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Originally Posted by kallell
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Hi All,
I recently got back in to the eq after an 11 year hiatus. I started on the TLP servers (lockjaw), but recently found out about p99.
My question is around experience gain of the two. From what i can tell, it's easier to level on TLP from what i remember. P99 looks to still have the old leveling speed according to the wiki, but am curious as if that hasn't been updated to reflect kunark/velious. I can't remember if either of those xpacks impacted EXP gain/removed penalties.
That being said, how does the exp gain look in comparison to the TLP servers? For someone who would be dedicated to leveling and grinding the entire time they are on, how long would it take to get from 1 to 50 on p99, vs 1 to 50 on TLP (yes i realize you can hit level 60)?
Thanks all,
Kal
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First off I want to say I find your post wonderfully worded.
Anyway here are my thoughts:
Some penalties got removed with Velious so hybrids no longer have that large 40% xp penalty which realistically ended up impacting everyone who grouped regularly at some point.
I would imagine if you are compare starting on either server with nothing the TLP server experience is faster. If you are getting help the P99 server might be quicker for some parts due to limitations on xp per mob. Overall though I bet TLP would still be quicker. The journey from 1 to 60 on P99 will really depend on your playtime and your knowledge of the game. 1 to 60 might just take you a few weeks if you are playing semi-hardcore. More likely a month or two if invested. Even if your gear stinks you will probably end up in some groups with people who have awesome gear because they are twinked alts. As someone else mentioned the journey from 1-50 is about half the total journey. Be prepared to experience those legendarily terrible hell levels.
Oh and I know Ele had mentioned that on Red if you played hardcore you could do 1-60 in a week, I highly doubt you would have any shot at that even playing a crazy amount unless you had a lot of friends already there. The lower levels go quick with the xp bonus and honestly when xping the higher lvls do too, but you will get tied up in PvP especially in the later 50s.