The ZEMs on P99 are also sort of weird in that they don’t seem to accomplish what ZEMs were supposed to be, which is motivation to go to places that you might not otherwise go due to danger etc.
Befallen makes sense, as does a zone like the Warrens. But CB? Unrest? Neither of those are particularly dangerous zones!(Unrest, for instance, if you’re in the MR you can pretty much avoid any trains for other floors by standing in the corner of the room). Highkeep? Hardly dangerous and phenomenal loot...people would go there regardless. Kurns? Barely dangerous at all.
Guk I think can be dangerous if there aren’t enough people in it clearing stuff, but even then the loot is good so people would go there anyway regardless of ZEM.
Then you have zones like Mistmoore, CT, and Splitpaw which I would argue should have higher ZEMs than the zones above since they’re much more dangerous. Permafrost is another that I think would make sense to have a higher ZEM than some of the zones above if for nothing else than just to encourage more people to hang out there.
The ZEMs just don’t really make sense in a lot of ways and we’d never have had them stay static for years back on live, which meant people wouldn’t just have this same EXP highway to do for years. Maybe it’s difficult or otherwise an annoying hassle to switch up ZEMs periodically and that’s why they don’t do it?
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