EXP bonus for new players from mac server?

[Grozmok]

I'm lazy.

+1 to exp bonus so I can level my goddamn tr0ll SK fastah.

[Grozmok]

^

I dunno, even with the changes to the exp curve in Velious the game was still fucking grindy as hell IMO.

[Pomaikai]

I agree with you Blither. It's just that a short period of exp bonus as a welcome to this group of people, which is pretty much a once in a lifetime event in the EQ universe, won't break the game or the experience of the long hard slog to 60. Sure, you might get a little boost, but it's not going to be game changing. And as I said, if you're really worried about this being too powerful for those of us at higher levels, then limit it to ZEM bonuses in the beginning zones would be fine. The idea is to make these folks feel welcome. We want them to stay!

[Blither]

No, and that's not a bad idea, Pomaikai. A one-week exp boost to try and attract EQ Mac players could be a good thing. I would never want to see it permanent, that's all. Or too often, that would be bad, too.

[Heebee]

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

should be doing this to promote the server and help those coming over from Mac...

No thanks.

[Fianna]

ITT: Older players want moar exp so they pretend to care about new players from EQmac. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[sbvera13]

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

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You say that like it's a bad thing. Welcoming these players to the server means an influx of people, economic activity, groups at more levels, more guilds and more people to play with. Why not encourage the people who are already here to come and enjoy it as well? It'd be the perfect opportunity to start out a new alt, or dust one off and get working on it. Sure, there will be some who use it to speed up that last bit of 59-60 or whatnot, but the boost to the server and amount of activity as a whole would be completely worth it.

[Pomaikai]

Which is exactly why I suggested only modifying the ZEM's of the starting zones. So it wouldn't be extra exp for the experienced players, if Rogean was worried about that.
/shrug

[Razdeline]

I think an xp bonus is a great idea. And my characters are max level.

[emp82]

No.

I liked the couple of xp bonuses I got while leveling but part of the appeal to this game is how much harder than the newer games it is. How you can't be a complete scrub and still survive past level 20 or if you do survive you have a terrible reputation and will never get groups.

I feel like xp bonuses given to specific players will do more harm than good.