Miscellaneous: Nerf Sol A exp

[darnzen]

I was in sol A for a bit last night at lvl 22. The xp was very good, but seemed right to me. We were killing red mobs .. lots of them. We wiped out several times. All in all, seemed balanced risk - reward. XP rate seemed to match Unrest and Mistmore at earlier levels. I think part of the problem is all the comparable zones are bugged (Cazic, Runnyeye, etc.) so its hard to get a comparison. Sol B ZEM might be too low, but sol A doesn't seem too high.

Also, there are some definite pathing / agro cascade bugs in sol A. We were trying to fight way back to efreeti and after 4 attempts gave up. Each time we'd be swarmed by a dozen gobs in a train that definitely wasn't from the pull or AE use or anything. Maybe hate list isn't getting cleared properly, or hate is getting transfered between gobs telepathically or something...

[doraf]

Or correct the exp bonus in other dungeons.

[Naerron]

i guess you never played live. because the exp was ALWAYS like this. On live i remember tons of people loving this exp and saying the same things. Exp in that zone was so great because it was a really tough zone. \
1) many hidden walls
2) many hidden pit falls
3) traps that can take 90% of your health
4)Many of the mobs see invis, making CR tough
5) on live at 20% the mobs would take off at full speed, you needed a snare.

I remember when live EQ did the combine server, sola was packed. Its a bonus of zone for areason. You gonna ask them to nerf velks in velious too? That's where everyone will be...just like live....If anything its not that the zone needs and exp boost, it just needs to have the goblins run at the right % and at the right speed.

[Danth]

The combine server is hardly relevant to P1999.

Everyone was in Velks because it was easy to get to and had good loot in fairly easy camps. Siren's Grotto and especially Dragon Necropolis were rather out of the way.

I make levels much more quickly in SolA than I did on Live. This may be due to the ZEM, or it may be due to the way groups (especially those heavy on casters) chain-pull red-con mobs without even thinking about it, while on live blues were the order of the day.


Danth

[stormlord]

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

The combine server is hardly relevant to P1999.

Everyone was in Velks because it was easy to get to and had good loot in fairly easy camps. Siren's Grotto and especially Dragon Necropolis were rather out of the way.

I make levels much more quickly in SolA than I did on Live. This may be due to the ZEM, or it may be due to the way groups (especially those heavy on casters) chain-pull red-con mobs without even thinking about it, while on live blues were the order of the day.


Danth

Chain pulling red cons? *rolls his eyes* This server is a mess. Why don't they just call this beta.