you don't seem to understand that the majority of the people, do not want a low xp rate server.You didnt read my post carefully.
I didnt ask for every servers to get a x1 xp rate (i honestly thought 'are they serious?!' where i read about it)
My first question was if it would be FEASIBLE to be able to personally set your own xp rate, to level up at the pace you see fit.
Wanna get to max lvl pronto? set it at x 20. Wanna take your time? x1. Balanced approach? x5. Everyone happy!
Second of all, you said you were new to private servers right? Well before Warmane there was Molten. And in Molten, there was actually a relatively populated x1 server. I read its now relegated to being a test server, and since its not advertised like the other servers, the population is very well likely to be abysmal. I also asked if it was possible to shut off xp gains in 3.3.5 and know where the alliance npc would be. But no one has replied to this so i guess there is no way :(.
Lastly, you really do genuinely seem to 'not get' why ppl ask for this. Hard to explain since its 100% subjective. But to me, there is just no satisfaction, no catharsis in exploring areas you greatly outlevel, no danger, no adventure, no point. Example: Yesterday i was questin around Theramore and came across an iron deposit. YUMMY. Thing is though, there was 3 spiders 2 lvl above me around. Had to think, how do i get to it? Opted to charge, fear em (good chance to resist), mine it and GTFO. It worked! I (my character) escaped mortal danger and got my sweet booty. Satisfaction, catharsis, serotonin.
If i got there with a lvl 58 (explore azeroth before goin in TBC) well... no need for iron since my engineering and mining would likely be at 300, no decision making since ill stomp them spiders, no risk, no danger, no fun, no victory, no profit, no point :(. There is a reason why blizz made the leveling faster and easier, but there is also a reason why they gave ppl the option to turn off xp gains in Cata.
These high xp rates, they remind me of new game plus in Chrono Trigger. They are GREAT when you want to see all the endings, all what the end game has to offer. But they generallly leave the whole grand adventure lacking as you one shot everything in your path (even bosses) and every goodies you find? obsolete just like all the gadgets im making with engineering. It cheapens everything.
That being said im also a fan of high xp rates. Would i level another dam rogue from 1 to 80 at x1 for the hundred time? No way!!! I would opt for friggin x20 xp if i could and get to end game asap. I would just like to have the option for slower leveling like we used to, cuz i surprised myself by wanting the leveling on my warrior to last (would have rerolled on Lordaeron if could). I dont want every server to have x1, and i get ppl wanting to get to end game asap (i like to have this option too), but i find myself wanting the grand adventure once again on this character. If i want to endgame, i have plenty of chars to choose from.
if they would there'd be one, but there is none.
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you don't seem to understand that the majority of the people, do not want a low xp rate server.
if they would there'd be one, but there is none.
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They didn't make servers "1x" so they could make more money.
Blizzard brings you the best game experience you could get with their games.
The experience rate was set to the current "1x", because it was the best option to bring the best experience, I don't think they chose the experience rate on the basis of money.
Just saying that someone does something for money only and not because they want to is stupid, think before opening your mouth.
What comes to leveling, that's part the game and shouldn't be skipped. (imo)
There is and should be other content than end-game content, otherwise you will run out of content fairly soon.
Slow leveling pace is part of the game, you couldn't skip it in the retail, still can't. (expect if you buy instant level 90 which is expensive and not worth it.)
If you don't feel like leveling "slow pace" then don't play.
TL:DR for you :
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bliz is not "someone" its a company, the reason why companies put products on the market is because the want to make money
if they didn't want to make money wow would be free to play and blizz would be a non profit organization
don't be stupid and think before typing
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x7.... very... low ?
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Seems like you don't get the thing, ur posts so far have all been, pardon my language, bull****.
Blizzard is a company, yes. Current "1x" blizzlike xp rate wasn't chosen on the basis of money.
7x is not low rate, its 7 TIMES MORE than you should, think it like this : Lets say you are making 20€/hr at work.
Now Multiply that by 7 TIMES, you are now making 140€/hr.
Don't compare it to something like "It's low compared to making 100x more".
Of course it is, but we are now comparing the numbers from the original start point, which is 20€/hr.
PERIOD.
Stop arguing, this argument is not going anywhere when you seem not to understand the point.
You make no sense.
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ROTFL
seems like you really like to have the last word, lmao
anyway, you need to go to business school to understand how _companies_ make money. how marketing and corporate evangelism work.
ofc 1x was chosen to make money, there's no denying that companies = profit seekers
"PERIOD" lol "."
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How would it affect the money income? (please answer this question for me, you clearly know a lot about game developing and how do you make successful game.)
It's the same if I said they made wolf pet for hunters, "SO BLIZZARD WOULD MAKE MORE MONEY, cause blizzard is company and they need to have some kinda income, and this feature was definitely that did make the game successful, BECAUSE THEY HAD WOLF PETS FOR HUNTERS."
Listen to urself, when you cannot win the argument start mocking and fixing "typos", very immature.
So called "1x" xp rate is the sweet spot that made the game enjoyable and not so you could level ur characters in 10 minutes, Blizzard obviously wants that their community players would enjoy the game, I highly doubt that it was some strategy so they would make more money, you have ZERO evidence that your argument is right.
Before you say "you have zero evidence as well to support your argument!"
Guess what? I don't sound like crazy and talk non-sense.
I dare you to keep posting your so called "business tricks".
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Wow being a subscription mmorpg people spend time to level their characters, obviously paying a monthly fee which gives them acess to the servers, if you spend more months to lvl a character the obvious result is that you must pay more to get at max lvl
And even Blizzard realized that it is a limited strategy and people eventually will be fed up with that and quit the game, which is why they have been changing wow to be more welcoming to casual and limited play-time players, with more rewarding quests, xp bonuses, events and such. And this is a real tendency in the mmorpg market as well, except perhaps the oriental market
Blizzard is a company, it produces content with high quality (and some may argue that even that have been declining) with the main objective being, yes, making money, they are not a nonprofit company, and more than one time they have changed content to please their customers
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Reading this, I can see people don't realize why the rates are what they are. Level any class from 1 to max level then tell me you'd rather have done that with x1 rates. If this was retail, sure. The thing is, it isn't retail. The majority of quests, particularly in the range of levels 80+ do not work. The majority of low level dungeons are not open. Even at x7 rates, it will feel next to impossible at times to reach a level high enough to move onto the next area. There many be times you feel forced to grind killing monsters wishing maybe they should have made it at least x8.
When more quests and low level dungeons are working, then they can start to consider lowering the rates. Until then, it is a necessity.
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I have leveled on Lordaeron 1-80 SEVERAL times, RDF works on low level dungeons, I hardly found any bugged quests.
It IS possible to level without problems 1-80.
Let me remind you that you cannot go 40-50 in one zone, you have to quest in multiple zones in order to get levels.
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ROTFL
LMAO
this is just too much
LOL
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Could you elaborate?
Cannot answer the question, keeps trolling.
Way to go man. (Y)
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Yeah ok. On Lordreon. That is WotLK. x1 rate there is no problem. Any other expansion won't work though.
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no dude, i'm not gonna "elaborate"
if you can not think for yourself (although it was very very clearly explained by Harai) you are soooo not worth my time anymore.
"period"
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the problem is 1x rates are boring as ****. if you want 1x then fine, go play retail. the rest of us are quite content with higher rates. even back when lordwas up and running it was always the lowest populated server, that alone shows the majority of players prefer higher rates.
