POP dropping by the day since xp decrease

[hijinks]

well, I retract my original statement. It is a fine balance, and unless they took away all the exp bonus since the server went down, the 25% across the board should be JUST fine for new people.

What it was a few weeks ago was waaaay too fast.. Again, there is a fineline between CounterStrike w/ elves and semi classic grind. We all saw what happened w/ LoZ when people could box and blow through 60 in a day played. EQ is a grind, embrace it, 25% across the board should be just enough to make it easier on new players to start up here, you just have to have a thick enough skin for it.

EDIT: to HPT note below -- I would accept more of a GROUP xp bonus than a solo xp bonus, this would promote a healthier low-mid tier level pop, instead of the 200th druid that gets created to solo quad kite, if they should do anything else to EXP it should involve group bonuses not single bonuses