Senior players and new players exp gains and balance.

[WildPirate13]

Heya,

I was wondering and have been noticing a trend on servers. I have played for a long time since the game came out more or less.

I notice a server begins gets popular or at least stable.. which is great!

Then something strange happens... the senior players get to high levels and then the server rules change usually by the senior players saying its to easy to level up and a reduction in exp.. I know one server that got the elite which is laughable player base and then changed all the rules locking the upper crust in power.

Some of the senior plays seem don't want any form of competition.

Along comes a new player and finds its hard.. damn hard.

Server becomes an elite upper level crust of the few. Server dies.

I am not saying this about this server but just as a general question on what people think.

Anyone else notice this?

[MirrorMask]

Nope.  I'm new and ca see ways to easily inject myself into power/spotlight ig if i were after it.  i think the rules here accomodate everyone well.  But I could be mistaken.

[Pigadig]

First you fail, then you struggle, then you level, then a potion quaffing DM possessed NPC sets you back, then you struggle some more, then you start getting places.

That's my experience at least.

The only real advantages that senior players have over new ones on the server as far as I can tell is meta-knowledge of zones and mechanics along with DM loot. Otherwise it's a level playing field once people get the hang of it.

[Divine Intervention]

I for one have never played nwn outside of efu.  However on efu atleast I really can't see this happening, with the rate of character turnover generally, "An uppercrust elite" will always die out.  The server has been going years and years and thus far I have seen no indication of this elitist rule change thing.  In fact many successful players have been such since they first arrived.

[IxTheSpeedy]

I think that it's pretty easy to get to 6th.  You can do it just by walking around.  After that, I think things are fair game.  I actually feel quite the contrary to what you are saying.  I love the new system, it gets you to 6th quickly and then you have to focus.

[Urlen]

The high cut get killed really fast, their characters albeit cool and fun while they last, have an impact but one that barely lasts.

[Big Orc Man]

I've played on a server like that as well.  Trust me, we're very aware of that tendency!

Server policies are established to bring the greatest amount of fun to the greatest amount of people.

If a player has been super high level for a long time and suddenly says that getting high level is too easy, we'll obviously see that as a very different perspective than someone else's.

[Her Imperial Majesty]

I doubt this will happen on EFU. Our Dms are far to professional!

[OrneryBadger]

High lvl pc's die way too fast, trust me. Ones that last more then a month at a high lvl are rare. Live like courage wolf, let nothing get you down.

[Letsplayforfun]

It's something we are aware of and try to avoid.

As BOM said we try to build for the majority of players, not for a few. New players should hit lvl6 rather easily. Vets still get crushed at high lvls, so i don't think this is an issue on efu, yet. But should someone get the feeling we're getting there, feel free to share that with us.

That doesn't mean it's not the same regular few to hit high lvls, but so long it isn't unbalancing or creating occ conflict, it's no big deal.

[derfo]

EFU as a whole has always tried to be immensely considerate of new players, whether it's realized or not. It won't change.

[OrneryBadger]

That being said it can feel very challenging for new players, but I assure you it's not less so for higher levels, they've just gotten used to it. If you ever want help or advice just ask.

[WildPirate13]

In my first post I stated I havent run into that here and dont feel it will be an issue. Its just a shame how so many "Virtual Worlds" have dropped.

This one is more like classic PnP than any other I have come across except maybe two.

The first one is now defunct. The second was great until the above mentioned problem happened in my first post. Open cheating by dms and bad treatment of players will take it down in time, unless the staff has a eureka moment.

Loving the vibe. I hope in time perhaps maybe lol the staff here cross connects Ravenloft. The island has a better feel than for that atmosphere than any other out there.

[OrneryBadger]

When I first arrived I felt heavy Ravenloft vibes too but I assure you this place is far superior to POTM. Player freedom, for one.

[WildPirate13]

When I first arrived I felt heavy Ravenloft vibes too but I assure you this place is far superior to POTM. Player freedom, for one.

Amen!