Exp Bonus when server goes live

[Doors]

The basic setup of this server is going to be very different from vztz or other custom red boxes people have played. Or at least thats what I've gathered from reading so far.

Basically heres how shit will work:

Leveling will take a long time. EXP rates on p99 are brutal. They're going to be the same here, with EXP loss on a PVP death meaning there is significant loss and risks anytime you go to fight others. Add that in with EXP loss on mob deaths and the grind to 50 (and 60 after Kunark) will be very time consuming. Does that mean this is a bad thing? No, not really, considering servers where you can hit max level in a week get boring quickly and die out. People obviously want to play on a box where they can level in a week, raid gear themselves then constantly fight each other or gank. That realistically will not be the case here. Most people won't hit 50 for a long time. Which actually isn't bad, because mid 30's and 40's PVP is fun as shit.

Rogean isn't putting YT or leaderboards in sadly, so the emphasis on PVP is that it will be used to handle mob disputes like raid targets. People out there will be rolling in gank squads for either kills on big names or coin, none of these kills will be advertised though and global OOC is going to be removed. However I think Rogean may consider leaving global OOC in if the server population is low enough. I wasn't around to see it, but when p99 had a population hovering around 200-300 global OOC existed on that server.

So if you consider these two conditions, you can basically assume that this will be nothing like the rest of the boxes. You'll level slow, getting pked will mean something at higher levels, and nobody is going to know you killed anyone else unless you're screenshotting it and bringing proof to the boards. PVP on this server will be used as a method to handle raid disputes, or grief. Past boxes it was like one giant arena fight where everyone leveled as fast as possible, geared themselves, then spent the rest of their gaming time on the box just hunting people down or fighting over dragons. People will still fight over dragons, but from what I've gathered PVP is just going to be a way to dispute issues over camps, raid targets, etc. on this server.

Is that a good thing? The fuck if I know. I just want to bind camp Harrison at some point and steal his welfare money.

[Nerfbat]

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

Is that a good thing? The fuck if I know. I just want to bind camp Harrison at some point and steal his welfare money.

I'll buy this.

[Harrison]

Bring it. What I've gathered from 2 days with you vztzjects is that you guys cry so loud in OOC about every minor inconvenience to your miniscule worlds.

Sure, I'll get ganked by roving bands of inbred troglodytes out to find me specifically. But, I'll die without crying like a bitch as you guys do incessantly hour after hour in ooc.

[Nerfbat]

You cry about crying. Don't kid yourself

[Billbike]

Rotating hotzones.

I haven't bothered digging through the forums, whatever.

I think it's a good compromise, and it creates pvp.

Edit: promoting PvP is collateral damage of rotating hotzones, not it's sole purpose.

[Nirgon]

^ dont need to create incentives to pvp. Having the option to do so is enough, and really the point.

[Softcore PK]

I leveled just fine without any bonuses on live; SZ players got this because of exp loss on pvp death (here it will be a very small exp loss). Having said that, I would like to see an exp bonus so we can hopefully steal more of the blue99 players.

[Evoken]

Without question. Maybe not as drastic as what we have now, but even with an exp bonus I expect it to be marginally more difficult to level on red than blue.

[Eldaran]

EQ has always been about the journey, and how rewarding it is each level you achieve because you worked your ass off for it. Personally i dont like xp loss on pvp death, but if I want to play on the Red server i'll do so no matter what the XP is like.

[Tillan]

OP, This is a good idea