suelothvar
Fledgling Freddie
- Joined
- Jul 13, 2005
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pole was taken on US servers though you might like see results, wonder if GoA will do same?
From Grab Bag
Q: What was the result of the poll on /level?
A: The results of the poll on /level 20 are in. Before I get to that, let me explain that from our perspective, /level has not been entirely good for the game. What was meant as a nice reward for those who worked hard to get to fifty turned into something frustrating for true new players and our low level game. We certainly predicted some impact, but not this much! So, for some time now, we’ve been contemplating the total removal of this benefit from the game.
However, /level is incredibly popular. The poll results were overwhelmingly in favor of keeping /level, and those who took the time to write feedback forms on the subject were almost unanimously in favor of keeping this benefit for those who reached level fifty. We were also uncomfortable with removing any two year old bonus, and the feedback just reinforced that discomfort.
Therefore, we are going to try to compromise. Here’s the plan: We are not going to remove it as it is. By that, I mean we will leave it on the servers that already have it, and with the classes that already have it. But we won’t add it to the classic servers, and we won’t add it to the Catacombs classes. (I know I said Catacombs classes would get /level eventually, but to be frank I should not have said so without a firm date in hand. That was my error, and I apologize.)
Players who have reached fifty and wish to roll a Catacombs class on regular servers will start getting a fat experience bonus from 1-20 beginning in 1.80 (currently scheduled for October 11). Details will come with the patch notes, so stay tuned.
And of course, we’re discussing other veteran rewards for our player base – we’ve had many wonderful suggestions from the community.
We appreciate all the feedback; it really helped us to make this decision.
From Grab Bag
Q: What was the result of the poll on /level?
A: The results of the poll on /level 20 are in. Before I get to that, let me explain that from our perspective, /level has not been entirely good for the game. What was meant as a nice reward for those who worked hard to get to fifty turned into something frustrating for true new players and our low level game. We certainly predicted some impact, but not this much! So, for some time now, we’ve been contemplating the total removal of this benefit from the game.
However, /level is incredibly popular. The poll results were overwhelmingly in favor of keeping /level, and those who took the time to write feedback forms on the subject were almost unanimously in favor of keeping this benefit for those who reached level fifty. We were also uncomfortable with removing any two year old bonus, and the feedback just reinforced that discomfort.
Therefore, we are going to try to compromise. Here’s the plan: We are not going to remove it as it is. By that, I mean we will leave it on the servers that already have it, and with the classes that already have it. But we won’t add it to the classic servers, and we won’t add it to the Catacombs classes. (I know I said Catacombs classes would get /level eventually, but to be frank I should not have said so without a firm date in hand. That was my error, and I apologize.)
Players who have reached fifty and wish to roll a Catacombs class on regular servers will start getting a fat experience bonus from 1-20 beginning in 1.80 (currently scheduled for October 11). Details will come with the patch notes, so stay tuned.
And of course, we’re discussing other veteran rewards for our player base – we’ve had many wonderful suggestions from the community.
We appreciate all the feedback; it really helped us to make this decision.