My Day-1 post-merge experience

[zaneosak]

Problem is the people, everybody is entitled and wants maximum XP right this moment, wants their camp right this moment. Grouping with 6 people is inefficient and not what FAST XP comes with. If you want fast XP you duo and trio or solo. Back in the day these were rarities. People would sit at Frenzied Ghoul in a 6 man group killing 15-20 mobs for an afternoon getting 2 blue bubbles and that was just a normal day of XP in the old Everquest. It's less about the journey now and more about efficiency and instant gratification. This is why 1500-2000 people seems bad, its the same pop classic had, but the playerbase is completely different now a days.

[cd288]

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

Problem is the people, everybody is entitled and wants maximum XP right this moment, wants their camp right this moment. Grouping with 6 people is inefficient and not what FAST XP comes with. If you want fast XP you duo and trio or solo. Back in the day these were rarities. People would sit at Frenzied Ghoul in a 6 man group killing 15-20 mobs for an afternoon getting 2 blue bubbles and that was just a normal day of XP in the old Everquest. It's less about the journey now and more about efficiency and instant gratification. This is why 1500-2000 people seems bad, its the same pop classic had, but the playerbase is completely different now a days.

This sums it up perfectly.

[NPC]

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

Problem is the people, everybody is entitled and wants maximum XP right this moment, wants their camp right this moment. Grouping with 6 people is inefficient and not what FAST XP comes with. If you want fast XP you duo and trio or solo. Back in the day these were rarities. People would sit at Frenzied Ghoul in a 6 man group killing 15-20 mobs for an afternoon getting 2 blue bubbles and that was just a normal day of XP in the old Everquest. It's less about the journey now and more about efficiency and instant gratification. This is why 1500-2000 people seems bad, its the same pop classic had, but the playerbase is completely different now a days.

Back in the day I had group camps making 1 blue bub a kill. Sounds like lots people werent to sucessful back then. I always found the highest exp the game had to offer. Problem with merge, people wont spread to the empty zones, they are just over crowding the already overcrowded. An to say 30 people in najena isnt overcrowded beyond classic 'feelin', that was BEFORE the merge, is BS. People crying empty server cause they all powerleveled their mains, got all their gear, go play alts an cry, so they decide to screw everyone else still leveling their mains. So its the empty server criers thats the prob.