Power leveling should be banned.

[Rkahor]

I powerlevel in unrest sometimes at off hours,(never during peak hours I feel bad) but if someone comes and they want a camp from me since I basically take the whole zone it's never a problem and I always give it up. I don't see a problem with power leveling as long as they don't steal mobs

[eqravenprince]

I just leave a zone if powerleveling is going on usually. It's annoying, but I don't think anything can realistically be done about it. My thoughts about the powerlevelers are why be in a hurry. It's just pixels, there are pixels at level 1 just like level 60. It seems like people don't play this game for adventure and challenge, that's why they'll sit in a zone and grind out the same old mobs for hours on end. Being powerleveled also boring, I never enjoy a game on cheat mode.

Why not adventure a bit and challenge yourself, I would think that one of the biggest challenges in the game is forming a mid level group and going to Runnyeye, SolA, Cazic Thule, Permafrost. High level groups and raiding is a joke in comparison.

[SwordNboard]

Originally Posted by eqravenprince

Why not adventure a bit and challenge yourself, I would think that one of the biggest challenges in the game is forming a mid level group and going to Runnyeye, SolA, Cazic Thule, Permafrost. High level groups and raiding is a joke in comparison.

Powerleveling is hardly done to push someone 1-50+. Most people just want a bump through a bracket that's hard to find groups, or to get to a certain spell level. While there are those who get PL'd hardcore, I agree, slow down a bit and enjoy the ride. I enjoy doing PLs and receiving them. However, not to an extreme to where even that gets boring.

[gotrocks]

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

this

<3 thanks sirken.

[Xer0]

I already acknowledged that, however there is something to be said for the amount of people who really give a damn about the rules, and how responsive the GMs on the server are. WHy should newbies have to travel an hour because some chach doesn't want to respect the rules, and the gms can't be reached?

[One Tin Soldier]

I have to agree with the anti-powerleveling folks. It gets really depressing for people who want to actually play the game as intended. I rarely even bother going to unrest with my alts anymore because it seems like it's perma-camped by powerlevelers. And yes, if you ask nicely they will usually let you have a mob or two here and there or let you camp that one spawn in the hallway or something.

But it just sucks to be left with a few token scraps by some level 60 guy who is hogging up mobs he has no business messing with at all. And it does put a damper on groups just that much more when stuff like this is happening. Places like unrest should be prime grouping areas but PLers drive away legit players so it makes it less likely that there will be enough concentration of legit players to put groups together.

It's true that people PLed in classic but I don't remember it ever being as bad as it is here. And even if it is perfectly classic it doesn't change the fact that it sucks and messes up the game for people who want to play legit.

I don't know what a good solution would be for this but it does get frustrating.

[Massive Marc]

ROFL this is the dumbest thing I've ever read.

Out of all the shit that goes on, on this server, you worried about powerleveling ?

Like I care that a new player has to travel ...gasp...to another zone to EXP ?? Traveling in EQ ??? omg unheard of.. thats some bullshit right there. wheres the griffin ? amirite ?

When I started this shit, every good exp zone had someone being powerleveled (usually being 2 boxed) Did I run to forums to bitch ? no.. I fucking leveled to 57 and here I am.

man up and deal with it.

[Snagglepuss]

Troll the ancient Yuletide carol...

[webrunner5]

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

Powerleveling is hardly done to push someone 1-50+. Most people just want a bump through a bracket that's hard to find groups, or to get to a certain spell level. While there are those who get PL'd hardcore, I agree, slow down a bit and enjoy the ride. I enjoy doing PLs and receiving them. However, not to an extreme to where even that gets boring.

I agree with what he says. I do a lot of people to get them from say level 7 to 16 or so. Gets them into good areas that have some loot, and gets them the better spells that go along with it like SoW, and Bind, FD and Melee's Duel Wield and maybe Double attack.

I think I have kept a few people on here that would have quit still going on. Not counting giving them some gear and plat for spells. Its not all evil. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Farkle]

I am getting a nice Pl right now. Why? Because all of my friends are in their 50s and i am restarting so they are pl'ing a character of mine so i can group with them later on.

First night I was lvl 5 in Oasis. my buddy pulled almost the entire damn zone, granted it got me from 5 to 10 in less than an hour, but someone did complain about us taking the entire zone. In response we didn't take any more mobs, and had a nice chat in /OOC.

I would seriously say something if it is happening to you, i would like to think that a lot of people here know the deal, and will understand. You don't have high level friends to PL you, so you are doing the grind we all did so long ago, we all get it and completely understand. If we need to leave a camp for you then that's cool, if you want 2 camps, that's fine with me. Need some buffs? give us a holler.

Of course i'm just speaking for myself and my friends, but with such a small server of people who have already been around the block in this game before, i doubt you should catch much flak if you just open up say your piece nicely and ask for some help.