Semi-Classic

[FatMagic]

As an aside... good Lord please don't start another server and split up the current population - even if you release a new expansion. That was laid out in the original plan to progress up to Velious It would murder the enjoyment of this server and it's good sized population to make a 2nd server. And please oh please don't reset accounts. I would quit in a heartbeat as I barely have time to play, and if I know my time spent would be eventually reset upon expansion release... I'd stop playing now!

But of course, this is just rumor as posted above. So I'm probably taking it out of context and freaking out over nothing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Ferok]

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

As an aside... good Lord please don't start another server and split up the current population - even if you release a new expansion. That was laid out in the original plan to progress up to Velious It would murder the enjoyment of this server and it's good sized population to make a 2nd server. And please oh please don't reset accounts. I would quit in a heartbeat as I barely have time to play, and if I know my time spent would be eventually reset upon expansion release... I'd stop playing now!

But of course, this is just rumor as posted above. So I'm probably taking it out of context and freaking out over nothing [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

They've already said they won't "reset."

I think alot of people are expecting a population surge with the Kunark/Velious releases, which could perhaps in part fuel another server at some point.

[Beor]

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

[Ferok]

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

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

It seems about right to me. I've got some ~40 hours played and I'm at level 15 as a Troll Shaman.

[Beor]

I guess, it just feels like i'm leveling a lot faster. I just loved how hard it was to level.
Anyone else have thoughts on how quickly experience is gained?

-Beor

[MutualofOmaha]

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

Just curious:

How far off is the EXP? Meaning how much faster are people able to level?

I understand that since many of us have gone through this before and we know the in's and out's of the game it makes it easier. But I still love the grind. I just wanted to make sure that this leveling wasn't like the Progression Server that SOE came out with, that was WAY to easy.

...looking for reassurance more than anything else.

-Eric

Experience gain is quite rapid, much more rapid than it ever was in Vanilla, and especially so for pet classes. Speaking just for myself, I have been playing since October, about 5 days after the server launched, and I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

Obviously I play mostly pet/solo classes, as I prefer to solo whenever I can. The overpowered nature of pets makes leveling on the server a real breeze, particularly if you kill guard npc's. However, leveling up the cleric demonstrated the overloaded group and dungeon bonuses, as well.

Even knowing how to play and where to go, and what to kill, I could never level so quickly on a more classic server, and I certainly could never have obtained the quest items and drops I have gotten in such a short period of time.

[Zithax]

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

Experience gain is quite rapid, much more rapid than it ever was in Vanilla, and especially so for pet classes. Speaking just for myself, I have been playing since October, about 5 days after the server launched, and I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

Obviously I play mostly pet/solo classes, as I prefer to solo whenever I can. The overpowered nature of pets makes leveling on the server a real breeze, particularly if you kill guard npc's. However, leveling up the cleric demonstrated the overloaded group and dungeon bonuses, as well.

Even knowing how to play and where to go, and what to kill, I could never level so quickly on a more classic server, and I certainly could never have obtained the quest items and drops I have gotten in such a short period of time.

No it's actually slower; also classic did have a group exp bonus which went something along the lines of:

(# of people) - (% of exp bonus)
2 - 2%
3 - 4%
4 - 6%
5 - 8%
6 - 10%

[Aaron]

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

...I currently have a magician, necromancer and cleric at level 50. My druid is level 42 as of yesterday.

What are their names?

Also...fuck off.

[doacleric]

I think one thing you guys have to keep in mind is that this server is a work in progress. If Nilbog would have keep the server closed off from everyone until it was "perfect", you would be waiting another decade. And unless we can build a magic time machine and go back to 1999 and break into the verant offices and steal the classic source code and database, there will be some things that will never be 100% perfect.

[Beor]

Didn't mean anything by it, I'm just curious where we are at with exp and how far off it is from classic.

This server is great and i'm happy where it's at, I'm legitimately just curious

Beor