Red99 Stimulus Plan (some constructive feedback)

[xblade724]

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

If you're having trouble finding groups in the area you're in, then try other parts of the world, simple as that.

Yea. I had a neat time in Oasis by myself. I decided to travel to upper guk and realized no one was there. I decided I'd have a neater time if I went to unrest where the cool people must be. Even as a bard, traveling from uguk to unrest blows. I get there and--oh, no one. Let me go to gfay and just auction before I log in frustration. O hai 2 people in gfay.. global chat / pushed exp ftw +1.

If it's classic, how come I'm not 13yrs old again with no full-time job and responsibilities so I can spend 3 hours recovering only lost xp D:

[Lazortag]

Originally Posted by xblade724 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yea. I had a neat time in Oasis by myself. I decided to travel to upper guk and realized no one was there. I decided I'd have a neater time if I went to unrest where the cool people must be. Even as a bard, traveling from uguk to unrest blows. I get there and--oh, no one. Let me go to gfay and just auction before I log in frustration. O hai 2 people in gfay.. global chat / pushed exp ftw +1.

There's this holiday called Christmas that most people on this forum celebrate, which *may* explain why not a lot of people were in the zones you mentioned (zones which are typically quite populated on this server).

How many of you actually played in 1999? I remember it was hell trying to get groups on my SK because either not a lot of people would be online, or the groups would be full and I'd have to get on the waiting list. Waiting an hour or more for a group as a tank or a healer was not uncommon. You signed up for this, don't complain about it.

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by xblade724 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yea. I had a neat time in Oasis by myself. I decided to travel to upper guk and realized no one was there. I decided I'd have a neater time if I went to unrest where the cool people must be. Even as a bard, traveling from uguk to unrest blows. I get there and--oh, no one. Let me go to gfay and just auction before I log in frustration. O hai 2 people in gfay.. global chat / pushed exp ftw +1.

If it's classic, how come I'm not 13yrs old again with no full-time job and responsibilities so I can spend 3 hours recovering only lost xp D:

I looked through some of your posts and damn you complain a lot.

This thread needs more constructive feedback; not posts like this.

[Autotune]

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

I looked through some of your posts and damn you complain a lot.

This thread needs more constructive feedback; not posts like this.

I didn't read anything past the first post really.

Anyhow, what if instead of making 1-25(or whatever) shorter and adding it to 26-50(or whatever) and making that part longer. What if you just increased the xp modifier of several low lvl zones.

Certain zones like unrest, befallen, blackburrow, crushbone, a few other low level outdoor zones that lack high npcs that could be exploited.

I'd think if you did it like this, you'd have nearly the same effect on the leveling process, while keeping the levels classic and at the same time increase the odds of low level pvp happening.

Even if people were to try and abuse this system with power leveling, the hot spots would also draw people to kill the power levelers. Note: i mean someone shooting up his guildmates alts so forth.

Not all zones would have to be hotspots all the time every week. You could turn a select few on for a week or 2 and then change it so people would actually see all the EQ world as well.


That's just my suggestion anyhow, I'm sure there would be enough low level dungeons/zones that lack high level npcs that could be exploited. I do not know the difficulty of coding this as opposed to changing the exp leveling curve across the levels tho.

[Vladigan]

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

I looked through some of your posts and damn you complain a lot.

This thread needs more constructive feedback; not posts like this.

Hey Nil, the trick is to see past the complaining to what the actual point is, behind most complaints is criticism, just most people don't know how to make a proper statement.

In the end, it sounds like most people are saying, open a global chat, and increase exp rate.. I think that is pretty clear, what I have not seen is what the developers intend to do with that "feedback"

You guys spent/spend a ton of your time on this, be a pity to watch all your hard work and dedication be wasted on the same 100 A-holes that can't accept change.

A global chat and exp bonus is not going to cause many if any to leave, but I promise you, many more will stay/return. Including myself.

Morale of the story, "Do whatever is necessary to ensure the survival of the population of the server, or shut it down and save yourself the grief"

[lululalana]

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

A global chat and exp bonus is not going to cause many if any to leave, but I promise you, many more will stay/return.

this

[Morninx]

you got what ya got

[xblade724]

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

I looked through some of your posts and damn you complain a lot.

This thread needs more constructive feedback; not posts like this.

I was actually being constructive with a valid point inside of my reply based on experience -- how is this more relevant or even constructive at all ?

Okay, for those that can't figure it out ... what does traveling all over the world to find 0 population and groups after wasting 3 hours of LFG all have in common? I'll give you 3 guesses guyz.

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

Hey Nil, the trick is to see past the complaining to what the actual point is, behind most complaints is criticism

^ This

[nilbog]

Originally Posted by xblade724 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I was actually being constructive with a valid point inside of my reply based on experience -- how is this more relevant or even constructive at all ?

You need me to explain why my post is relevant? It's to keep other people from making posts similar to yours. I'm telling you to positively contribute, or take it elsewhere.

The rhetorical nature of your questions makes me.. Oh, here, the rest of your post is exactly what I'm saying.

Okay, for those that can't figure it out ... what does traveling all over the world to find 0 population and groups after wasting 3 hours of LFG all have in common? I'll give you 3 guesses guyz.

All complaints with no constructive feedback?

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

Hey Nil, the trick is to see past the complaining to what the actual point is, behind most complaints is criticism, just most people don't know how to make a proper statement.

This ^

[Littlegyno 6.0]

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

You need me to explain why my post is relevant? It's to keep other people from making posts similar to yours. I'm telling you to positively contribute, or take it elsewhere.

The rhetorical nature of your questions makes me.. Oh, here, the rest of your post is exactly what I'm saying.
All complaints with no constructive feedback?



This ^

I don't mind the lack of OOC. It's not bad. I think the only thing Red99 is suffering from is the lack of people finding groups.

At this stage in the game, P99 had like 800 people playing. That's a pretty big difference between populations at the lower level side of the game.

I think the LFG search function could be pretty cool. Any type of global OOC/Shout/Auction will be abused though. I mean, I should know, I'm a metatroll.