Baldur's Gate : The Sword Coast Chronicles : NWN2 Persistent World

Aspect of Sorrow wrote:Tabletop sessions granting epic levels from 1 within a year's time is an exception, not a rule. The largest PW in the NWN series had a plethora of DMs and hundreds of players spanning a multitude of servers with 0 XP gain from creature kills, and multi year investments on characters reaching level 20 - 30. This had inclusion of the casual gamer. That was an HCR following community that had a vibrant world that didn't have a "life after epic" complex with it's playerbase.

This comparison is kind of a moot point. As that is not how this server has ever worked. I actually used to play (and DM) on a server exactly like the one you described and I absolutely loved it. The trade-off in that system though, is that you never have to grind at all to advance, because your advancement is often not measured in levels. Most DM events were catered to every level category. This is not the case here on BGTSCC. Most events are not catered to the low level demographic, exploration is discouraged by having high CL monsters blocking travel in some areas, ect. This server is set up to cater to people who just want to make characters, and people who want to level grind, as well as people who just want to RP and do nothing else. Increasing XP across the board is not going to make anyone's RP any different, but it will help with the chore that leveling is.

This is especially true for levels 18 and later, when XP gain starts to get really low, and the amount of XP needed to level begins to increase a lot. The progression curve turns less into a "curve" at this point, and more into a brick-wall.

Rask wrote:This comparison is kind of a moot point.

You've missed the point.

As for this poll, the community has obviously voted in large favor of an increase to XP gain, but should narrow down the polling options for how it's accomplished.

Make it concise and with no more than six options to choose from.

Nothing ambiguous.