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

[Sturgeon]

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

hope they change their minds on this, just rolled on red looks like i might be too late to the party

Same. I'm still a neckbeard and will play though but I've only seen someone in my zones when someone made an alt and ran through zone to get Druid pick up.

[Colgate]

yeah lowering exp in any fashion p retarded idea

[Tubben]

I am still shocked, that Derubal seems to believe that lowering the xp bonus will help the server. There arent groups who will form strong bonds because they suddenly xp lower.

Derubal, you should create an untwinked character on red99 and level him to 51, and then tell me how many groups you found.

Ok, i am an european, i cant speak for the east time zone, but while i play there are maximal 100 people serverwide online and i bet 90 of them are 50+. I had a group ONCE. The rest of the time i just run solo through the world.

Untwinked you still need plenty of time to reach 50+, and you are forced to play an class who can solo. Lowering the xp bonus wont do any good for the server. But well, just do it and watch the result.

I said it before, you should up the xp bonus even more, so people reach 51 in no time (while removing the cost for spells up to 51), so the playerbase is at 51. There groups will happen.

Just log on, use your guide powers and watch the levelspread while offtime and while primetime, and then tell me how many groups 1-50 COULD happen if people group in levelranges up to 5 level, BELOW level 50.

But please remove FoH chars from this, simply no one will group with them anyway (And they wont group with any other). Also keep in mind that Nihilum wont group with RD and several other guilds.

[dreama1]

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

I am still shocked, that Derubal seems to believe that lowering the xp bonus will help the server. There arent groups who will form strong bonds because they suddenly xp lower.

Derubal, you should create an untwinked character on red99 and level him to 51, and then tell me how many groups you found.

Ok, i am an european, i cant speak for the east time zone, but while i play there are maximal 100 people serverwide online and i bet 90 of them are 50+. I had a group ONCE. The rest of the time i just run solo through the world.

Untwinked you still need plenty of time to reach 50+, and you are forced to play an class who can solo. Lowering the xp bonus wont do any good for the server. But well, just do it and watch the result.

I said it before, you should up the xp bonus even more, so people reach 51 in no time (while removing the cost for spells up to 51), so the playerbase is at 51. There groups will happen.

Just log on, use your guide powers and watch the levelspread while offtime and while primetime, and then tell me how many groups 1-50 COULD happen if people group in levelranges up to 5 level, BELOW level 50.

But please remove FoH chars from this, simply no one will group with them anyway (And they wont group with any other). Also keep in mind that Nihilum wont group with RD and several other guilds.

I agree with this; the server is top heavy - that is a fact.

Stunting people's progression will end up with new players seeing less pvp because they won't be able to level due to not being able to find groups a) because no ooc serverwide b) there are no people to group with.

Taking a sample size of 30 chars and saying 10 were new people is hardly scientific proof of a booming population. A better estimate would be the population of people from 5-35..

[big mouth chew]

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

But please remove FoH chars from this, simply no one will group with them anyway (And they wont group with any other). Also keep in mind that Nihilum wont group with RD and several other guilds.

u wot m8

[Modus]

One time I kicked a dead dog on the side of the road 39 times - and it suddenly sprang back to life!

Oh wait, that can't happen. It's never happened. It won't happen now.

Kill this shit-hole, no-lifer infested, toxic bleeding anus cesspool of a server and implement these changes on a NEW sever that has a CHANCE AT SUCCESS.

The MANY problems with this server have been left to FESTER by INCOMPETENT/NONEXISTENT support from the administrative staff. It's too late for a band-aid, and no OOC toggle-switch or adjustment to the exp modifier can mend the necrotic legions that have been left to linger for so long.

Want a healthy server? TAKE CARE OF IT. FIX BUGS, BALANCE CLASSES (ie: you can't wait 2 years to fix unresistable bard mezzes)

OOC too toxic? IMPLEMENT POLICY AND ENFORCE THE RULES.

Too much work for you? HIRE GMS AND GUIDES TO POLICE THE SERVER, THERE ARE PLENTY OF VOLUNTEERS - MONITOR THEM, AND FIRE ABUSIVE PERSONALITIES.

Players cheating/abusing/Fukashima level toxic? BAN PLAYERS, NOT CHARACTERS, THEN BAN THEIR REROLLS AND ALTS TOO. WHEN THEY COME BACK 2 MONTHS LATER AND YOU FIND OUT ABOUT IT, BAN THEM AGAIN.

This isn't fucking rocket science. If you build a fish tank, then neglect it for 2 years, you're going to come back to a scum-filled cesspool of decay and filth, populated only by the leeches and slugs that prefer a sickly environment.

I eagerly await TeamSZ99, and I think the server will be better due to Beta99's mistakes.

[Kergan]

Well, to defend Derubael a little bit here when you're approaching a big issue it's best to have solutions to deploy in both the short and long term.

Reducing exp rate may be a long term solution, but I believe it to be extremely detrimental in the short term.

We have lots of suggestions for short term fixes to see if we can start the population growth. Would it not be a better idea to attempt those first to see if we can create an environment where you can reliably find groups before doing the exp changes outlined in the OP?

[Tradesonred]

Theres not going to be a good long term if short term the population keeps spiraling down and it snowballs into less and less people logging in. People whove been playing here since 2011 have seen the population dip down as xp is nerfed, multiple times.

Its not rocket science

[Faerie]

Making untwinked warrior. Dark elf, gnome, wood elf or iksar? Hmm... this is always so hard.

[runlvlzero]

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

Making untwinked warrior. Dark elf, gnome, wood elf or iksar? Hmm... this is always so hard.

Dark Elf hardest, gnome overdone, Iksar actually viable for awhile.

If female, Dark Elf, cause otherwise you will hate your pixels after awhile.