its about the journey, not the destination

[Kergan]

Trying to create a classic experience without a classic playerbase = failure.

[marie]

^ fat in rl

[Galacticus]

Originally Posted by Bamz4l [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

What im trying to say is that everyone here has this mentality that (a) the game doesn't even begin until you are max level raiding and (b) getting to max level is just an annoying pain in the ass. Well unfortunately for u, original EverQuest was not designed to be a rush to the end-game like WoW. EverQuest was one game that was actually about the journey, and not the destination.

Think about it - if they made XP so hard that even Tune could only achieve level 40 and the rest of the population was 10-20, FS weapons would be the epic weapons, etc. What I'm saying is that this game is supposed to be played at all levels, it doesn't need to be played at max level / max gear.

Delete all your gear and characters when they hit 60 because it's all about the experience so your going to want to do it over and over again because the experience of leveling is so great right?

Go ahead, delete them, we are waiting.

[Azure]

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

The journey of soloing light blue mobs by yourself for 5 months to get to level 40 sounds amazing.

After 2 months your bound to run into at least 1 other person doing the same thing. Crazy...

Eventually that starts to add up over time. As people fall into niches and start having fun with were that at, rather then "were they should be".

Were being told by a vocal minority, we should be at 60 and in 1 of two guilds in order to have fun here.

Some of us are saying, naw.

There's fast fast ways to 60 without any exp bonus. It's been done to death on blue, do a little research you'll figure it out.

[Bodybagger]

I just went from having a great time with a small player base of untwinked newb friends doing a thoroughly enjoyable hell grind, and turnin down free plat and powerlevels and enjoying the journey, as i wanted, to being a lonely incapable newb who is forced to either accept powerleveling and join the end game, or accomplish nothing.

What was already a horrorgrind duo melee at a snail pace is now nigh impossible. We did 1-22/23 in roughly 40 hours play time, with gnoll fangs boosting us probably at least 5 levels of it early on to become more combat ready with double attack etc.

So... from level ine to mid 20's, for voracious aggressively grinding returning skilled EQ vererans, you think getting level 20+ should tale 120 hours played? Shits not classic. We already grovel for xp, and weep for xp loss. We laugh at being coined and killed mid pve, when some twink decides that its worth 5pp and a bit of grief to slay a couple of trash geared newbs both under 50% hp just for some precious YT, but that part is classic, and who cares?

Our only aaving grave was knowing we would level past the twinks, finally gear up with higher end no drops, and not be a such easy targets, as reward for our immensely challenging grind. But apparently, since it make PL quicker, we should never level up, so they PL 1/4 as fast. Thats got to be the only reason, nothing else make sense.

I am thoroughly excited to see what awesome change/vision awaits that makes this server viable for us or fixes it, but I'm tired of people who don't know what it is like out there in the wilds of norath for an untwinked rogue or monk grinding.

Roll a naked lvl 1 with me, i will play any class/race combo duo you want. No twinking, no powerleveling, no plat hand outs. Real talk. Come get your classic on with me, then tell me about how the xp bonus is ruining classic for us whiny newbs. I double dog dare you.... but I bet you won't.

[dethbringre]

That classic journey was also, like it or not, a way for Verant to make that extra $ on the monthly subscriptions. Slower exp and more time played = more money, this server runs off donations and I'd be willing to bet 95% or more of the population experienced that classic journey to level 50 that we all love.

However, now that I'm probably on my 15th character by now if you include Live and here. I've seen all there is to see and just want to have fun at a moderate pace. I'm also not in high school anymore and can't afford to sink as many hours in this game as I used to, so I'd like a little quicker return on investment.

But in the end, I'm fine with the exp the way it is now. I'll still continue to play, I may not enjoy the exp rate but hell its a free server and I'll continue playing at a casual pace anyway.

[Potus]

You're right guys, going to go 1-50 then quit. No need to play high level because it's completely broken.

[Azure]

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

Roll a naked lvl 1 with me, i will play any class/race combo duo you want. No twinking, no powerleveling, no plat hand outs. Real talk. Come get your classic on with me, then tell me about how the xp bonus is ruining classic for us whiny newbs. I double dog dare you.... but I bet you won't.

I've already done this several times without help - sans the exp. A long time ago. Solo to 20. Willing to do it again if this server can start growing again one day instead of burning like a bright sun and dieing in a nova.

[sprinkle16]

journey is fun but on my 55 mage I cant get any more then 3 blues before I give up due to no progress.

[Gustoo]

3 blues is 1/8 of a level dude.

Level 60 is boring all you can do is raid to get more items.

Best thing is to make a gang and try to hunt twinks once item loot gets enabled.