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Originally Posted by Trevalon
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1) this server is a tuff server to start out new at this point. At some point in the past when the server was on a more level playing field I think starting out new and fresh was probably not that bad, but everything I can see so far is the server is populated by high levels and their twinks. This makes it tuff on people who are starting out new and people don't want you in groups because your rogue doesn't have their epic or your warrior doesn't have full crafted+ and a Jade Mace/Lamentation. This essentially means that all new players are somewhat shoehorned into playing casters just to be viable with all the twinks.
2) Hybrid Penalty. At first I was going to play a bard as a grouper because I am not a big fan of soloing and part of the original EQ experience is about grouping and meeting people (which I love). Then I learned about the 40% bard exp penalty and that when I was trying to find groups on my bard I was turned down multiple times because they didn't want to A) deal with the penalty and because B) I wasn't twinked enough to make up for my penalty. This made me just quit the bard and opt for another class outright because I don't have time to deal with BS so I'll just find a class that groups easier (Although after asking numerous people I was told bards find groups super easy and are always wanted..hrm).
3) Grouping exp. So I made a new class that is more group friendly and have since gotten into a few groups. Unfortunately grouping exp is really terrible in comparison to solo experience. Why would anyone ever group instead of solo for exp purposes (if their class is capable of soloing) - There is pretty much no incentive to exp group on P99 and I find that to be a huge huge shortcoming of the server.
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I've been on the server for about 2 months and my experience has been quite different. Groups take anybody, twinked or not, hybrid or not, because they just want enough people to kill effectively and be safe. The only time I've seen someone refused is because their level is too high or too low. I tried to get a group last night in Unrest with my Enchanter, but their was a bard and two rangers there already. Go figure!
Solo vs Group experience probably depends on what you are killing as to which is faster. If your group is killing yellow/red cons, the experience is fast. One thing I know for sure is that soloing always SEEMS like slower experience because I keep looking at my dam EXP bar every few minutes, whereas in a group, the action is fast and furious usually.
I agree with other posters here. Earning your own gear piece-by-piece is what drew me to this server in the first place. Its a nice feeling of accomplishment replacing some cloth crap with a decent piece of gear that you looted yourself or bought cheaply after farming HQ skins or Bone Chips or whatever to buy it.