MIddle ground xp: 1-50 300% 51-60 150%

[Stasis01]

Faerie must be a troll, or stuck back in 99 when any of that wall of shit he wrote was true.

[aborted]

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

XP isn't being nerfed back to "regular". The devs already seem to have adopted the Buddhist philosophy of "middle way" by going with the 150% xp modifier, which will not be reverted.

The population increase over the weekend can largely be attributed to the fact that the experience increase was only temporary. People were expecting this, and many people that don't usually log in did so to level up some alts (Nihilum) or mains. If the 300% bonus had stayed in, we probably would have seen a gradual population increase followed by a sharp decline once all the curious bluebies found themselves griefed and the Nihilum alts hit 60.

Any good MMOs, including EQ, are about building relationships. Good friends and good enemies are what keep people logging in, and those are found largely in the leveling game in EQ. If blue had a 300% xp bonus from the start, I guarantee that it wouldn't be able to come anywhere near a 1,000 person population.

This isn't VZTZ; this is classic EQ.

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[runlvlzero]

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

XP isn't being nerfed back to "regular". The devs already seem to have adopted the Buddhist philosophy of "middle way" by going with the 150% xp modifier, which will not be reverted.

The population increase over the weekend can largely be attributed to the fact that the experience increase was only temporary. People were expecting this, and many people that don't usually log in did so to level up some alts (Nihilum) or mains. If the 300% bonus had stayed in, we probably would have seen a gradual population increase followed by a sharp decline once all the curious bluebies found themselves griefed and the Nihilum alts hit 60.

Any good MMOs, including EQ, are about building relationships. Good friends and good enemies are what keep people logging in, and those are found largely in the leveling game in EQ. If blue had a 300% xp bonus from the start, I guarantee that it wouldn't be able to come anywhere near a 1,000 person population.

This isn't VZTZ; this is classic EQ.

Don't decieve us and yourself you want it to be TZ teams, which is closer to VZ/TZ

[Eazzy]

all hail rogaine, xp bonus stays!

[Faerie]

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

think positively [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I try to, but sometimes it's hard lol.

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

Don't decieve us and yourself you want it to be TZ teams, which is closer to VZ/TZ

No idea what you're trying to say here.

[runlvlzero]

You post a lot about wanting custom rules all over the place.

[Faerie]

What is TZ teams? You mean the softcoded teams that were on TZ and VZ? How is what I want close to VZTZ? VZTZ was a FFA server with a huge xp bonus, and I have no idea what their resists were like. I'd really like a server with SZ-like teams, slow (classic) xp and slightly more balanced than classic resists. Very not VZTZ.

Everyone has their dream server PvP ruleset though, and it's fun to fantasize.

[Tradesonred]

Thanks Rogean!

This will mean a healthier pop im sure

[runlvlzero]

Yeah glad to see exp mostly intact, feels good killing random mobs without grinding self destructively

[captincrust]

I think this is a GREAT idea - I would make the xp stop flowing more like lvl 30/40 tho. Raiding isnt the only reason to play but 1-30 is really just tutorial mode.