A wall of text on the global XP modifier, global OOC

[Tradesonred]

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

I'll tell you one thing: the most vocal people here on these forums are typically the most inaccurate, unintelligent, and biased. 90% of the posts are people coming to the defense of their guild with ad hominems directed at whomever they feel merits it.

Thats basically it. Nihilum was cheerleader of xp loss in pvp for the longest time because it allowed them to sit in raid zones uncontested for months, gearing up.

[BigHurb]

ooc is a good sample of what you run into, hardly a minority.. cause the cheaters have gotten to keep their ill gotten gains

wipe server and keep global.... also someone wipe florida

[runlvlzero]

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

ooc is a good sample of what you run into, hardly a minority.. cause the cheaters have gotten to keep their ill gotten gains

wipe server and keep global.... also someone wipe florida

I'm in Florida, whats wrong with Florida? Don't you love me hurb?

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

Hotzones.... The key to fast exp and pvp. Have 3-4 dispersed for levels 1-50 and change them every month.

also this... change nothing... add those... whole new game for some people who like to level alts in hotzones and explore content that people normally avoid, but is great because of hotzone...

runneyeye hotzone, 50% exp bonus for levels 15-35 would be super good... or xorbb, or an outdoor zone like EK or High Hold Pass. Or Lavastorm (which is already pretty good, but lacks a tiny bit of umph in exp for powergamers)

pick a random zone or two near a city bind point.

most people dont' realize they can bind in guk as a good char (paladin) and run between the guards/strafe to guk, more or less safely etc... shit like hz's and few tips would go a long way. It's only a 20 min run to train in FP from grobb. something to do when you ding 25, and need to train that riposte after getting pk'd

Also Flowers of Happiness would love to take young adventurers under their wing in a hotzone like guk!

[Gustoo]

Great text wall.

There should be a huge EXP modifier for groups. Right now if I group with another player, I get less than 50% exp that I was getting before (even at 50+) The penalty for a duo shouldn't be so harsh, and the bonus for a full 6 should be large enough that everyone wants to fill their group no matter what.

There isn't even a discussion about 2 boxxing. It is confirmed bad for server health, and bad in every way. No one has to even worry about that happening here.

EXP hotzone I don't think will really help people too much. If I was grinding I would stay at a trusty good spot than travel across norrath to face mad PVP and uncertainty. It would be good for more sophisticated levelers with friends and stuff on their second toon so I guess it can't really hurt to try it out. Definitely for zones like runnyeye that no one ever goes to, or paw..very good idea.

Along with item loot but we can deal with that later.

I think it is important to think of reasons why someone would want to play red, as opposed to the blue server. Guide Deru is on the right track here..big time. It's too bad red wasn't in better shape when EQmac closed down so we could get some more of those guys.

[dreama1]

why not keep the current xp bonus and add an extra group bonus so it incentivizes grouping but it's not the be all and end all?

You need a healthy population of people before you start forcing people to group..

Also I'd like to note that I presume many new people didn't even know there was an XP bonus on red.. I only got confirmation of it when someone asked about it explicitly... is it written somewhere? If not it should be advertised explicitly

[Clark]

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

I have thoroughly read everything you have posted and I agree with you on all positions.

+1 post, well though out, good to see our server GM's taking a proactive stance on server issues like these.

[Recycled Children]

Derubael, these are all really bad suggestions.

[Swish]

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Thinking about leveling a cleric...done it on blue solo, and given the server pop when I log in is about 40, how's removing the global XP bonus going to help euro players on the box, as few as we are? :/

[Squire]

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

Derubael, these are all really bad suggestions.

[Bazia]

yeah honestly, these ideas are awful