XP boosts in horus

bois · 04-06-2012, 10:32 PM

Looking at this thread I just wonder how we all made it to 50 in the old days with its 5 million plus XP points to get. Take in to consideration there were no big XP boosters for sale, no free bonuses and no XP for killing enemies. Not to mention that grinding itself was notoriously harder. Grinding now is a joke compared to when I did it back in the day.

Added to this I am reminded just how far so many players went PAST the level 50 XP points when NGD had the coding error. Some even went past 8-10 million XP and even more under such harsh conditions.

All things considered and the cries and tears of blood for all those lost XP we never owned, many still somehow got to 60 too.

Now I understand the calls for bonuses and such to boost population bla bla. Yes, this is a valid point. However, it must be remembered that the game and Horus somehow survived when we had no such things. And believe when I say that those kind of customers that live on freebies will never be the customers to sustain any business model. They are simply transients that will jump the next best thing that comes along. I hope nobody is offended by this statement for this does not apply to every single free play customer. But, more often than not, it does.

A free bonus is what it is. A favour granted by the developers. It is not an obligation or some right as some seem to think. And while the notion of fairness comes up , you must temper that thought with what is economically fair to NGD. They have to balance these things internally. For those that think this may be fanboyism, its not, its just basic business acumen. NGD is in the business of making a profit after all.
We are in the business of getting as much as we possibly can for offering up as little as possible in return.

04-06-2012, 10:32 PM	#21
bois Count Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Trinidad and Tobago Posts: 1,194	Looking at this thread I just wonder how we all made it to 50 in the old days with its 5 million plus XP points to get. Take in to consideration there were no big XP boosters for sale, no free bonuses and no XP for killing enemies. Not to mention that grinding itself was notoriously harder. Grinding now is a joke compared to when I did it back in the day. Added to this I am reminded just how far so many players went PAST the level 50 XP points when NGD had the coding error. Some even went past 8-10 million XP and even more under such harsh conditions. All things considered and the cries and tears of blood for all those lost XP we never owned, many still somehow got to 60 too. Now I understand the calls for bonuses and such to boost population bla bla. Yes, this is a valid point. However, it must be remembered that the game and Horus somehow survived when we had no such things. And believe when I say that those kind of customers that live on freebies will never be the customers to sustain any business model. They are simply transients that will jump the next best thing that comes along. I hope nobody is offended by this statement for this does not apply to every single free play customer. But, more often than not, it does. A free bonus is what it is. A favour granted by the developers. It is not an obligation or some right as some seem to think. And while the notion of fairness comes up , you must temper that thought with what is economically fair to NGD. They have to balance these things internally. For those that think this may be fanboyism, its not, its just basic business acumen. NGD is in the business of making a profit after all. We are in the business of getting as much as we possibly can for offering up as little as possible in return.