new people > exp rate

[SearyxTZ]

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

Nilbog already said there is a 50 percent bonus that will never go away. Only thing that is going away next week is the "extra" 50 percent bonus for kunark release.

Anyways, imo what we need more then even more bonus is to make the hybrid xp penalty apply to the hybrid alone, not shared out with the group. People are avoiding hybrids like they have the plauge and shutting them out of "community" with that anchor around their neck is far far more destructive to new player retention then extra xp bonus.

XP bonux 10x = wizards/druids/necros level 10x faster. Hybrids still avoided like leppers and quit.

I saw it leveling to 50, and i'm seeing it all over again. The original devs changed this malus when everyone became aware of it and started to descriminate. Ok, we are there now on p99. Make the malus carried by the individual hybrid only. I'm sure they wont mind carrying the burden themselves to 60 if they could actually get groups, join the community of players and have fun.

tl;dr: Make all class xp penalties self only, not dished out and shared with the group.

The hybrid penalty should be removed period. It never ever made sense. At all. The original logic was that because these classes were a mishmash of two pure parent classes, they would be stronger but level slower. Except they aren't stronger -- Rangers in fact completely suck. This went out the window after like the first month of the game.

There are still not enough lower or mid level players to support any active low level game (and there never will be). When I'm the only person in Warsilks or Lake on Kunark launch day, that's not good. They did the scaling bonus thing which made total sense. Need to fold that over a few times. The grind should be condensed to 40-60.

Box needs YT and hotzones for the above reasons. Players are gonna be too spread out. You can probably count on KC and Seb being active all the time, but the outdoor zones will be completely scattered with like 1 player per 5 square miles.

[runlvlzero]

That makes sense, but then again also having insanely fast 1-30 game discourages low level zone groups such as oasis, and forces more players to solo 1-30 as well. Although with enough xp bonus any class can get 30 with a few hundred plat worth of gear.

[PhantomRogue]

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

That makes sense, but then again also having insanely fast 1-30 game discourages low level zone groups such as oasis, and forces more players to solo 1-30 as well. Although with enough xp bonus any class can get 30 with a few hundred plat worth of gear.

Riiiight, because you want people quitting and getting discouraged from 1-30.

And people coming in NEW... Not from Blue, not Twinked, not having friends here... are going to have that money to buy gear with.

You want people spending time 45-60 and PvPing. Not spending the bulk of their time doing the most idiotic thing, which the modern MMO improved from EQs version... grinding.

[mitic]

a minute ago in game..

iam unsettled for another exp increase but the current 50% should stay in!

[Vile]

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

That makes sense, but then again also having insanely fast 1-30 game discourages low level zone groups such as oasis, and forces more players to solo 1-30 as well. Although with enough xp bonus any class can get 30 with a few hundred plat worth of gear.

wrong.

[gankstar1868]

As a returning player and long time EQ vet i understand how important nostalgia and playing a hard core game how it was meant to be played.

With that aside, most players that played EQ hard core no longer have the amount of time they did as kids to devote to the levelling process.

A few friends of mine are thinking of coming back and would GREATLY benefit from a significant EXP boost. We would put a majority of our time into r99 and with an exp boost we could reach competitive levels more quickly and take an active role in the community.

[mitic]

i bet some blue players are lurking !

[Vile]

It all comes down to this very simple logic:

How much time do I need to invest (leveling up) to have some fun(pvp).

There is nothing going on low levels.. maybe there is ONE group in some random ass zone, but if you can't port, make it there on your own, or if they even allow you to join (most people don't even want a hybrid in their group) -- you're doomed to solo.

Your class can't solo? Good fucking luck.

[Wamorn]

Exp rate woyldn't even be so bad if boxing was allowed so you can box the class you need to level.

[PhantomRogue]

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

Exp rate woyldn't even be so bad if boxing was allowed so you can box the class you need to level.

No. Boxing. Ever.