XP boosts in horus

[PT_DaAr_PT]

Originally Posted by Freeverse

I play RO since september/october 2011, so i can’t compare todays situation with the good old days, when lvl cap was 50 and hunters were op.
But i played a few other mmo before, so i can easily agree with everybody, who claims, that grinding isn’t that hard now. Lvl 60 can be reached without any boosters in just a few months. I'm the best example for this fact.

Nevertheless i'm deeply convinced, that lack of xp-bonuses means loss for ngd.

Why? That’s why:
Besides my main hunter i have two other chars, both around 40-42 lvl. Without bonuses i have no motivation to grind them, so i almost don’t play them. The consequence is: I don’t buy items/lucky boxes/esthetics for these chars. Because investing money in a char is sensless below lvl 55. All i need is a mount.

If there were regular bonuses i would have motivation to grind, which means i would reach higher levels faster and spend much more money for xim.
Since january i didn’t buy even one single thing from the item mall for my alts. Just because there are no bonuses.

So if there were bonuses on Horus, ngd would be a little bit more rich now.
Actually much more rich, if there are more people out there who share my opinion.

That's just you and maybe a tiny fraction of Horus. This is a problem that comes with regular bonuses as seen on Raven, once they stop doing them, players no longer feel motivated. It should go back to normal in a few more months without bonuses, if NGD learned anything from this.

[Freeverse]

Originally Posted by PT_DaAr_PT

. It should go back to normal in a few more months without bonuses, if NGD learned anything from this.

Let me ask this way: what is a xp-bonus?

Is it a feature?
A gift?
A privilege?
No, none of this.

A xp-bonus is simply a tactic. Statistics show, that the sale rate of Item Mall Items increases drastically during xp-boosts and events in so called f2p games.
THAT is the reason, why in almost every f2p players get xp-boosts.
Don't be naive to think, it's an altruistic gift for players. It's pure policy.

[PT_DaAr_PT]

Originally Posted by Freeverse

Let me ask this way: what is a xp-bonus?

Is it a feature?
A gift?
A privilege?
No, none of this.

A xp-bonus is simply a tactic. Statistics show, that the sale rate of Item Mall Items increases drastically during xp-boosts and events in so called f2p games.
THAT is the reason, why in almost every f2p players get xp-boosts.
Don't be naive to think, it's an altruistic gift for players. It's pure policy.

I'd like to see those numbers.

If someone has cash to spend they will eventually spend it. Statistics can't explain everything, and should not be heavily focused on. Do you know the link between running a boost and buying a premium item? In Regnum Online's case, with XP bonuses, you'll buy less boosters because of mathematical errors(500% from a scroll + 200% from a server side bonus = 1700%~ boost) and the occurrence of the bonuses themselves(People will only use boosters while an XP boost is running).
Therefore NGD loses more than they win, and if they're aware of this then I don't see any other reason to put an XP bonus except for as a gift or to speed up the leveling process of newly registered players(for example, after an heavy promotion).