Classic SOE Overnerf

[theblaz]

I remember eq from the start and I honestly thought exp was a little faster on p 1999 , .. after the changes recently, if it is slower, that would seem to me to be more in line with how I remember classic being.

(Since I have been solo'ing the last few levels , I would not notice a difference, so to me, it is all the same... )

My memory isn't always great, so perhaps I am wrong about the xp rates from classic...

-Blaz

[Aeolwind]

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

I remember eq from the start and I honestly thought exp was a little faster on p 1999 , .. after the changes recently, if it is slower, that would seem to me to be more in line with how I remember classic being.

(Since I have been solo'ing the last few levels , I would not notice a difference, so to me, it is all the same... )

My memory isn't always great, so perhaps I am wrong about the xp rates from classic...

-Blaz

You aren't. The leveling speed will still probably be somewhat faster than classic. 35 in classic took me about about 17 hours to clear in the Pool room in SolB.

[Oogmog]

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

You aren't. The leveling speed will still probably be somewhat faster than classic. 35 in classic took me about about 17 hours to clear in the Pool room in SolB.

In classic, true classic, every other room was camped and you were lucky to pull 10 mobs per spawn cycle too. Also, more than likely, you weren't using a well balanced group either.. enchanters were extremely rare and bards who knew how to play their class well didn't exist. 59 took me 72 hours straight in Sebilis which 59 is easily 10x the length of a level such as 35(required 10 blue mobs to even move the blue bar in a full group).

[Landis]

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

In classic, true classic, every other room was camped and you were lucky to pull 10 mobs per spawn cycle too. Also, more than likely, you weren't using a well balanced group either.. enchanters were extremely rare and bards who knew how to play their class well didn't exist. 59 took me 72 hours straight in Sebilis which 59 is easily 10x the length of a level such as 35(required 10 blue mobs to even move the blue bar in a full group).

very true. the slow leveling everyone remembers from classic was directly affected by overcrowding.

also fwiw, 59 took me around 50 hours straight in sebilis. I was an enchanter.

[Oogmog]

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

very true. the slow leveling everyone remembers from classic was directly affected by overcrowding.

also fwiw, 59 took me around 50 hours straight in sebilis. I was an enchanter.

Correct, so its near impossible to say what "should" be true experience ... just because it took x hours to do xx level does not mean it should be the same here because it's not as overcrowded and groups are more efficient. There's concerns of mine I would like to post about why the experience nerf has decided to hit now instead of say a few weeks or a month ago, however, for fear of being banned because I extremely enjoy playing here, I will choose to keep quiet over that issue and hope that the devs realize the changes aren't making the game more enjoyable to people and will just cause more grief than good. EQ is rough, thats why we enjoy it, but to shun classes out(because lets be real, the folks playing EQ now are hardcore, not the roleplay types) and who wants to take someone that's going to make your group anything but efficient.

[Aeolwind]

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

Correct, so its near impossible to say what "should" be true experience ... just because it took x hours to do xx level does not mean it should be the same here because it's not as overcrowded and groups are more efficient. There's concerns of mine I would like to post about why the experience nerf has decided to hit now instead of say a few weeks or a month ago, however, for fear of being banned because I extremely enjoy playing here, I will choose to keep quiet over that issue and hope that the devs realize the changes aren't making the game more enjoyable to people and will just cause more grief than good. EQ is rough, thats why we enjoy it, but to shun classes out(because lets be real, the folks playing EQ now are hardcore, not the roleplay types) and who wants to take someone that's going to make your group anything but efficient.

Unless you go off the deep end, you'd not get banned. Calling us cock suckers generally does the trick. So you're fine =).

Our goal is, as it always has been is to put EQ back to the way it was. Good or bad & be damned if it isn't something you wanted back. It will just take us longer.

Consequently, 59 only took me 18 hours. We had another group of 60's PLing a group of 59's in Shrooms and in HS South Wing. I had 3 rogues and 2 rangers in my group.

[Thorjorkill]

Going to have to agree with Aeolwind on his exp rate recollections here, and i'm not one to kiss his ass, as there is plenty of different recollections between us.

Exp gain rates NOW are still faster than on live during the classic era.

FOR REAL go pound out 29 to 30, or 39 to 40 with the code being 100% correct for exp calculations like in live classic, and then come back here and whine about how slow you are leveling.

The code error that gave you 1 tick of blue for every 4 to 6 even con kills is not here during those levels.

[Eternal-Elf]

Just for the record I can see where leveling slow would be a more classic feel.

However, I don't know about you all....but last time I played EverQuest I was 16, in highschool, with no job or responsibilities and unlimited time to play computer games and have fun.
Now I'm 24 with a baby, a job, and not 10 hours a day to sink into a game. The fact that EVERY single time I log in I have to grind the exact same mobs and barely get any exp is depressing to me.

I hope they do something to increase the exp soon .