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Originally Posted by mgellan
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BINGO! I think we're experiencing both right now - jam packed zones like Oasis, Guk, and Unrest, and very quiet zones like HPH and RunnyEye... with server population pushing 1000 I think we'd see all zones be getting big licks,
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Well, the other issue is that for most of us, this is our second time around, knowing a lot more about the game than back in 1999. Min-maxers are going to gravitate towards the zones with the known best risk/reward ratio (Oasis - amazing outdoors XP, Unrest - ridiculous ZEM, Guk - the best non-planar loot in the game), and leave the other zones relatively empty.
What do you do if you spawn in Freeport? You level up and head for the newb camps and work your way to Oasis/Dervs then Upper Guk... or maybe go off Antonica and head out to Crushbone and then Unrest with everyone else who started in that area to ensure you can get groups. Then after graduating Unrest, you may as well start up in Mistmoore since you're right there. What do you do if you spawn in Erudin or Qeynos? You GTFO out of there as soon as you can and head where everyone else appears to be. Maybe come back for aviaks in SK and LR later. This creates a lot of unused zones in the Karanas areas.
The only point where zones like HPH and Runnyeye start getting populated is when those premier zones start getting over-saturated (can't get that awesome XP because there's not enough to pull, can't get that awesome loot because every loot camp is taken, etc) and force the overflow into other areas.