That's the thing. What kind of people do we want on the server here? I'm all for grouping and helping people out, but I'm not about to play on a server that has ludicrous rates on it. There's plenty of those around. Even if we were to bump the rates to say, 35x, and get to level 100 with everything you've ever wanted, then what? There's no viable population to warrant these changes. It's all about longevity. Like I said earlier about the retail servers goes for the same here.
I don't know why it's so hard to just sit there and play the game. I'm already level 22 and just became a Warder with my Kamael. I've had absolutely no issues with the exp or anything. I can understand how it may get slower when you get in higher levels, but there's plenty of quests in the game (most repeatable for money
and EXP) to get you through the slump.
I'm certainly in no rush to get to level 80 or whatever and do stuff. I love running around and doing things naturally. Which brings me to another problem peope are also complaining about.
Traveling.
I don't know about you, but I've had no issues here, either. I always talk to the Newbie Helper and get my free buffs, and I'm on my way. The buffs last an hour, so that's more than enough time to get from point A to point B. Yes, there is a free running speed buff included. And if that's not enough, there's free teleports to areas in the game. Yes,
FREE. You can use your travel tokens or just click on a GateKeeper and get teleported to where you want to go, or at least close to it. Every dungeon and city has teleports, so I really don't know what the problem is. There's even teleports to halfway marks in between other places as well. Once you get a Stider or mount, it's just that much better. With these rates, it shouldn't take long at all. Back when I played the game, you had to pay for teleports even if the next town was only a 20 minute run. I hear complaining about things that aren't as bad as how it used to be. You guys are really spoiled as it is.
RaXavier69, I know you want these really high rates, but what would be the point of it if you get your character transfered over? Is it for the sake of wanting to level a new character from scratch, or what's the deal with that? There's really no need to have such high rates, imo, if you're already going to be the highest level character on the server if that happens. You would be sitting there at level 78 or whatever with nothing to do because we'd all still be in our 20's and still playing to catch up to you. I can understand that maybe you do not want to do everything over when you make a new character, but in all honesty, I've been playing/coding the game for years now and I have never, ever, complained about it at all. To me, the rates as they are now is a big bonus.
I say everyone just play.
It's not just a game with shiny graphics, there's actually a deeper game system there if everyone actually took the time to read the NPC's text.
If there's any complaints, let's hear them. So far, everyone (two people) want higher rates for the sake of leveling to 80 in a few days or so. There doesn't even seem to be an interest in it other than you guys. Anyone that's been playing or lurking on the server obviously doesn't care about it enough to even have an opinion on it, lol. And we've already raised the rates... twice. And it
still hasn't gotten people to hop on and play the game. It's pretty much a moot point, imo.