Classic Feel vs Classic Mechanics

[Tecmos Deception]

Fun stuff about ZEMs, but I bet on p99 you could put double XP into places like runnyeye and dalnir and cazic thule and they still would hardly have "legit" xp groups in them... just more PL and solo/duo.

I mean, the fact that live servers had zones that were so underused that the devs wanted to boost XP in them, despite those servers having at least double the population total of p99 (with a much larger portion of that population still in the process of leveling up)... that shows that it isn't even a population issue. The game's loot and bind mechanics and dungeon difficulties are just soooooo far from "balanced" that you can't bandaid it enough to get more than a significant number of 20s willing and able to group up to XP in the bottom of runnyeye, etc.

[sox7d]

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

Fun stuff about ZEMs, but I bet on p99 you could put double XP into places like runnyeye and dalnir and cazic thule and they still would hardly have "legit" xp groups in them... just more PL and solo/duo.

I mean, the fact that live servers had zones that were so underused that the devs wanted to boost XP in them, despite those servers having at least double the population total of p99 (with a much larger portion of that population still in the process of leveling up)... that shows that it isn't even a population issue. The game's loot and bind mechanics and dungeon difficulties are just soooooo far from "balanced" that you can't bandaid it enough to get more than a significant number of 20s willing and able to group up to XP in the bottom of runnyeye, etc.

I'd say it's a familiarity thing that could be cured with population. People go to the zones they're used to, but if the population over saturates them, and people gradually start trying these other zones, I could see them becoming just as popular as people get more accustomed to them.