Zone overpopulation

[Drathen]

Is there any plans on dealing with the surge in players and the resulting overpopulation of zones?
U think a simple solution would be to crank up the xp modifier in empty and low pop zones. Let it be known that it has been done and I think it could help ease the population crisis that is looming around the corner.

[TheSurgeon]

Imagine if the ZEM was lowered in zones with highly sought after loot, and raised in areas with mediocre loot. That way an interesting decision has to be made between efficiency and the possibility of money. It's not Classic, but of all the things to change it's the least of all the evils.

[riczaj01]

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

Imagine if the ZEM was lowered in zones with highly sought after loot, and raised in areas with mediocre loot. That way an interesting decision has to be made between efficiency and the possibility of money. It's not Classic, but of all the things to change it's the least of all the evils.

^^^This is a really good idea. People will go to Guk/LGuk for the loot, yet he Warrens are barren. I haven't trie Blackburrow was died, but OrcHill/Crushbone are flooded, but Nek forest and steamfont are empty.

[Jauna]

Originally Posted by riczaj01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

^^^This is a really good idea. People will go to Guk/LGuk for the loot, yet he Warrens are barren. I haven't trie Blackburrow was died, but OrcHill/Crushbone are flooded, but Nek forest and steamfont are empty.

Guk: people like plat or farming stuff for their alts and for some reason had a surge of players nonstop here. my paladin and monk had nonstop grouping here past week or so
Warrens: Super out of the way, has the kunark tier ac/hp, not many people play erudites
Blackburrow: stigma of just a few years ago when people wiped out black burrow on their high level and looted fangs on their alts, also pretty out of the way, human/barb/half elf only for the most part which is another downside since most people skip humans and barbs for their superior class counter parts (troll/ogre sham, iksar monk, etc)
Crushbone: People fucking love elves bro i shit you the fuck not this is the only reason why. three of the four elf races can and do start here now lets top off the fact that many of the classes are good first time choices like cleric, bard, druid and whatnot
Nek forest: dark elves just go to crushbone, that dark elf warrior faction is worth losing or they i dunno man
Steamfont: gnome village is a hop, skip and a fart away from elfland

[riczaj01]

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

Guk: people like plat or farming stuff for their alts and for some reason had a surge of players nonstop here. my paladin and monk had nonstop grouping here past week or so
Warrens: Super out of the way, has the kunark tier ac/hp, not many people play erudites
Blackburrow: stigma of just a few years ago when people wiped out black burrow on their high level and looted fangs on their alts, also pretty out of the way, human/barb/half elf only for the most part which is another downside since most people skip humans and barbs for their superior class counter parts (troll/ogre sham, iksar monk, etc)
Crushbone: People fucking love elves bro i shit you the fuck not this is the only reason why. three of the four elf races can and do start here now lets top off the fact that many of the classes are good first time choices like cleric, bard, druid and whatnot
Nek forest: dark elves just go to crushbone, that dark elf warrior faction is worth losing or they i dunno man
Steamfont: gnome village is a hop, skip and a fart away from elfland

Nothing is really out of the way in EQ when you can port there. Part of the fun of the original eq was running from Freeport to Qyenos, proof in point, all the dark races in GFay going to CB.
Just started so didn't know about BB, but it's not an issue now. Regardless of all this, the point of the idea was to give players a reason to go to these places, if you have a ton of people already heading to zones for other reasons(Gfay/Guk) then there's no reason to give xp benefits for it. Give it to places that aren't already loaded.

[Jauna]

Originally Posted by riczaj01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Nothing is really out of the way in EQ when you can port there. Part of the fun of the original eq was running from Freeport to Qyenos, proof in point, all the dark races in GFay going to CB. .

That is fun and nostalgic the first few times but even I succor myself through the karanas on my druid to get to permafrost. And waiting on the boat to listen to that 20 year old midi music play as you sit and remember everything you did when you were younger but.. after awhile you just stop giving a fuck about that. Or at the very least want little risk for the same ole same ole.

I do not want to commit to a group by finding a port, getting a bind and get there to see they are still recruiting which can fall apart before, during or right after for various reasons like a randomly combusting cat, or someones kid wakes up or someones sexdoll starts talking and tells them they need to go or even a raid target spawning and whatever the reason there is always a domino effect that shatters non-highway groups and people gate out. Sure I had great times in DB/kitten guild groups for out of the way spots like kaesoria or dalnir but those are few and far in between. and if I can get a group on x alt in y zone, im just go to alt z and so on these days.

Its not called the exp super highway as a bad thing, but the only safe option because finding 5 other people who are willing to travel, bind and wait for 1-2 hours to get shit together and break the camp and stay there for enough time to make it worth it is.. just not practical for pugs.

Fuck I had groups in the oasis break up because moving from the pillar to the orc highway was too much for some.

[Dillusional]

If the zones were underpopulated, you would want an EXP bonus because there were no groups to be had haha. Crowded zones is the opposite of a problem for this server imo.

[indiscriminate_hater]

Jesus people really will complain about anything

[Drathen]

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

Jesus people really will complain about anything

Not a complaint. It's an observation with a possible solution.

[loramin]

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

Jesus people really will complain about anything

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

Not a complaint. It's an observation with a possible solution.

Clearly he wasn't talking about you, he was making a self-referential post complaining about how people complain about everything, while at the same time complaining about his own post, as it complained about something so obscure (a person proposing an idea) that it itself could be taken as complaining "about everything" [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was a truly next-level post, and then when you consider the fact that the poster's name was "Indiscriminate Hater" ...

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