Some impressions from starting a new character

standistortion · 08-13-2011, 01:38 PM

New XP curve if great, 30 is easy to get to with a steady increase in grinding.

Quests levels are all screwed up, killing 15 very easy creatures is a pain when you have to spend a long time looking for them and they give very little XP, and getting a weapon 5 levels below your current level as a reward is useless. The mob levels should be normal or challenging for solo quests and the rewards one or two levels higher so you have something to look forward to when you level.

Quests that send you all over the map are a pain, in particular the ones that force you to take a longer route than needed to the destination. Ok, NGD want to sell mounts (and they do at a very reasonable price) but these quests are too blatantly trying to force you into buying one. The suggestion elsewhere to buy a premium mount as a gift was a good one.

The drop rate up to about lvl 20 is great, after that.... Last night there was an announcement for a 20% increased drop rate for (I think) 1 hour. I have ground 12 hours without a single drop in the past and I know others have had worse, 120% of nothing is still nothing. Drops could be better graded, it could be done automatically based on what folks keep or sell, with sale price adjusted at merchants accordingly. That would allow a much higher drop rate without the drop rate of desirable items changing and without flooding the already weak gold economy.

Chat is empty. Seriously, it looks like a ghost server and I have seen many new players comment on it. There are already a few threads making suggestions for this.

Thanks.

Players inner could do with some guidance by higher lvl's and maybe group grinding. Would be nice if higher levels got good xp for helping out lower levels, thinking conj's mainly but should be for all classes.

08-13-2011, 01:38 PM	#1
standistortion Master Join Date: May 2010 Location: Ireland Posts: 438	Some impressions from starting a new character New XP curve if great, 30 is easy to get to with a steady increase in grinding. Quests levels are all screwed up, killing 15 very easy creatures is a pain when you have to spend a long time looking for them and they give very little XP, and getting a weapon 5 levels below your current level as a reward is useless. The mob levels should be normal or challenging for solo quests and the rewards one or two levels higher so you have something to look forward to when you level. Quests that send you all over the map are a pain, in particular the ones that force you to take a longer route than needed to the destination. Ok, NGD want to sell mounts (and they do at a very reasonable price) but these quests are too blatantly trying to force you into buying one. The suggestion elsewhere to buy a premium mount as a gift was a good one. The drop rate up to about lvl 20 is great, after that.... Last night there was an announcement for a 20% increased drop rate for (I think) 1 hour. I have ground 12 hours without a single drop in the past and I know others have had worse, 120% of nothing is still nothing. Drops could be better graded, it could be done automatically based on what folks keep or sell, with sale price adjusted at merchants accordingly. That would allow a much higher drop rate without the drop rate of desirable items changing and without flooding the already weak gold economy. Chat is empty. Seriously, it looks like a ghost server and I have seen many new players comment on it. There are already a few threads making suggestions for this. Thanks. Players inner could do with some guidance by higher lvl's and maybe group grinding. Would be nice if higher levels got good xp for helping out lower levels, thinking conj's mainly but should be for all classes. Last edited by standistortion; 08-13-2011 at 06:29 PM.