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Originally Posted by fischsemmel
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I don't really mean to argue "solo is better" in some overall way.
The thread was started because of the justifiable perception that groups are hard to come by while leveling up. Me pointing to all the reasons soloing is preferred for a lot of people is explanation for the difficulty in players finding groups.
Grouping is only really a good idea if at least a few of the following are true:
1. you need to make more friends
2. you are a warrior or a rogue and can't afford a PL
3. you are totally untwinked and are a melee who is not a bard
4. you want to group just because
Plus it's not like you can't make friends when you are 50+. No reason that someone can't zip 1-50 without talking to a single person in game and then make friends while doing something more productive than killing orcs in oasis.
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The only flaw in your logic is we don't play MMO's such as EQ to play solo 1-50. Not to mention, the fact that unless you're one of the key solo classes, xp is slow especially with the current penalties being in place. Yes it is completely possible to solo from 1-50 without interacting with a single person for max xp. The problem is the incentive for people to play their lower toons to group with these newer people.
I personally would be more apt to play an alt in a lot of these lower zones if there was an xp bonus in affect. Does this mean anything to anyone? No, but boosting the pop of this server by giving a couple days worth of a minor xp bonus won't hurt the server overall I think it would help it. Its not classic, etc etc, that argument is always thrown around on this forums. There's alot of things not classic about this server that people are happy about. Adding about 100 more active players would be great for the community, and keeping them for more than the first 20 levels when they realize the xp penalty + the grouping situation is a PITA then quit.
just my 2cp.