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Originally Posted by Dac321
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It won't effect it negatively in my opinion. It will allow newer players or alts to have good gear at lower levels. All in all, I think it will be a positive outcome.
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This is a good thing too. If the rate of new players incoming to the server goes down at some point (maybe it already has), there will be less people to group with and new players will need every scrap of help they can find. Rate of incoming new players means people who're new to this server, summed up over a length of time (like 2 weeks). When the server first launched, there might have been a rush of 100 to 200 people the first 2 weeks. After that, I can't be sure, but it certainly wasn't 100 to 200 people like it was when it first booted up and accepted clients. Anytime there's a decline in the rate, new players are getting less quality in their playtime than previous players. You can imagine, especially in eq, this rate is important when there're several home cities that spread new players all across the world. It's important to keep it healthy so new players find groups/binds.
But don't think you can sit back and ignore new players because you think Kunark will somehow do all the work for you. It won't. Mudflation has always existed, but Kunark is not TSS or SOD (+ mercenaries). Kunark came when EQ was experiencing its best years. There was less reason at that point in time to give new players more tools to solo and level up more easily because there was a healthier number of them. Nonetheless, mudflation still existed, probably as incentive for ppl to buy Kunark. Old players still have to keep helping new players like they always have. My motto is never twink my own alts, but don't be afraid to twink someone else. I'm going further than that by playing low level alts full-time, but this motto alone is a good one for anyone to follow.