EXP bonus for new players from mac server?

[Grozmok]

EXP tears...

nom nom nom

[Rubexcube666]

dont' worry i have a used Tissue for those.... there is lotion in it.

[bionicbadger]

who the hell want more whiny mac users around?

[Aprio]

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

who the hell want more whiny mac users around?

Shhh, you're cluttering the thread with stupid. Go to rants and flames please.

[Pomaikai]

The concept that we won't get many new players to P1999 because the exp sucks is pretty silly. The concept that because they knowingly received a little exp bonus as a way of saying, "We're sorry you got ass raped by SOE, and lost years worth of hard work in a single day." that they'll be forever spoiled is even sillier.

[Hitchens]

If the idea that it's hard for P1999 to get more players due to the exp is silly, then why does there need to be an exp bonus to attract more players?

[Pomaikai]

Why do stores run sales? They already have customers. To get new customers in the door, and to drum up business. Works the same way here. We're using the exp bonus to entice the old EQMac players to give P1999 a try.

If we can attract a lot of new players due to EQMac shutting down, then we have a larger pool of players that may stay for the long haul. Will we keep them all? Of course not, but the numbers of sustaining new players will be larger. With a larger server population we'll keep more current players from leaving due to low server population, and attract more new players because they see a healthier server population. Also, with more people playing regularly, Rogean should see an increase in donations to the server which will help us all out.

Seriously, this is just a basic sales technique, and I've been a salesman for over 30 years. This is basically a sales promotion that costs nothing to advertise and run except a little time and effort. The benefits, especially if we get more donors to P1999, will mean a lot to us all. More money in the coffers will most likely result us seeing Velious sooner, rather than later. Make sense?

[Hitchens]

Stores are commercial enterprises who's existence relies on drumming up additional business.

P1999 is not.

The analogy does not work.

[Nulak]

Btw can SOE do the same to P99 or we're safe ? I heard its only because of some MAC codebase issue ?

[eqravenprince]

You are doing them a disservice by not letting them experience the slow level grind in all it's glory.