Some core issues with antonica in classic eq(why everyone goes to guk)

[Gustoo]

On live everyone leveled in FM OT and DL despite way worse exp in those areas. More jobs and comfort of outdoors.

[Coridan]

I posted a thread about this, but do we even have proof there was ZEM in those dungeons at launch?

[AegnorP99]

It would be super cool if there was some mechanism that automatically increased a zone's ZEM if the peak population didn't exceed a certain threshold for a few days. Every few days the ZEM could be modified again based on peak population until it finally met the population threshold at which point the ZEM could slowly start decreasing. It could keep doing this check every few days. Theoretically every zone's ZEM would level out such that it matched the zone's difficulty and every zone would be worth going to when considering exp vs. challenge/loot.

[oldhead]

Oh well, its classic. We are here to play classic.

[korzax]

If I ran the zoo there would be a few changes.

[fugazi]

The combination of terrible ZEM and absolute trash tier loot makes Kerra Isle a place to avoid. Mobs drop silver coin, fish and milk. Yeah, just what you want to see when you're fighting 16-24 monks and shamans. Oldschool Runnyeye is something you want to bring two groups to, but why bother when the rare loot is terrible? Najena has terrible level variance, but a couple of good spots if you are in the perfect level range, so whilst not being a great zone, it can be great if you know exactly when to be there.

Highpass might be the sole exception because the respawn rate is absolutely mad. Back on Live you'd ALWAYS find a group camping Orcs and Gnolls. The xp was good, money loot good, and the items are great for their level! On P99 though? Well, Green n Teal have people doing Orcs, but Gnolls seem to be mostly untouched. Both mob types drop rawhide and ringmail and with vendors being just around the corner, that makes it a pretty darn decent place for cash [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Coridan]

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

The combination of terrible ZEM and absolute trash tier loot makes Kerra Isle a place to avoid. Mobs drop silver coin, fish and milk. Yeah, just what you want to see when you're fighting 16-24 monks and shamans. Oldschool Runnyeye is something you want to bring two groups to, but why bother when the rare loot is terrible? Najena has terrible level variance, but a couple of good spots if you are in the perfect level range, so whilst not being a great zone, it can be great if you know exactly when to be there.

Highpass might be the sole exception because the respawn rate is absolutely mad. Back on Live you'd ALWAYS find a group camping Orcs and Gnolls. The xp was good, money loot good, and the items are great for their level! On P99 though? Well, Green n Teal have people doing Orcs, but Gnolls seem to be mostly untouched. Both mob types drop rawhide and ringmail and with vendors being just around the corner, that makes it a pretty darn decent place for cash [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I tried for two hours to put a gnoll group together today and no one was interested [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[skipdog]

I always wondered how accurate the ZEMs here were. As long as they are classic-era accurate, awesome!

[korzax]

January 14, 2001 Producer Letter

As of the next patch, you will receive additional experience (per kill) in the following zones:

Droga increased by 12%
Nurga increased by 12%
Solusek's Eye (SolA) increased by 13%
Najena increased by 13%
Befallen increased by 13%
Paw increased by 13%
Permafrost increased by 13%
Kaesora increased by 18%
Qeynos Catacombs increased by 20%
Runnyeye increased by 20%
Kerra Ridge increased by 20%
The Hole increased by 25%

Is what i found, so maybe they are low at the moment

[cd288]

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

January 14, 2001 Producer Letter

As of the next patch, you will receive additional experience (per kill) in the following zones:

Droga increased by 12%
Nurga increased by 12%
Solusek's Eye (SolA) increased by 13%
Najena increased by 13%
Befallen increased by 13%
Paw increased by 13%
Permafrost increased by 13%
Kaesora increased by 18%
Qeynos Catacombs increased by 20%
Runnyeye increased by 20%
Kerra Ridge increased by 20%
The Hole increased by 25%

Is what i found, so maybe they are low at the moment

Befallen def has the boost in place currently. I wouldn't expect ZEMs to be any different than they were on Blue. Part of that is, I'm assuming, just due to how hard it is to know what the base EXP rates the various different ZEMs were modifying at different times. IIRC, the ZEMs we have on Blue were the last ZEMs where the staff was actually able to confirm accuracy.