new people > exp rate

[SearyxTZ]

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

Nilbog already said there is a 50 percent bonus that will never go away. Only thing that is going away next week is the "extra" 50 percent bonus for kunark release.

Anyways, imo what we need more then even more bonus is to make the hybrid xp penalty apply to the hybrid alone, not shared out with the group. People are avoiding hybrids like they have the plauge and shutting them out of "community" with that anchor around their neck is far far more destructive to new player retention then extra xp bonus.

XP bonux 10x = wizards/druids/necros level 10x faster. Hybrids still avoided like leppers and quit.

I saw it leveling to 50, and i'm seeing it all over again. The original devs changed this malus when everyone became aware of it and started to descriminate. Ok, we are there now on p99. Make the malus carried by the individual hybrid only. I'm sure they wont mind carrying the burden themselves to 60 if they could actually get groups, join the community of players and have fun.

tl;dr: Make all class xp penalties self only, not dished out and shared with the group.

The hybrid penalty should be removed period. It never ever made sense. At all. The original logic was that because these classes were a mishmash of two pure parent classes, they would be stronger but level slower. Except they aren't stronger -- Rangers in fact completely suck. This went out the window after like the first month of the game.

There are still not enough lower or mid level players to support any active low level game (and there never will be). When I'm the only person in Warsilks or Lake on Kunark launch day, that's not good. They did the scaling bonus thing which made total sense. Need to fold that over a few times. The grind should be condensed to 40-60.

Box needs YT and hotzones for the above reasons. Players are gonna be too spread out. You can probably count on KC and Seb being active all the time, but the outdoor zones will be completely scattered with like 1 player per 5 square miles.

[Tradesonred]

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

Nilbog already said there is a 50 percent bonus that will never go away. Only thing that is going away next week is the "extra" 50 percent bonus for kunark release.

Anyways, imo what we need more then even more bonus is to make the hybrid xp penalty apply to the hybrid alone, not shared out with the group. People are avoiding hybrids like they have the plauge and shutting them out of "community" with that anchor around their neck is far far more destructive to new player retention then extra xp bonus.

XP bonux 10x = wizards/druids/necros level 10x faster. Hybrids still avoided like leppers and quit.

I saw it leveling to 50, and i'm seeing it all over again. The original devs changed this malus when everyone became aware of it and started to descriminate. Ok, we are there now on p99. Make the malus carried by the individual hybrid only. I'm sure they wont mind carrying the burden themselves to 60 if they could actually get groups, join the community of players and have fun.

tl;dr: Make all class xp penalties self only, not dished out and shared with the group.

When the server launched i would have said its about the journey (aka pvping along the way) but since it seems we are not going to see the end of xp loss in pvp, i have 0 interest in rolling a pvp alt that i have to PVE grind to keep at the level i want him to be.

Most people are 50 or close to 50 now and the fun is probably most at the end game also. Ive seen a new guy comment that the worse to him was the lack of people to group with at 18.

Id say keep at least the current bonus, leave 50+ as it is (kunark launch bonus) because anyway right now, its 95% pve and 5% pvp in Kunark. We booted Nihi from KC last nite and they didnt even try to get it back, with their guild list being cut short.

Im enjoying the new zones, but for me the fun will be at 60 fighting over PVE so i wanna be done with grinding ASAP since pvp is not happening much. We need a healthy population at end game and we need the new guys not trailing behind for months alone and finally giving up and logging off before they reach end game.

[gankstar1868]

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

. We need a healthy population at end game and we need the new guys not trailing behind for months alone and finally giving up and logging off before they reach end game.

That right there is the biggest issue.

I want to get to 50-60 where the action is. The whole reason i am playing on r99 and not p99.

Taking 3-4 months to get to 50-60 is not viable with the time I currently have.

1-40 needs a 200% increase, 40-50 150% and then 50-60 normal 50% bonus or whatever.


Starting new with no gear, no money, no friends and no one around to group with is difficult (doable yes but a big turn off). At least let us climb the ladder a little faster so i can go back, farm and get some money/items with my overleveled char.

[Swampfeet]

Originally Posted by gankstar1868 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Starting new with no gear, no money, no friends

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[gloinz]

Originally Posted by gankstar1868 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That right there is the biggest issue.

I want to get to 50-60 where the action is. The whole reason i am playing on r99 and not p99.

Taking 3-4 months to get to 50-60 is not viable with the time I currently have.

1-40 needs a 200% increase, 40-50 150% and then 50-60 normal 50% bonus or whatever.


Starting new with no gear, no money, no friends and no one around to group with is difficult (doable yes but a big turn off). At least let us climb the ladder a little faster so i can go back, farm and get some money/items with my overleveled char.

[Vile]

Originally Posted by gankstar1868 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That right there is the biggest issue.

I want to get to 50-60 where the action is. The whole reason i am playing on r99 and not p99.

Taking 3-4 months to get to 50-60 is not viable with the time I currently have.

1-40 needs a 200% increase, 40-50 150% and then 50-60 normal 50% bonus or whatever.


Starting new with no gear, no money, no friends and no one around to group with is difficult (doable yes but a big turn off). At least let us climb the ladder a little faster so i can go back, farm and get some money/items with my overleveled char.

You sir, get it. I've been preaching this since day 1... now that the 42 people that played hardcore have their Kubark, maybe they'll be less opposed to fixing some of the real issues for casual players who don't want to play a solo class.

[JenJen]

not sure what the oor is, if any. i just ran into hijinx on my own, conned red omgz! thats some srs eq play time in a few days

[PhantomRogue]

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

not sure what the oor is, if any. i just ran into hijinx on my own, conned red omgz! thats some srs eq play time in a few days

Poopsocking Trak before anyone else is king.

[mitic]

a minute ago in game..

iam unsettled for another exp increase but the current 50% should stay in!

[runlvlzero]

That makes sense, but then again also having insanely fast 1-30 game discourages low level zone groups such as oasis, and forces more players to solo 1-30 as well. Although with enough xp bonus any class can get 30 with a few hundred plat worth of gear.