XP = SLOW....

[Tippett]

agree /ooc needs to go

[Kevynne]

Ooc need ago go
Need yt

XD is just fine. Just leveled 8-11 n my paladin n befallen. Tole 3 hours.

[Lexical]

Here are my view points. I am new to this server and hearing a lot of people who have 3+ lvl 60s argue about my thoughts on the subject matter is rather entertaining, but I digress...

The XP bonus was a good thing I felt because most of the population on this server is at much higher levels. There is a limited community at the lower lvls and that "community" was you, your clothe clad toon and the twinks. The twinks, for the most part, don't care to make new friends and just want to kill you and strip what little gold you have. I don't honestly see the appeal of that, but whatever. I got a group of friends to play with me and then made new friends fairly quickly (Shout out to flowers and Legion of Legends) and my experience was very enjoyable from then on. Better than blue honestly, but the population needs to be there.

I do however think that the 75% XP bonus was a little excessive. I originally just rolled a bard to get to 60 as fast as possible and the levels were just stream lining in. It really wasn't that entertaining as it was generally me in a barren zone.

The 25% XP bonus is good for the time being unless they removed it in my day absence, but it seemed to be there while I was on today. But if you really want to increase server pop, start policing lowbie zones for the twinked out lows who just want to kill new players. My friends and I were able to defend ourselves for the most part, but it would require multiple of us and take forever, but most people don't get that advantage. Also, more GM events geared to mid ranged players to keep them playing would help a lot. One of the biggest appeals I find with this server is the GM involvement in terms of events and generally chatting in OOC.

Any new people interested in joining r99 should find a group of people and group with them if you can. Even when a lowbie, battling it out for control of different zones is a lot of fun and you definitely get a bigger sense of comradery on this server than you will ever get on blue.

[Tomatoking]

lol policing low level zones cause you getting rolled by twinks

you wont last here , even if you make 52 youll get a wake up call day 1.

ps , i love your sig i want to hug that cat

[Shrubwise]

*PROOF* Server is dying! RESTORE EXP BONUS IMMEDIATELY

[Lexical]

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

lol policing low level zones cause you getting rolled by twinks

you wont last here , even if you make 52 youll get a wake up call day 1.

ps , i love your sig i want to hug that cat

No twinks have killed me sir. Only one death from some kid(non-twinked mind you) who sniped me after a risky engagement, but I have gotten my retribution and then some. I am just saying either accept new people and help them join the community or accept the fact the server will slowly die due to not allowing new people to join.

I am curious though. Do you actually play or do you just bitch about the lack of server pop on the forums? :P

[Tippett]

servers doing good, you new nerds have no idea what grief is btw

this place is 100x more friendly then even 6 months ago

[Lexical]

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

servers doing good, you new nerds have no idea what grief is btw

this place is 100x more friendly then even 6 months ago

I agree that the server is doing well. I will also agree I have not been griefed on this server and this community for the large part is a great one. There are bad apples though that ruin it for new people. It took me a while to convince some of my friends(and others who still vehemently decline) to play on this server again due to the fact they were corpse camped at level 2 by a gang of twinks. Just seems counter productive to do crap like that and then wonder why no new people join and stay. But maybe I am just blowing shit out of my mouth. I am having a great time on this server. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tippett]

this server is better then blue flat out, the problem is the only people interested ( EQ nostalgia fans) were/are already probably playing blue and who wants to regrind/refarm is all

[Tomatoking]

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

No twinks have killed me sir. Only one death from some kid(non-twinked mind you) who sniped me after a risky engagement, but I have gotten my retribution and then some. I am just saying either accept new people and help them join the community or accept the fact the server will slowly die due to not allowing new people to join.

I am curious though. Do you actually play or do you just bitch about the lack of server pop on the forums? :P

i played until recently

and the server staff does not care about new people , nor do they care if it slowly dies

it fulfills its purpose which you arent able to understand at this point. In time maybe , but not for now.