What drives away new players is hitting 40 in garbage gear at a garbage renown rank and getting steam rolled by sov/premades.Dobzse wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2024 7:13 amNobody is talking here about Racing to 40. Just the simple fact that if you choose to play along with anyone in a tier 2 you need to be within the lvl gap or you wont get xp. Maybe you should get reduced XP but not zero. In practice it is disheartening for new players. When you wish to join a group in WHO you are already being "filtered" based on tank,dps,healer.. i think the game don't need further filters to fit in a group to get xp in mid tier. It is possibly driving away any new player.shoelessHN wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:07 pm Racing to 40 is min maxing your level above your rr. Your character at 40 in ruin is functionally useless outside of a sword and shield tank, and that's the best armor you can hope for if youre rr25.
There are exceptions for players that could pull it off but 99% are going to be net negatives on every sc or warband they're in due to their gimped character.
Earning reduced xp was so powerful they actually removed the ability from the game. Hitting 40 at rr65 full vanq was easy back then. Absolutely clueless.