So GMs take out the XP bonus before putting a group bonus in, when their master plan was to promote the “journey” to 60 by forcing people to group over soloing.

This feels like a massive troll at the moment. XP is absolutely horrid now solo or grouped. Why do the GMs feel it necessary to mess with something that isn’t broken? No one was complaining about experience being too fast and it is not one of the reasons the box does not have a high population..

Server had 200 online Sunday and the future was looking bright, now this just negates any progress made. I know the GMs have this vision of the XP nerf hurting at first then being a good thing later, but it isn’t going to happen.

I did not play here on this server for the first 2 or 3 years solely due to the XP being so horrendous, once the bonus was in place me and quite a few others came back to play. I have 2 real life friends that just started here and now they both will not log in again unless the XP is bumped back up. No one wants to grind EQ classic XP on a red server with many more difficulties than a blue one.

You want to tone down the bonus? No problem, but completely removing it and not having a group bonus ready to go in at the same time is just silly. Please put the bonus back up to some extent until you have a group bonus in place, that is only fair really.

Hey where are my exp pots?

The amount of tears on the forum right now excedes any past event. This is so bad =\ and it's not the GM's fault.

U guys need to pull the sticks out of your asses.

I understand why you want to nerf exp rates. But to cut it off and say after the fact you're thinking up a plan to make it better just doesn't make sense to me. Why not leave it in place until after you've had those discussions?

I truly think this whole thing could be used in a way to grow the population. Instead of stealth nerfing exp rates announce that on March 15th or something the rates are getting changed. Put in a 2 week additional bonus...get a surge in population to help feed these low level groups BEFORE you make it take 4x longer to do the levels that already took 4x longer.

Everything about this just feels wrong. The idea was suggested, there was a ton of negative feedback on the forums then it gets done anyway without the counterbalancing changes of group exp bonus. Then it is not confirmed until the whisper grew to a roar. Then we're told you don't want to hear our opinions on it, it isn't changing but maybe sometime in the future something with exp will change.

If we lose even 1 single player over this change why do it? My understanding is of course not required in the slightest. I try my best to make constructive posts, but I really just do not understand the timing and reason of this decision. You said all staff were in favor of it, I am struggling to believe that nobody saw the negative angle of this.

I really hope you guys are right, but this is the type of thing that has a potentially devastating impact. It is a nerf directed almost entirely at people who have started in the last 1-3 months which are the exact people we're trying to attract and keep. Is the risk of this change worth the perceived potential reward?

How are these tears not the GMs "fault"? They are in direct response to a controversial change made by the staff.

And the reason there are more tears then any past event is because of the impact. In the short term, there can be no debate that this will cost us players. In the long term we'll see. It's a risky bet is all I can say.

Rogean has probably this song on a loop right now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GgflscOmW8

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