Am I mis-remebering?

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Been playing for a few days now, following a similar path that my monk did 11 years ago. As is usual for me, I'm leveling slowly, but not too worried about it. I've got more money now compred to then since I am ignoring the monk weight restrictions. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] I'm currently at 8th level, running around Blackburrow and there is something that I have noticed that doesn't quite jive with my memories of the place: When I played years ago, it was still relatively early in the game's life (September 99) so the place was always packed, both with PCs and with NPCs. I remember huge trains with a dozen or more PCs fighting for their lives at the bridge. Now, it seems, the relatively few PCs are having to fight for spawns. Are the spawn rates lower than I remember or is it just my perception? Is it possible that SOE dropped the spawn rates later in the game due to smaller populations in the zone and that's what we are seeing now?

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