Balance and game design : Why red got it right?

[Frug]

Red's XP bonus is just a desperate attempt to get someone, anyone, to play over there.

Now there's a keeper.

[hivemind]

Stop with your attempts to stop the blue server from bleeding. Pras exp bonus on red, may blue shrivel and die as it bleeds out. Blood is blue before it turns red, you know...

Okay, I'm kidding. But honestly, the exp bonus was only awesome for red in that it brought a SHITLOAD of people to the server (and I was all-for EXP bonus for this VERY reason). I personally despise leveling so much faster (so I solo or just don't exp). The group exp bonus on red makes leveling trivial. Why would you implement something like that on blue where EXPing is literally one of the only things you can do outside of AFKing in EC?

Trust me, you don't want none of this.

[Tecmos Deception]

It's not a bad design, its just different. You guys are looking at 'balance' from the viewpoint of someone entrenched in modern MMOs. A game can be good, great even, even if it isn't balanced in every way and 100% noob friendly and such.

[Breeziyo]

cats on the moon taught my iksar to have a pet scaled wolf. best xpac

[freez]

blue needs exp bonus? super saturated market + over pop not enough to gain exps?


naw.


better yet, wont happen.

[Clark]

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

blue needs exp bonus? super saturated market + over pop not enough to gain exps?


naw.


better yet, wont happen.

[iruinedyourday]

you could totally charm the way you can in 1999, the only diff is now we're not total bitches like we were back then. I used to pee my pants all day long playing eq.. now i know how to make EQ MY BITCH.

things are more available, but not in the way that its solo making of any class, people are just better at the game, especially us people that came back 15 years later to re live our fantasies of being the botb.

[Champion_Standing]

Group content is supposed to be moved through slowly in this game. Soloing is faster assuming you can kill at a decent rate, but a lot of the games content just isn't really accessible when it is level appropriate for soloers. Grouping is not supposed to be a way to level up faster in EQ, it is a way to experience more content and get better loot. Not that it always works out that way, but I think that was the intention.

[Gaffin 7.0]

server doesnt need more xp just more often xp bonus weekends and such which is classic as fuck

[Softcore PK]

Group xp bonus isn't in the spirit of the game. What would be is a big solo xp nerf... maybe disabling it entirely [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]