In the beginning of this transition i thought the 2x exp on subbed compared to f2p was one of the worst change. But now i think about it differently:
On Silan, 2x Exp simply does no good. Doing the Missions will get everyone to the levels they need (20 or 25).
Up to 50 on ML 2x Exp is handed out as mission reward (~5 stacks of Q50 cats).
Up to 80 on ML grinding still is very easy and quickly done.
After 80 a soft cap comes into place, slowing down progression gradually until it hits the hard cap at 125.
You can still do occupations and make some cats on your own, exploring another nice feature of ryzom as a side effect and getting plenty of consumables that help in grinding too. F2P players can also do some civ faction runs to get additional cats (and sap crystals).
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For the new beginning: I think there will be some kind of a new beginning anyways. Players that keep their levels will be most interested in getting their own gear again and not sit at stables destroying the market for low-level equipment from young crafters.
F2P + Recless toons will be quite a lot of low-lvl players who start at once, not being bothered by high-level players (see above). As progression is different for different players the low-level player base will continue to be large for quite some time (maybe a year). During that year newbies will get a lot of people to play with and hopefully being low-lvl will be so much fun to draw more and more new players into playing ryzom.
On Silan, 2x Exp simply does no good. Doing the Missions will get everyone to the levels they need (20 or 25).
Up to 50 on ML 2x Exp is handed out as mission reward (~5 stacks of Q50 cats).
Up to 80 on ML grinding still is very easy and quickly done.
After 80 a soft cap comes into place, slowing down progression gradually until it hits the hard cap at 125.
You can still do occupations and make some cats on your own, exploring another nice feature of ryzom as a side effect and getting plenty of consumables that help in grinding too. F2P players can also do some civ faction runs to get additional cats (and sap crystals).
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For the new beginning: I think there will be some kind of a new beginning anyways. Players that keep their levels will be most interested in getting their own gear again and not sit at stables destroying the market for low-level equipment from young crafters.
F2P + Recless toons will be quite a lot of low-lvl players who start at once, not being bothered by high-level players (see above). As progression is different for different players the low-level player base will continue to be large for quite some time (maybe a year). During that year newbies will get a lot of people to play with and hopefully being low-lvl will be so much fun to draw more and more new players into playing ryzom.