Resurrecting / increasing the server pop

[SamwiseRed]

ye bonus should apply to group xp only.

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We're faced with two extreme suggestions (keep exp rate insanely high, nerf solo exp rate to baseline). Middle way.

Scale back solo exp rate some (not all the way), add in group bonus.

Insanely high? Takes me like an hour to get a level on my 7 wiz solo at this rate

I just logged her off because its boring as fuck.

Lets get some group xp going instead, I dont mind leveling slower, its more fun! Type who: 1 player in Nektulos forest EC: 1 player

[Swish]

Thriving forbidden on the red box, we all know this.

[Loli Pops]

170s bros.

[Faerie]

Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Insanely high? Takes me like an hour to get a level on my 7 wiz solo at this rate

I just logged her off because its boring as fuck.

Lets get some group xp going instead, I dont mind leveling slower, its more fun! Type who: 1 player in Nektulos forest EC: 1 player

Stop being so negative. Global ooc is for finding groups, and if group exp was by far the more efficient method of leveling then I bet it'd be used a ton more.

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Stop being so negative. Global ooc is for finding groups, and if group exp was by far the more efficient method of leveling then I bet it'd be used a ton more.

You dont seem to get it, ill repeat it one more time. If you nerf solo xp and add group bonus, all it does for my lvl 7 wiz is that hes now got brutal grinding slow speed and still no people to group with.

You cant nerf solo xp before the population goes up, that would just be dumb, especially since we know what it does to the population, we did it back this winter.

Thats just the reality of it, when someone logs in, most likely hes not finding any groups soon. Especially since he cant OOC if people wants to start one.

If he creates a character in freeport, and theres people killing bats and skellies at entrance, thats another thing entirely. Which was the point i was trying to make, that we need the population first, then you boost group xp.

But even then, its not optimal for population growth. Because the population cant grow forever. So for example if by 500 people pop growth slows down by alot, and the average level bracket is 40+, any new person trying to roll on the server will be in the same bad position. Group xp is up, but so what, he cant find a group.

What would probably be good is something like 200% solo xp, and 300% group xp once we have a ~500 server pop.

[Faerie]

There are groups if you look for them. I'm thinking about starting a rogue, but kinda worried that all the new caster friends I make will outlevel me :P

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by Faerie [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

There are groups if you look for them. I'm thinking about starting a rogue, but kinda worried that all the new caster friends I make will outlevel me :P

Ive been leveling a wiz in Nektulos/Ec for a while, theres no groups. I ran across 1 other character in range with me in the whole time it took me to get to 7.

Which is why its taking me so long to level it up, because im not getting PL'd. With the xp bonus its bearable for a while but even then in small doses.

[Tradesonred]

This is how it looks, prime time, with 185 people on, the best pop weve had in a while, because of xp bonus:

-LOWBIES-

Gfay: 1
Crushbone: 1
Swamp:2
North Queynos:1 lowbie, one unknown
Queynos hills:1 unknown
Blackburrow:1
WFP:2 anon people sunder and farging, couldnt identify if they were lowbies
EC:1
WC: 1 level10, 1 level 16
Nektulos:1

Tell me again how theres groups if you look for them please

[Faerie]

Originally Posted by Tradesonred [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Tell me again how theres groups if you look for them please

There are groups if you actively look for them, or make your own.