EXP Re-Nerfed ROFL

[Azure]

P.S. anyone want to roll a level 1 dark elf with my level 1 dark elf - PM play times and we'll figure something out. We'll probably be level 20 in two more weeks.

[Awwalike]

how do you "accidentally" turn exp back on rofl obvious troll is obvious

[Tecmos Deception]

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

how do you "accidentally" turn exp back on rofl obvious troll is obvious

There was a patch, right? A piece of old code got patched back in on accident. That's not very far fetched. Annoying, depressing, even soul-crushing perhaps. But not quite an obvious troll, imo.

[xxein]

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

how do you "accidentally" turn exp back on rofl obvious troll is obvious

Yeah, I notice when they nerfed the xp they promised a fix.... a month ago... "big things". Of course when they made an "error" it was fixed in a few hours once they caught word that people were actually logging on. Its pretty sick and twisted to troll an entire server like that. and yes its about as blatantly obvious of a troll tactic as can be.

[Zoolander]

the sooner you guys realize that you are all nonfactors for the staff (green server list, exp nerf, no communcation), the faster youll start just playing the game without mindfucking all day long.

i just play the game now without wasting a second anymore about all those rampant issues on red.. and it feels good. everquest.

[Tradesonred]

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

the sooner you guys realize that you are all nonfactors for the staff (green server list, exp nerf, no communcation), the faster youll start just playing the game without mindfucking all day long.

i just play the game now without wasting a second anymore about all those rampant issues on red.. and it feels good. everquest.

People like you wont quit. I wouldnt quit myself, i dont mind classic xp, thats not the problem to me.

The problem is, as it has been explained alot, some people cant invest that kind of time, see no progress on their toons and quit. Some people log in to dead zones, get bored, quit. This is all interconnected and makes the population spiral down until its emptied out of every player cept players like Chewie.

To repeat, im not quitting because im not leveling fast enough. If we could attract 300-400 with classic xp i wouldnt give a fuck, its not about the speed, its about empty zones, no pvp on the journey, no groups. Thats where i draw the line and consider EQ to be work instead of fun. Im sure even people who think they dont have time with this grind wouldnt care, because when youre having fun, its not about making that xp bar move, which it when the low level scene is dead and all you wanna do is catch up to the higher brackets

[Azure]

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

People like you wont quit. I wouldnt quit myself, i dont mind classic xp, thats not the problem to me.

The problem is, as it has been explained alot, some people cant invest that kind of time, see no progress on their toons and quit. Some people log in to dead zones, get bored, quit. This is all interconnected and makes the population spiral down until its emptied out of every player cept players like Chewie.

To repeat, im not quitting because im not leveling fast enough. If we could attract 300-400 with classic xp i wouldnt give a fuck, its not about the speed, its about empty zones, no pvp on the journey, no groups. Thats where i draw the line and consider EQ to be work instead of fun. Im sure even people who think they dont have time with this grind wouldnt care, because when youre having fun, its not about making that xp bar move, which it when the low level scene is dead and all you wanna do is catch up to the higher brackets

This is the best way it's ever been stated. And shit - red zones are empty. While on blue theres permanently 20 + players in nektulous.

Whats the point of leveling on a dead box if the journey sux? There is no point to levels then.

Ironically blue has classic EXP. Red is a long ways from having a self-sustaining population.

[Robben]

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

People like you wont quit. I wouldnt quit myself, i dont mind classic xp, thats not the problem to me.

The problem is, as it has been explained alot, some people cant invest that kind of time, see no progress on their toons and quit. Some people log in to dead zones, get bored, quit. This is all interconnected and makes the population spiral down until its emptied out of every player cept players like Chewie.

To repeat, im not quitting because im not leveling fast enough. If we could attract 300-400 with classic xp i wouldnt give a fuck, its not about the speed, its about empty zones, no pvp on the journey, no groups. Thats where i draw the line and consider EQ to be work instead of fun. Im sure even people who think they dont have time with this grind wouldnt care, because when youre having fun, its not about making that xp bar move, which it when the low level scene is dead and all you wanna do is catch up to the higher brackets

Red always cannibalizes itself unfortunately. There are 20-30 people on Red that would rather grief everyone off the server than have a healthy population. I met some helpful and cool people, but also ran into some really unpleasant ones


I went back to blue because you can't have much fun on a sub-100 person server : /

[Kergan]

My guess exp bonus enabled is the "default", or at least was. The change to make it blue level is a manual change.

[Verin]

For the brief time the xp bonus was active, I was having the most fun I've had in EQ since I started playing two months ago. It wasn't just the xp, as I'd gotten used to the brain-numbing grind, but I felt the community immediately grow stronger and more passionate about playing, and server morale was boosted to a level I hadn't previously seen.

To all who are calling people lazy for wanting an xp bonus, this isn't 1999. Most of us have grown up quite a bit and have jobs, families, and real life obligations. I can't get anyone I know--even people who WANT to play--to come play on the server because they call it a "time-sink."

Because Red 99 is a fairly small community, and most classes cannot solo at higher levels, groups are essential. When the xp is as bad as it is and people can't get groups, they aren't going to play. It's really that simple. Not to mention it's RED, so you spend even more time on CRs, getting griefed, camped, etc...

Lastly, although I intend to keep playing, I am very disheartened by how this is all being handled. I feel as though players deserve to know what's going on with the server and what the GMs' intentions are. I'm surprised no official announcement has been made, and if one isn't made today, I will be in complete disbelief.

(By the way, I spent many, many hours in college helping prepare p1999 for release... It was mostly grunt work [checking merchants for classic wares / pixels / locations etc...], so it really crushes me to be in this position as a player.)

I understand that running these servers is time consuming, expensive, and stressful at times, and I know how much work went into creating the server to make it as perfect as possible, but Red99 deserves better than what it is getting imho. Let the server thrive. You know how to do it.