Feedback from a new r99 player.

[Tradesonred]

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

People are here to relive what it was on live which means slow leveling. Everyone is focused on getting to 60 as the only goal. Plenty of people played years of EQ without ever getting to 60 because they just enjoyed the game.

I mean I get what you are saying but what you are suggesting is what YOU want and I don't think it will help population because it creates throw away characters that don't mean much. Casual play is probably not good for red server because of deserted low levels but blue you can accomplish a lot, socialize and mess around on a couple of chars without a huge time investment just don't set out with getting to 60 as your goal.

To me a good rate would be 1.75 which i think it was for a while when pop reached close to 200 last year. Rate might feel fast for people who know exactly where to level, have pocket druids but that rate isnt fast for the "regular" semi-casual crowd who doesnt know eq inside out, doesnt box over a VPN, which might be tempted to fuck around the emulator and stick around if theyre having fun. I think thats the pool of players waiting to be tapped. Even drop the rate to 1.0 but boost group xp to 1.75 or 2.0+

Theres no reliving Rallos, devs fucked it up hard and left a crippling to the pvp scene xp loss on pvp death custom setup for a year and a half. Now the pop is mainly at the high levels, its no fun grinding out solo for months before you can reach any living soul for your first group. I played 2 years on Rallos 2001-2002 and only reached 44 why, because pvp was alot of fun. Devs just dont get whats fun pvp-wise cuz they dont play their box and theyre not pvpers, im pretty sure of this. They just dont get it.

WIth a group bonus people might be tempted to roll alts to go play with an influx of new people but theres yet again a crippling blow to a flourishing pvp scene with this ill-thought stupid PnP shit. Its like a never ending comedy of errors.

But frankly, with horribad decisions like PnP i feel like i shouldnt give even the slightest fuck about where things are going cuz server never will take off. Itll peak a little when velious comes out like it did with Kunark then itll die a slow agonizing death.
Thats my nostradamus prediction, which of course could be wrong.