+50% experience bonus.

[Vile]

Melees have faded away since the 3rd week of the box.

Dig up my post Trollborn.. I called this shit months ago. Melees were screwed on Red99 from day one.

[CrystalBlue]

Should of had group xp bonus from day 1.

Its not too late to correct this mistake. Wipe out this gross 100 percent bonus in effect and instead add 20% grouping bonus for every party member added.

We dont need more druids at 60 solo, we need more players in general to stay and not just quit after LFG for a week straight like poor Jenjen.

[JenJen]

after a week of LFG i find myself semi afk eating my lovely luscious dinner only to be rudely chased around by some no life necro (red con to me, so i assume unemployed and lvl 60) named zozo who then got mad cos i zoned away from him (obviously!) and sent me some rather lol-tastic tells. then another lvl 60 shows up. good times for lonely melees on red 99 pals!

now where did i put my nintendo ds [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[heartbrand]

bigger issue is no clerics but thats to be expected on a 75 player box where you can only group within your guild

[CrystalBlue]

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

after a week of LFG i find myself semi afk eating my lovely luscious dinner only to be rudely chased around by some no life necro (red con to me, so i assume unemployed and lvl 60) named zozo who then got mad cos i zoned away from him (obviously!) and sent me some rather lol-tastic tells. then another lvl 60 shows up. good times for lonely melees on red 99 pals!

now where did i put my nintendo ds [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Zozo you can almost always find soloing.

My point is proven.

Need group xp bonus now, before we lose Jenjen and all the players her type represents.

Time running out.

[CrystalBlue]

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

bigger issue is no clerics but thats to be expected on a 75 player box where you can only group within your guild

And VERY greedy enchanters more often then not steal clerics from melee groups to go duo with and get that "uber xp".

If only we had group xp bonus instead, they'd be less inclined to do this.

[Nirgon]

Maybe less people in Nihilum should be greedy and xp (rest of server) shouldn't suffer as a result.

Let me know when you think this will save the server like Kunark btw.

[Barkingturtle]

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

Melees were screwed on Red99 from day one.

To be fair that's actually a classic mechanic and working as intended.

I voted in favor of keeping the bonus, but I don't think it goes far enough. More than any other emulated EverQuest server, bros and brosephinas on Red99 have very active real lives, in the real world. These are real alphas: Future Leaders of America and Beyond. Thus, they can't be wasting their time killing the same non-challenging artificial intelligence ad infinitum when they could be out pumpin' mad iron, building their fortunes and mackin' hoes.

I'd be in favor of eliminating the hybrid penalties immediately, and perhaps adding further incentive to grouping. Something must be done, because if the fair denizens of Red99 are driven away I will have to use google to find my tranny porn, like a weirdo.

[Vile]

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

To be fair that's actually a classic mechanic and working as intended.

I am not debating that at all. Going the "classic" route is absurd for many reasons... rampant exploits first few weeks of the server (quests, mage swords, etc..), population no where near "classic" levels, resists, etc...

Some of us have been playing the PvP servers on the emulator for over 4 years now... we know what keeps the population around and what deters it.

Rolling a melee on this server is like shooting yourself in the foot, unless you have hours to play, get twinked, and power leveled around the clock.

[Dullah]

Group exp bonus does make more sense than a flat exp bonus.