some positive aspects of the lower pop atm

[godbox]

a) people being friendly and helpful alot trying to foster a positive place for ppl to nerd out
b) less high lvl players in general = harder for people to get PL'd for people so alts are lvling in groups with new players more of varying classes instead of just 50 fungi/cof/tstaff monks runin around every newb zone with druid in tow
c) EC economy crashing down to the point where gear that you don't use and isnt valued at many 10's of thousands of plat isnt being sold just handed out for free to new people

add your own
just got sick of the doom and gloom about the lower pop. thought some positive spin might help out.
Definetly sucks cause I havnt been up to the planes in last 2 weeks and still need my tear for sham epic but on the plus I have been havin a blast lvling my new ench alt

[gloine36]

It sure makes the need for a good active guild very important at the lower and mid levels.

[shooteneq1]

Im finding the economy the opposite, alot less for sale and seems like prices are getting higher for lower/mid lvl items, thats if you can even find what your looking for up for sale.

[webrunner5]

Originally Posted by shooteneq1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Im finding the economy the opposite, alot less for sale and seems like prices are getting higher for lower/mid lvl items, thats if you can even find what your looking for up for sale.

What he said. High end stuff cheaper because no one on to buy it.

[Ravager]

There's very little permacamped now, so that's something.

[ArumTP]

EC market has crashed.

There is less volume of goods being brought to market. 2-3 weeks ago, about the same time fungi hit 50k, there was still a lot of loot coming to market. A lot of sebilis loot, now there is like none of that (clay guardian sheilds, seb scale, hieros). Most of EC shit, is a few things from kanors, and all loot from mistmoore/solb. People still think that the Wiki is accurate for prices, and it really isn't. HOODED BLACK CLOAK ISN'T 2-2.5K PEOPLE, that is the one item I see all day every day.

Not many or no tradeskillers. Its not worth it to do them, as the prices to engage in them will always remain the same, but the value of PP is going up. No smiths, I think Borodin is the only active smith. Nobody is buying handmade backpacks which means a few things. It means there is no more need for mules to carry the stuff that is being farmed. It means that there are no new players that need to expand out their bank slots. It means there are no new alts being made that need new bank slots.

[Slave]

In the short term the population crash is great for the farmers who remain. In the medium-to-long term, it's the worst possible thing that can happen for everyone. Ask anyone on Red99 with 10+ manastones how much they're worth.

[Norok]

Just wait for Vellious. You will have every player and their brother that has ever had a character log back on for the first few weeks.

[Brimacombe]

This is a great time to farm and make friends before the content locusts return from the other games.
Because of this lull, I have gotten to know Buttscratch, who is one of the best tanks and people I have played with.

-Brimacombe

[webrunner5]

This is a real problem for new people though. Nobody to sell Bone Chips, or HQ Hides, Spider Silks to is the only way they have to make some plat.

So this is not good for them.