Povidone pvp k30

As gamers, I've noticed such people as D&D players are some of the most honest people on earth; they know its fantasy, they immerse themselves in it, and everyone knows this. That's what I admire about them.
Too bad DDO sucks balls so completely when it comes to pvp.

Thanks, LB, for taking the time to answer my veritable cornucopia of questions...again.
I think I'm going to set aside the lingering inconsistency of both Korriban and the four PVP attackers on Tython having lightsabers, while Ghost was trying to preserve the continuity of the timeline for Tython...in a game! I'm going to wonder, instead, about the fact that those four players not only received a quest against Ghost, an individual player, but that there were any other players at all.
The suit from Numenor/Fun Time For All, during the IRL orientation told the beta testers that For now, each player is limited to their own world. Eventually we hope to create a multiplayer format. To top that off, there were only ten players for this beta test.
If memory serves, Booker/Ghost has only had one mandatory sleep break, and another break during a system update, where he had the whole there is no spoon moment vs the still-unexplained attack on the testing facility. (That was wicked cool, him using in-game abilities IRL. If you turn around and say that was either a dream or some sort of extra game content, I'll...I'll pull my hair out! There's no way I'm threatening to stop reading PTW!!! We all know that would be an empty threat. lol) This timeline puts his elapsed time in the testing facility at a maximum of only a day or two, IRL.
I don't see how they could go from play testers being limited to their own worlds to a multiplayer format in that time, since the suit's comment made it sound like they hadn't even come close to creating the multiplayer system, yet. With there only being ten beta testers including Booker/Ghost, how are four of them not only teamed up but also attacking Ghost together? The leader's comments, as well as at least two of the other's using Earth specific profanities confirm them to be players, IMO.
How is the system generating a PVP assassination quest against one specific player character out of ten, anyway? In this one encounter, half of the beta testers in the group are fighting each other, and Ghost sends the other four to the white room. (I don't recall hearing what the consequences of that are. Do they just lose any progress and gear/monetary gains from the last save point, also something not touched on, or do they lose part of their total gained skill/experience? Is there a gear durability stat with accompanying repair costs?)
That should be more than enough questions for this comment. On to the suggestions. Ghost is wracking up some serious crystals in his inventory. I'm not sure which I would prefer to see more; multiple lightsabers with one to two crystals in each, or perhaps twin lightsabers with multiple crystals each.
I'm wondering if it would be possible to make the lightsaber version of those pens every one of my teachers seemed to carry, the ones with the colored barrel, but the top half was usually white, and had the four slides/plungers around the top to select which color pen would be extended to write with.
I would still love to see Ghost dual wielding Ghost Fire lightsabers, if he can recover his original crystals from the negative zone. If he did, off the top of my head, he would have the two ghost fire crystals, Nightwind's trademark black crystal, the amethyst Revan's Respite, and possibly the Vorpalite crystal, which you showed he can create fairly easily. (I love the D&D reference! My first exposure to the game was my brother, who came home from a D&D session talking about his +3 cursed vorpal sword, and a warning to be VERY specific in how you word a limited wish to your DM! lol) This doesn't include the numerous red/Sith crystals he has scavenged when he looted both the PVP opponents, as well as numerous NPC's of their lightsabers. He could always purify some of the red crystals, like Ahsoka Tano did for her post-Jedi lightsabers, especially if, like hers, the crystals had been forced to turn red by the dark sider who owned it.
So, if he ran into dark siders, he could hit one switch for a red blade, and any of the other colors for light siders, etc..
Lastly, what are the chances that after Ghost gathered enough Cortosis to satisfy his Rakatan holocron's gatekeeper master, he kept harvesting more and more Cortosis after each day's training, for those months? I wonder what he could do with it on Earth, with the collaboration of Shuri and Stark. Would a lightsaber with a pure Cortosis housing keep shorting itself out? Would the properties of Vibranium and Cortosis cancel each other out if used together in a new suit of armor, or could they complement each other? The possibilities make me giddy, i.e. when they start making nanite armor like the later MCU movies.
If it did work, I would love to read a scene where Ghost says he has a few tons of Cortosis, a ton each for himself, Stark and the Wakandan royals. Have to keep T'Challa happy, or he might try to keep Ghost and Shuri from having any private time together.
Okay, I need some sleep...end rant.

That last guy is right about the stat management. The thing that shines through here is Demons/dark souls, in that the stuff that levels you up also serves another purpose, and there are diminishing returns. In fact, you even kept the same soft cap, 40. But then it all goes to shit.
Diminishing returns encourage a jack of all trades. diversifying your stats ensures that you maximize the stat gain per essence. I think it's pretty clear that anyone reasonable in this context would level each skill to the soft cap (probably vitality > strength > spirit > agility > the other stuff...are there six stats?) and then emphasize vitality (which has huge payoffs, given regenerating health, sheer tankiness, and the cost of hitting zero) up til the next cap, provided there is one, and so on. Obviously greater emphasis on skills that apply to your chosen class, I suppose.
The reason this doesn't work like the souls game is because of leveling. The value of an individual essence doesn't diminish, as it does in souls. So the cost to put a point into a stat never changes, just the payoff does. Additionally, there was commonly a target level of about 120 in souls games, for pvp consistency. It let a specialized class hit soft caps in the relevant skills. But there's no reason to stop leveling in this context.
Finally, there's no class specific gear, perks, etc. you get better at what you use. But using a spear doesn't make you better with a sword. So what value is there in a me lee focused specialization? Sure, strength will help both, but also being proficient with magic won't hold you back.
I love this story, but this stuff has been driving me nuts.

Litreader... thanks to you and others for their feedback. Yes, I took notes to make sure i covered what I can reveal at this point w/o spoiling anything.
Darksaber. Will Ghost return to the Negative Zone? Most assuredly. Since we are talking about the zone, I want to bring up that when Ghost was fighting the Dark Elf Mech he used both the darksaber and the dark elf dagger. A dagger that deserves a name by the way.
Two handed fighting style... I feel it covers both the mastery of a double bladed lightsaber as well as having a weapon in each hand. I will place a note here that when Ghost was acting Grandmaster he learned and mastered saber throw as well as creating his own skills of basic and advanced ghost throw. The advanced involves throwing two sabers.
Since we are on Tython at the moment, we can look back to the four on one PVP battle. The lightsaber wielding Sith were players that got to Korriban via quests. One such quest was a bounty placed on Ghost's head by the as yet unnamed governor of the city. While Ghost was dueling the last Sith he was using Death Kiss. She is a rune weapon and so short of catastrophic damage is effective indestructible. The soul of the Sith Lady that helped create the weapon helps protect it along with the ancient Rakata runes. Yeah, with the help of the Rakatan holocron Ghost built an artifact that could show up in other stories, who knows.
I also agree that Death Kiss' life drain needs to be limited versus bosses for the very reason you mentioned. Lore fact... the first two mentions of life stealing weapons that i can recall, and here's a huge shout out to one of my favorite authors Michael Moorcock and his famed black sword Stormbringer. The other comes from a first editionn D&D module and a sword called BlackRazor. Both are pricks by the way. Stormbringer was designed to be a god slayer and really enjoyed its job. Yeah, my first gaming session was using basic D&D, hah.
Thanks again and I hope this helps clear up a few things. Keep the comments cominng and if you have any suggestions feel free to drop me a line here or in my email. Currently flipping back and forth between Mr. Robinson and part 8 of this series.