XP = SLOW....

[Swish]

It's just helping those that used the bonus to grind out a main and however many alts.

Now the big obstruction to getting there appears. If you've been on Red since the start you're in a very good spot. If you wanted to start, well... you're playing more hardcore rules to get to the same point.

I think if the bonus was left in you'd see a healthier population. Still a while to Velious, so I'm sure there's plenty of bored blue server folks who at least want to give it a shot (recent server figures probably support that).

But no, take it away forever. I've dabbled on red in the past and soloing 1-25/30 gets boring pretty quick as it is, and will be worse if the XP bar isn't moving along. I'm sure its been said that the best PvP (what everyone turned up for) is at the 50+ end of the server.

I suppose global ooc is next? [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Smokey012]

Has blue always had this rate of XP?

[delta55]

I just want to comment. First post. I started playing with a few of my friends two weeks ago. We've been having a good time, making some friends, some enemies, but ultimately enjoying the experience. We come from a game that is worse than EverQuest for griefing, so we have no problem with that at all.

It's really unfortunate that this XP bonus will be nerfed. We had a good ten people come over and legitimately start from the ground up. I think now around half or more will quit, simply because most of us have jobs and don't have months to spend leveling one character. I really don't understand why the scaling XP bonus (i.e. 1-10 = best, 10-20 = bit less, 20-30 = bit less) up to level 50 doesn't remain intact. If you want people to have to grind it out from 50-60, then so be it, but I don't understand why you have to hurt the new players who want to get to 50 to begin with.

TLDR: Population will decrease, which is possibly what the GM wants?

[Swish]

Like a prosperous town raided by barbarians or pirates...

There's not much for newcomers to stay for.

[Honeyblunts]

I'm also a new player just starting and want to play on red99 ,but without the xp bonus sadly I won't be staying. I do hope this is just an error and it will be fixed. I'd atleast like an answer regarding this.

[Runya]

I dont understand what the about-face is regarding server health.....Thursday night fights for 54+ and epics but shit on the little guys? Im sure all but one guild would give back epics for exp bonus....bro you really cant think this is smart?

[Clappindemcheeks]

If your excuse is exp bonus isn't classic.. new flash, ton of shit on this server is not classic. The solution to rolling a melee is not "find someone who can snare and duo with them". Whats that persons incentive to losing his solo experience to group with me and help me? He has none. Thats not a solution. 1-50 on red is pretty much the same as blue without the population. Theres a lack of pvp unless you count the level 20 twinks running around who you can't compete with and shit stomp you for your experience.

Finally you had a decent influx of people who wanted to play here but guess what, they're all already complaining about exp going to shit again and people are already saying they're gonna stop playing. Pretty sure the population on red is better than its been in the last year and only getting better. So why go and intentionally break and fuck this up? It doesn't make sense.

[Runya]

Sirk you cant change to teams at this point.....people and guilds arent rolled correctly...plus your last line seems like you mad that people arent happy with this...obvi you cant cater to everyone but you seem like you genuinely want to help the server and we need our low levels for that.Imo the exp bonus was a great idea...sad to see it gone.I would love to see itemloot too but i think that will hurt the population...I implore you to reconsider when population drops.

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

please do not say bad things about my guides. i'm going to try and set up a play date with Nilbog and Rogean to see if we can't find a middle ground.

and by middle ground, i don't necessarily mean things that will help the 50+ crowd, so much as i mean things that could help the people that need it (ie: new players, sub lvl 50 players, etc). ideally we want new players to have fun, because at the end of the day thats what decides if people will continue playing, hit the 50+ crowd, and join gen pop.

another thing is that right now R99 (in terms of trying to compare to a live pvp server) is a Frankenstein bastard child. i will try to see if we could fully hammer down either Vallon, Tallon, Sullon, Rallos, ruleset.

i know life isn't always fair. you can play the hand youre dealt like a big boy, or, you can fold your cards and go play WoW

[Nuncio]

I said on another thread. While the XP is truly brutal now, that's fine, just lose the PvP death XP loss.

C'mon you fuckers, do it.

[Nirgon]

Show me some mobs you can solo on your freshly rolled 50+ rogue or warrior that an xp bonus would benefit though? Stop with the solo melee stuff, Jesus. *Nothing fixes this*.

XP bonus probably kept new people/pvpers interested. Maybe Rogean will put it back in, maybe see ya in a year or never. Dunno.