XP = SLOW....

[Smokey012]

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

TLDR: "i never liked eq, and still dont. i dont belong here"

uh bye

Thanks for your constructive input... Also If it was to long to read, how'd you know what the contents was about?.

No I loved EQ for all the same reasons that everyone else did, but I know for sure that my experience was a lot different than yours. This was down to how some people just don't seem to have to actually live a life who play these games. I wish I knew how it was done, but I don't. I have to work for a living and now my time is even harder to come by because of children.

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

There's a point to the slower levelling process (meeting more people, chances for run ins/issues/getting nameds to pop a few times while being in that zone xping etc) but the population here isn't very high.

Well when I actually saw players, they were running about with people power leveling them. Infact I was kill stolen by a wizard.

It's a valid point, and makes sense in theory though, but this is my perspective of how this worked for me.
I find a group, I level with them, I make some friends. I then log while they stay on for obviously four times my usage. They end up leaving me and I spend the next year leveling one character, meeting countless people that I leveled with at some point that are now way beyond me.

As I said before EQ favored the jobless, and I had a lot of good times, but that was when I was high level and was raiding with my guild. If they had some kind of rest xp system, it would've been much fairer.

[Bamzal Sherbet]

yes because you are the only person trying to hold down a job and play this

[heartbrand]

This message is hidden because Tomatoking is on your ignore list.

Grats on becoming the first legit person I've ever ignored on this message board.

[Smokey012]

Well I came on here looking to relive the EQ experience, as I did enjoy the sandbox style and varied race and class this had to offer. I haven't made a scene, or offended/attacked anyone, so ignoring me was slightly uncalled for... but, your call. I certainly wont be losing any sleep. lol

All I did was say that it's to slow for me to start again, and I'd noticed this thread and thought I'd say what I thought.
I'd hoped that as this was a non-SOE server, that maybe the rates would've been slightly higher than they were. I'm not asking for much higher, just enough to make even limited time actually worth something.They were only ever that high because they wanted you on the game paying money for as long as possible. It was the first big MMO, so everything was experimental at this stage, and to me this was something that needed to be addressed.

And as far as me being the only one holding a job and playing this, then I do seriously worry about some of you. This game came out in 99, the youngest on here must be mid 20's, and you're still sitting here 24/7 playing this?. Think possibly some of you need a reality check.

[Nirgon]

This is SUPPOSED to be an exactly classic server.

Everyone has the goal of reaching 60.

Just pace it out and you'll get there eventually.

The game is supposed to level you slowly. High pop servers were more of a social experience and less about Omg must be max level and raiding for most of the live population.

Just try to find your own way to enjoy it. I have a ton of xping to go even at 56 and it is in no way a turn off because I actually enjoy playing the game itself and the classic mechanics and non-instanced world.

Off topic/random thought: players that pushed mmos into instanced content have a loser mentality.

[Galacticus]

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

This is SUPPOSED to be an exactly classic server.

Everyone has the goal of reaching 60.

Just pace it out and you'll get there eventually.

The game is supposed to level you slowly. High pop servers were more of a social experience and less about Omg must be max level and raiding for most of the live population.

Just try to find your own way to enjoy it. I have a ton of xping to go even at 56 and it is in no way a turn off because I actually enjoy playing the game itself and the classic mechanics and non-instanced world.

Off topic/random thought: players that pushed mmos into instanced content have a loser mentality.

At 55 + you are already able to raid and just kick back and not worry about xp. You can get into most groups and farm most gear as if you were 60.

Imagine your character is deleted and you start at level 1.

Everyone else for months has gotten a 50% more bonus then you to level.

Better yet there is no reason that anyone will confirm as to why it was changed.

This will not even effect most of the players here because they are above 50 meaning its directly targeted at you and not others who already have an advantage over you.

Not a friendly new player environment.

[HippoNipple]

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

bonuses are bonuses because they are temporary.

if it was the statuesque, then it would not be an xp "bonus"

bonuses come and go, and the pop no longer maxes out at 45 people. you can argue that the people only showed up for the xp bonus, but i could argue that the bonus was in when the pop maxed at 45 peoople.

I'm guessing the meeting with rogean/nilbog didn't happen or didn't go well.

Population went to shit
EXP bonus put in
Population slowly rises to today's number which is a big success
Exp bonus taken out
Population bitches and threatens to quit

I don't get the argument about the population being 45 while the bonus was in.. because shortly after it went in is when the population went up and made it to today's numbers.

[Galacticus]

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

bonuses are bonuses because they are temporary.

if it was the statuesque, then it would not be an xp "bonus"

bonuses come and go, and the pop no longer maxes out at 45 people. you can argue that the people only showed up for the xp bonus, but i could argue that the bonus was in when the pop maxed at 45 peoople.

You speak as if the xp bonus is like the weather - something that just comes and goes.

You control them, they are put in for a reason and taken out for a reason.

My impression is to grow server population and give new players an incentive to stick out the long grind before they can join most people on the server and do what they came here for, pvp.

I could see the argument that the server has 500 ppl on it and now we will reduce the bonus because there are more then enough people to group with or the server is reaching population limit for the servers.

The exp bonus doesn't BRING people here - it keeps them here playing. There are always people rolling in to try it out to see how it goes. Then they realize hey, I wanted to play a war and there is no one around to group with, or they get level 15 and can't solo blight blues anymore and feel stuck. Sme come to the forums but most just quit like I did and don't look back.

[Nirgon]

I've helped with a few epics and spent most of my time farming plat for gear (I'm shinin' boy). I still have xp as a priority, its not instant 60 and I'm glad about it.

I've enjoyed my time contesting my xp/farming spots. Some people just like the items and being max level... I like playing.

[Tomatoking]

Originally Posted by Smokey012 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Well I came on here looking to relive the EQ experience, as I did enjoy the sandbox style and varied race and class this had to offer. I haven't made a scene, or offended/attacked anyone, so ignoring me was slightly uncalled for... but, your call. I certainly wont be losing any sleep. lol

All I did was say that it's to slow for me to start again, and I'd noticed this thread and thought I'd say what I thought.
I'd hoped that as this was a non-SOE server, that maybe the rates would've been slightly higher than they were. I'm not asking for much higher, just enough to make even limited time actually worth something.They were only ever that high because they wanted you on the game paying money for as long as possible. It was the first big MMO, so everything was experimental at this stage, and to me this was something that needed to be addressed.

And as far as me being the only one holding a job and playing this, then I do seriously worry about some of you. This game came out in 99, the youngest on here must be mid 20's, and you're still sitting here 24/7 playing this?. Think possibly some of you need a reality check.

look , alot of you new guys will have to come to terms with a few things here

First , you wont relive any previous glory, it is gone and for that era and that era alone 12 years ago.

If you do decide to play here you will spend almost all of your time leveling for the next 6 months or so ( playing at a casual pace )

You will also most likely level solo with no gear or friends and fight twinks, if this is a problem dont play here.

If you do decide to stick it out will it be worth it? No , theres no guild to look forward to joining , there almost no pvp and the server has a few critical bugs that make it extremely frustrating.

Not to mention the majority of players on the server are extremely mad cause they suck at life or are high / bragging about being high like thats cool.

What i just said my sound harsh but its the truth. Most people have a hard time handling the truth in life. But i believe in just coming out and saying stuff and giving people all the info so they can make a choice for themself.

Goodluck if you do stay