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I was just thinking, there's going to be a lot of people that want to be at the 'top' of the xp count. This is going to lead to people going out of their way to start their subscription the moment EE is live.
I would suggest not requiring a subscription for the first week of EE, and everyone who creates a character during that week gets XP points retroactive since the 'start' of the game.
I'm guessing you will have to activate at least one month to get the basic training to do anything. And people with borderline systems that don't want to play before things are optimized, may not know their system can't handle it until they are a few days in and hit that key encounter that kills their system. This free week gives them a chance to see if they can run the MVP.
The end product is that everyone who creates a character, and starts their subscription during the first week is on the same level. And with the pressure down to be in minute 1, you won't get quite the spike. And the people that need to check if they can run the game, get a good chance.
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Goblin Squad Member
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An XP leaderboard sounds like a very silly idea. It has nothing to do with player skill or activity, it's purely an "I'm older than you" competition.
I can't see why anybody would care about such a contest or participate in that sort of 'competition'.
Personally, I would much rather that anyone who encounters me assumes I'm a complete noob, rather than becoming infamous as one of the oldest characters on the server.
Besides, the real way to achieve longevity is not by activating a day earlier, but by continuing to play after the rest of your cohort have quit.
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Goblin Squad Member
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Actually, they may already have this covered.
The blog two weeks ago said that EE players would be able to register and get in at the end of the Alpha period. If everyone has their account set up during Alpha then presumably they won't have to do so again at the start of EE... their accounts could just start earning XP immediately when EE goes live, even if they don't log in to EE for the first time until a few days later.
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Goblin Squad Member
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...participate in that sort of 'competition'.
If it is even partially a "comparing to others" thing, do we know whether we'll be able to see how experienced someone else is? If not, then that sort of measuring-contest might, we pray, never begin.
...a lot of people that want to be at the 'top' of the xp count.
...EE players would be able to register and get in at the end of the Alpha period.
If it's solely a personal completionist thing--with which I can completely empathise--then Goblinworks may have us covered already.