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<b>Message ID:</b> 13938 <br/>
<b>Date:</b> Fri Jan 28 15:55:23 GMT 2000 <br/>
<b>Author:</b> Ryan Honeyman <br/>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: Play Time? (long) <br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-862661589"><blockquote><span title="ireply">&gt; I&#39;m surprised no one has responded to this.  As much as I agree with 99<br/>
&gt; pct of what Harmonic posts; and I agree with much of the post - on some<br/>
&gt; points he&#39;s off base here.  Perhaps what you say is true on your server<br/>
&gt; (not sure what that is) - but it just isn&#39;t true on Xegony.  Perhaps<br/>
&gt; it&#39;s only slightly inaccurate; in that my perspective is that of 33 Bard<br/>
&gt; (perhaps the number 35 is high - but I know people in my guild in the <br/>
&gt; late 20&#39;s aren&#39;t having it that great either)<br/>
<br/>
 </span></blockquote>  I read you well thought out reply to my intial message.<br/>
<br/>
  I will agree with you that a majority of the problems deal <br/>
  with overcrowding, but this is mostly overcrowded at the<br/>
  upper end of the spectrum.  When I was in my 20s, Unrest/Highkeep<br/>
  were way overpopulated with players, and Permafrost was a pain<br/>
  in the ass to reach and setup -- but those were things we all<br/>
  dealt with and got past.  Does that not make it a problem?  Of<br/>
  course not.  But it&#39;s not as serious of an issue as the staggering<br/>
  number of L46+ people who are bored and mindlessly looking for <br/>
  something to do.  I would also admit that a major part of the<br/>
  overcrowding in lower level zones, are those same L50 people with<br/>
  nothing to do playing alternate characters.  I see very little <br/>
  influx of new people, true newbies, if I may.  I think once the<br/>
  higher level people have something they can do consistantly on<br/>
  a daily basis, the lower level areas will become slightly less<br/>
  camped.  I have been in SolA quite a few times with 20 players<br/>
  in there.  All 20 players were L40+ looking for items.  I hate<br/>
  doing that, I hate taking up space that other people would <br/>
  benefit more from.  Verant needs to understand that the playerbase <br/>
  is going to be exponentially increasing in L35+ crowd as the server<br/>
  get older, and they need to add higher level areas or upgrade<br/>
  zones that simply aren&#39;t being used to capacity due to pathing<br/>
  problems or poor itemization.<br/>
<br/>
  Your points were well written, and I don&#39;t disagree with<br/>
  your assessment of the issues.<br/>
<br/>
  Harmonic Distortion, 50th unchained melody.<br/>
  League of Antonican Bards, The Wind Spirit&#39;s Song<br/>
  Innoruuk &lt;The Unbidden&gt;</div>