A wall of text on the global XP modifier, global OOC

[Not_Kazowi]

Just leave things alone. Why mess with it? We will never have a perfect server environment. I just leveled from 1-50 and was PLed most of the time with twink gear. XP was not that insane. Still takes time and investment.

Don't cater this server to people with no lives or jobs. We are all in our late 20s and 30s. People don't have time anymore to put 60 hours a week into EQ.

Derubael I suggest you make a warrior or another Melee. And level to 50 alone with no ooc on and see what it's like. Then you have 1st hand experience of what it's like here.

[Derubael]

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

Why would anyone group with a warrior when they can get double the XP solo?

[Recycled Children]

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

It's got to get worse before it gets better.

No, it doesn't. It absolutely does not need to get worse. Who is asking for these changes? Like 10 people out of the 100 or so that play consistently on this server? Great let's take the opinion of the minority and put those changes in effect. Unless you have another 100 people saying the same things to you these points are moot.

Where are these people everyone thinks are going to start pouring in if sweeping changes are made by overzealous GMs? Who is waiting for it to take twice as long to level and wants it to be almost near impossible to find a group on a low population server? Why are people anti-boxing?

No amount of change is going to give this box any significant population boost. The people aren't there and even if new people do come to this server they'll quickly discover that the PVP mechanics of EQ are severely flawed and requires you to surmount a huge learning curve. So why not make good with the people you have rather than trying to appease a fictitious group of new members?

[dreama1]

Originally Posted by dreama1 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

why not keep the current xp bonus and add an extra group bonus so it incentivizes grouping but it's not the be all and end all?


Also I'd like to note that I presume many new people didn't even know there was an XP bonus on red.. I only got confirmation of it when someone asked about it explicitly... is it written somewhere? If not it should be advertised explicitly

[RoguePhantom]

I know im late to the Party on this thread, but here's my take.

XP Bonus. Yes, it is a short term solution. However, short term solutions only make sense, when there is a long term solution in the works. What is that solution? What is the grandiose idea?

The Spikes in population are due to one thing. People looking at Red as Blue 2.0. So the blue folks who want a fresh start away from the "Nihilums of Blue" come to red in hopes of getting Levels and Pixels in a server that isn't super contested for raids. The evidence of this fact: http://www.project1999.com/forums/se...archid=2881417

However, there is one underlying factor that causes the people who come here for the XP, to ultimately leave. And it is NOT because XP/Loot comes too quick. It is the plain and simple fact that Red is a cesspool. The people here are assholes/sadists/masochists/retards/whatever word you want to use; and it drives away any non-masochist/same word list that would even think about playing here.

Just look at the threads. People spamming phones, people scamming and stripping characters, it is pretty much the dregs of society... running the roost. Hell, you have people DDoSing the server because of a Ban... Just think about that for a second, the people here, will commit actual criminal activities, because they can't play a 15 year old game. And you wonder why the vast majority of people who have played Red did not stick around?

So, in my opinion, ignore the XP Bonus and the Global OOC "problems" and focus on the real problem. Cleaning up the population. Because no matter what you do, they are the ones that are keeping the server at the levels it is at.

[Faerie]

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

fearie also roleplays.

lol

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

Of all people you decide to listen to someone who played casually for like 3 months.

FYI Faerie played at launch when there was no exp bonus and no /ooc.

They promptly quit in less than a month.

I played for about 3 months at server start, and a bit more than that on my druid. But how does this discredit my opinion? I'm one of the people that has never been level 60; if I were only concerned for myself I would probably want the exp bonus to stay in.

It's truly a shame that so many people have such strong feelings about their EZ mode solo exp. When the xp changes do go in, you'll really damage the pop numbers with your poor attitudes. I foresee the server suffering quite a bit from your self-fulfilling prophecies, because you would rather be right with a dead server than wrong with a better one. Why you guys scared of a little classic EQ? Anything bluebie can do I can do better, and that includes pve.

Deru, was any progress ever made on the transfer/copy of bluebies? That would need to be done at the right time, when red has decent numbers (to lend some confidence to the would-be transfers), bluebies are tired of their overcrowded endgame, and red's ruleset is in a good way. But beyond forcing PvP on the bluebies, which is the optimal solution, this is the only way I really see the server being helped in a meaningful way.

[Sturgeon]

I'm happy with any changes that result in more population. I will miss OOC chat fo sho since I always tend to end up in empty zones and with no guild to join its quiet but any chance to get Red99 to be anywhere near P99's population I'm all for it.

[HippoNipple]

Has HB purchased the server double the current exp rate yet? If not who cares about leveling on red99. Please let me know when this is implemented so I can increase the 2x exp rate to 4x, otherwise tldr.

[Twainz]

So by making the XP better for duoing you basically make people like Lite and Brainz happy because they can just box multiple toons to 60 without a chance of being banned.

[Stasis01]

I vote we remove EXP bonus so literally no one new will play here, and people will not want to level alts.

We must also listen to Faerie, Kergan, Bazia and whoever the fuck else nobodies like to come here and make me want to strangle them with their fucking retardation.