Anti-bot Gravity map design
basically i know what you're getting at, but i don't think that eliminating those few nuisances (other than the geffen 1 issue) is wise.
1st off, fishing (as azure said) should more than cover your pot and zeny limitations.
2nd thing is, although i agree that most of the problems in RO on why ppl tend to flock to certain maps is because of the combination of exp/hp and spawn numbers and spawn rates which makes exp/hour in several maps waayyyy more enticing than other maps, i still think that sometimes they purposely do so because those fringe maps drop better drops.
CT has it's combo (i know not enough ppl use them, they're not that popular), but used correctly i could imagine a sturdy tank to be able to profit from that combo.
And levelling in those "non-optimal" (exp-wise) maps are useful for one's skill. I know how painful/annoying/aggravating ridewords, hunter flies, mimics, etc are especially since my connection ain't that great. But i still think tele-ing or f-wing-ing is not that hard. Fwing is what really makes RO different to other MMORPGs IMHO...
furthermore, those "hard" maps are there to challenge you early on. I've seen a rogue do magma dungeon properly when he's 7x (first char mind you), he also did elders and clocks and peno and bathory in CT, stings, ED, raydrics, khalitz, wind ghost, byalan5 etc for a bit. Everytime he died he just used the healer and warped back. He doesn't even use pots except for awakes/berserks...
However i must admit that when he decided to go to 90 fast he went to moscovia. Mosc is really imba in that sense (exp/hour)... drops sucks as hell though...
Then i heard of a sin going to turtle dungeon 4, penomena, teddy bears, and even abyss3 at 8x! Well yeah i guess she must be grimming with a smokie, but hey it's doable!
Dragon tails are a nuisance, but not as much as hunterflies. My GF's hunter actually levelled a bit off the eddga map and turtle island's main map (dragontails and rabbits)...
even geffenia is not a prime exp/hp spot, but i hunt there and my GF's LK has gained several levels between geffenia and magma...
those little nuisances are what reminds us how annoyingly good fun RO is...
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