POP dropping by the day since xp decrease

[bordbard]

I came back to p99 from an 18 month break after Kunark launched and could not stay interested in continuing my lvl 50 characters on blue.

Just for fun I decided to start up a character on red almost exclusively because of the xp bonus which would translate into less of my free time being spent endlessly grinding the same old content. I was quickly hooked and loved how quickly I was leveling.

My characters birthdate was Feb 1st 2013 and the last time I logged in I think was Feb 20th. When the patch went in that removed the XP bonus I was level 38 and I even stuck with it for a day or two and got to level 40. All it took was 40% of level 40 grinding with no XP bonus to cause me to lose interest completely (same reasons I had no interest in griding my lvl 51 characters on blue).

I check the forums every day to see any news about XP bonus being put back and until that day comes I dont think I will be logging in again.

I think mainly the players that stopped playing were in my similar situation where we saw what it was like with the large XP bonus only to have it taken away. I'm sure any new players trying out red for the first time will actually think positively about the XP bonus as it stands now because they have no idea what it was like during the 'good times'.

It certainly doesn't help that there has still been no official announcement or patch notes about the XP removal or even the +25% that was added back in. If you weren't online at the time Nilbog talked about it in OOC you were left in the dark.

-Cannabliss

[Smedy]

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

I came back to p99 from an 18 month break after Kunark launched and could not stay interested in continuing my lvl 50 characters on blue.

Just for fun I decided to start up a character on red almost exclusively because of the xp bonus which would translate into less of my free time being spent endlessly grinding the same old content. I was quickly hooked and loved how quickly I was leveling.

My characters birthdate was Feb 1st 2013 and the last time I logged in I think was Feb 20th. When the patch went in that removed the XP bonus I was level 38 and I even stuck with it for a day or two and got to level 40. All it took was 40% of level 40 grinding with no XP bonus to cause me to lose interest completely (same reasons I had no interest in griding my lvl 51 characters on blue).

I check the forums every day to see any news about XP bonus being put back and until that day comes I dont think I will be logging in again.

I think mainly the players that stopped playing were in my similar situation where we saw what it was like with the large XP bonus only to have it taken away. I'm sure any new players trying out red for the first time will actually think positively about the XP bonus as it stands now because they have no idea what it was like during the 'good times'.

It certainly doesn't help that there has still been no official announcement or patch notes about the XP removal or even the +25% that was added back in. If you weren't online at the time Nilbog talked about it in OOC you were left in the dark.

-Cannabliss

What more do you need staff of Red99? Make it like it was before the patch, shit was picking up slowly but surely. And lets not fool anyone, leveling a guy to 60 with xp bonus still harder on red then blue without xp bonus, you have nothing to die from, whomever dies to PVE in a 14 year old game needs to stop playing now.