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I am in my right mind and started my rogue a week ago.
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Originally Posted by Ninja
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I'm 27, no exp boost please.
Just as P99 had a low pop the first few months R99 will as well.
Also PvP servers always have less population then blue servers, there are no surprises here.
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I like a lot of what you say Ninja because you don't advocate EZ mode for EQ, but it is obvious that you are NOT casual, just a late comer. The problem with Red99 has NOTHING to do with the hardcore players (who put in ridiculous hours like yourself), it is the LACK of non-hardcore, casual players. Sure, if people want a server with 30 <Guild Lame 1> and 30 <Guild Lame 2> then that is what this server is heading for in a couple months. If that is what the top 50-100 play-timers want, they will get it. I am sure you will ding 50 within the next few weeks, if you are 27 already after one week, and join one of those guilds.
FormerlyAMonk is unfortunately right, solo classes will dominate the server (they already do) in a few months. That blows.
The best solution to this whole problem has already been proposed, make 1-30 way faster, maybe 2x (even more is fine) exp I dunno, then distribute that over levels 30-50 so it takes the same total exp to hit 50, so the uber-lvl-50-poopsockers don't wine, and new players gain some vested interest and get hooked to the server. Also, if level 50s whine, they can stfu, because now they will have more players to PvP and grief within range, which is all they seem to do; just take a look at the RnF forum... morons abound.
Also, I am a bit confused as to the reason behind speeding up the timeline... only encourages poopsocking, powerleveling, and twinking. All detrimental to a PvP server. Server population is the biggest problem. We could have fixed it with guard assist the first night, or maybe a 1-20 exp bonus. I don't think the server will ever be "doomed" because there are already a significant number of level 50s, and they are in too deep to quit now, but imagine what it could be, over 200 lvl 50s... that would be some super fun EQ PvP... 4 guilds instead of 2. Imagine Planar content with 4 guilds warring it out... or just 2... take your pick.
Need to fix exp asap... simple fix to a big problem.