difficulty

[letsdance]

you all really think you got one full level of exp for turning in 4 gnoll fangs at level 6? did you really ever play EQ back then? 4 gnoll fangs is nothing. i played in bb from 5-6 and then got almost to 10(!) just by turning in the 17 gnoll fangs that i got. this is not classic EQ. of course those levels don't matter alot, but you never got so much exp for this. i know for sure that i got one level for one stack (20) gnoll fangs at lvl 7. and that was ALOT.

you didn't make one level by killing and then 3 more levels by turning in the quest items that you found during this one level. in fact, quests usually didn't give noticeable exp in EQ, gnoll fangs was one of the very few exceptions. i've played a characater to level 6 only by doing quests back then, without ever killing for exp. i know what i'm talking about.

i am not sure about the monster speed - hence the question mark at this line. but i know i couldn't run through half a zone at lvl 5(!) with a red con on me, like i did this weekend when i ran my iksar to qeynos. not even in higher lvls where the 3 levels (difference for a red con) matter less.

i am also sure about not being able to kill yellow cons at level 1 without any skillups. lvl 2 is double as tough as level 1, thats a much higher difference than at higher lvls.

of course people make exp much faster now, because they are more experienced, and i know it will never be the same feeling. even if we didn't know EQ, simply because people now know how to play such games efficiently. but those things were differently from the mechanics.