Soloing vs. grouping, once and for all

[JayDee]

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

The levelspeed on P99 is too fast anyway. Took me 20 days /played (roughly 2 months) to hit 50 solely by group xp and I spent a considerable part of this time /lfg.

Shoulda been here around server inception.

People were doing 20-40 in one day in sola.

[Auvdar]

It's amazing how differently people play there second run through of a game. Kinda like, you know what the fuck to do so you do it the better way <shrug>

[Tronjer]

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

Shoulda been here around server inception.

People were doing 20-40 in one day in sola.

Yeah, but where is the point?

Rush to level 50, kill plane trash for a brief time and all one can do afterwards is racing with other guilds for the few raid encounters, or farming plat in anticipation of Kunark. Doesn't matter if this procedure takes a few weeks more or less.

In contradiction to 1999, people have the knowledge about zones, spots, items, game mechanics, and build support networks from the get-go already. Where you once had three camps (HK, SolB Royals) there is just one here, death penalty and cr doesn't sting anymore and the infamous PoF break-ins are a joke nowadays.

That's not meant at as a rant, but to really bring back EQlive feeling, the mechanics should be balanced according to increased players experience. Slower leveling, less dps, mobs with higher hp, etc. Given the current rate we will burn through Kunark in two months again and permacamp Trak/VS afterwards.

[Nedala]

NERF SOLO EXP IMO, so we see more grps again, pls.

It just sucks that solo exp is so much better.

Or boost grp-exp, whatever works.

I think grp vs. solo is waaayyyy to much difference atm [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]