We don't need a temporary exp bonus that quickly creates a gap in player levels. Mid-game pvp is an important element.

THIS IDEA IS FRICKING RETARDED, STOP ASKING FOR XP BONUS NOOB. ITS CLASSIC.

20% xp bonus isn't gonna create any gaps, the powergamers who go from 1-50 without eatting sleeping or moving from comp are still gonna get there in 2 days

the 20% xp bonus is just gonna make it about half the regular pace of leveling on a blue server once you add in all the deaths from pvp

http://img851.imageshack.us/img851/8104/redvsblue.jpg

These Ross Perot type charts really clarify things.

I'm all for anything that helps a casual gamer compete

I vote yes because your well researched charts are undeniable. I was swayed.

Lol, Smedy bringing the graphs. I still don't think we should look at it as "omg, i lost all my exp i was bluebin for that day because I got ganked", because you aren't going to lose that much exp anyways. My argument for the bonus is that others and myself included would rather spend more time PvP'ing and less time doing the grind. Especially if we want to draw more casual players to the server - i don't care if its classic or not. If I want classic, I'll go to Blue P99.

Its nice to be able to level to 10 in less than a month (exaggeration) while spending most of that time not actually leveling and chasing around lvl 10 clerics who can't afford all of their spells.

NO

Keep it classic. The server only goes up to three expansions, no need to rush to 60.

population will suffer.. Thats fine though. red99=blu99 2.0

There was also a pvp bonus because ANY level could come grief you. Make this thing 4 levels, item loot and be done with it.

But thats just it. Its not like on Blue99 when you hit 50 (or 60 when Kunark comes out) things get stale. You then get to CONTINUE PVPING!

(im gonna pause here to let that sink in a bit)

And its not about people wanting to get 50 (or 60) in the first week. Thats going to happen with or without an exp bonus, unless the world runs out of adult sized diapers. Not all of us work part time at Papa Johns and can devout the time necessary to keep entertained with the classic grind. PvP requires a player base (weird isn't it), so keep the player base as high as possible by letting the casual players and bi-curious players from Blue99 to come here without worrying about sinking another 2-3 years of playing time to get to the fun competitive shit-fest that is EQ pvp.