Would it hurt to increase rested XP now?

#0 - Aug. 27, 2007, 4:54 p.m.

The discussion of leveling 1-58 has been going on for awhile, and the devs have even conceded the point that it needs to be changed. Unfortunately, I think most of us expect any changes won't happen until closer to, or after the expansion.

Would it hurt to make the following changes now?

1. Double the rate at which we earn rested XP.
2. Make rested XP = 3x base xp instead of 2x (not sure if it is really double the XP or what the bonus is but increase the bonus.

Please do something soon/now to help out folks leveling up. I keep getting alts up into the 30s then it just gets too painful and slow.

Nethaera

#1 - Aug. 27, 2007, 4:58 p.m.

Q u o t e:
The discussion of leveling 1-58 has been going on for awhile, and the devs have even conceded the point that it needs to be changed. Unfortunately, I think most of us expect any changes won't happen until closer to, or after the expansion.

Would it hurt to make the following changes now?

1. Double the rate at which we earn rested XP.
2. Make rested XP = 3x base xp instead of 2x (not sure if it is really double the XP or what the bonus is but increase the bonus.

Please do something soon/now to help out folks leveling up. I keep getting alts up into the 30s then it just gets too painful and slow.

We haven't said how we plan to make the gain of experience go faster. What you are making at this point is a suggestion of what you think we should do, which is fine if you wish, but we do have ideas of how we want to go about it that we'll fill everyone in on at a later point in time.

"Now" is never a really good time frame for us. ;) When you say "now", you generally mean, today, right now, this moment. We're not ready for "now" right now. We'll get it in though, later, which could be sooner to a degree than late later, but we shall see how it goes.

Nethaera

#19 - Aug. 27, 2007, 5:06 p.m.

Q u o t e:
Actually, in a recent interview with Tigole, he said they where considering decreasing the amount of exp needed per level for levels 20-60, and increasing quest exp by 30% within those levels as well. That is their intended method for quicker leveling.

I probably haven't seen that yet. I have to catch up on my reading since I'm guessing that was from Leipzig. ;)

Don't forget that we're also doing some work in Dustwallow Marsh and adding in more quests that should help with experience gain as well.

Unfortunately I can't give a timetable of 2 or 4 months etc since that's not my decision to make and will be dependent on some other internal decisions and factors.

Nethaera

#63 - Aug. 27, 2007, 9:32 p.m.

Q u o t e:
<3 the fact that you are making the ye olde game better instead of making a mad dash for each new Xpac. Tigole and you dont talk? Thats sad.

Oh, we talk. That doesn't mean that we can say everything we talk about until such time as we are allowed to. ;)

Nethaera

#83 - Aug. 27, 2007, 10:33 p.m.

Q u o t e:
While you are in this thread neth (if you are still here that is!) its more then duskwallow that needs quests, its the entire 35-45 range besides STV. Pushing people into such a badly created zone like STV by lack of quests in other areas (level 40 and go to SoS/Duskwallow/Badlands and i can get a dozen green to yellow quests there even though its a 35-45 zone, WTF!?) needs to be addressed. i avoid that place like the plague because its way too big and not enough graveyards for a contested zone (5 minute corpse run for getting ganked FTL). Unfortunately this also means i need to grind levels instead of questing because those zones dont have enough to do in them.

I hear what you are saying, but right now, we have time to work on Dustwallow and make it better. There are other areas we'd like to get to at some point as well, but this is what we know we can get to now.

(Now being relative of course. ;) )