2013-07-06, 08:12 PM
Okay hold on a sec.
pre Unleashed you got more total exp with a full party w/ 300% party play bonus.
Now it's lower, but the biggest factor is kill speed, which is why people dont want to party b/c if they can solo the high hp mobs they get more exp than in a party, but they completely disregard the factor of kills speed which can make or break which one is best. Leaching is still a thing, but the problem is that if you have everyone trying to solo, even on low lv maps, that causes more stress on the server for one thing. Another issue is tha the complain about everyone going to jesters and etc? well now all the alternatives are packed too so in places like YMKC which was never really that populated to begin with, where usually you could find a channel of the "prime" spots or an alternative free, you cant now. Unless its something like Omega Sector or Korean folk town b/c lots of new players are still finding their way, or the same for returning players.
The issue is less the exp and more the mentality about exp vs party. And in all honesty the quickest way to remedy thisis to return the exp formula to what it was.
Extra options are to change lhc's exp to below what it was, but still have bonus exp. Even as packed as YMCK was on 2x FTP was basically empty, so people will still be rooted in their ways and the ppl who used to just go with the flow suffer for it. It sucks when you have new players and after a few weeks they get to 130 only to be lost on what to do at that level when they get a level per evo run or less and can only do it 5 times a day. Even worse when they don't really want to b/c they have to do it alone.
pre Unleashed you got more total exp with a full party w/ 300% party play bonus.
Now it's lower, but the biggest factor is kill speed, which is why people dont want to party b/c if they can solo the high hp mobs they get more exp than in a party, but they completely disregard the factor of kills speed which can make or break which one is best. Leaching is still a thing, but the problem is that if you have everyone trying to solo, even on low lv maps, that causes more stress on the server for one thing. Another issue is tha the complain about everyone going to jesters and etc? well now all the alternatives are packed too so in places like YMKC which was never really that populated to begin with, where usually you could find a channel of the "prime" spots or an alternative free, you cant now. Unless its something like Omega Sector or Korean folk town b/c lots of new players are still finding their way, or the same for returning players.
The issue is less the exp and more the mentality about exp vs party. And in all honesty the quickest way to remedy thisis to return the exp formula to what it was.
Extra options are to change lhc's exp to below what it was, but still have bonus exp. Even as packed as YMCK was on 2x FTP was basically empty, so people will still be rooted in their ways and the ppl who used to just go with the flow suffer for it. It sucks when you have new players and after a few weeks they get to 130 only to be lost on what to do at that level when they get a level per evo run or less and can only do it 5 times a day. Even worse when they don't really want to b/c they have to do it alone.