Have only read the first page of this thread but.
I play euro mir at the moment, and the current event of snowmen giving out 10 100 1,000 10,000 or 50,000 exp each mob, with 50k exp being quite rare ish, allows you to make lvl 40 within a 1-2 week time period.
I think by making the server 5x is as fast as it needs to be, thats 25k exp from every pb monster. So lets do a little maths.
a lvl 40 player on euro gets around 0.50% from a 50k exp snowman. Proof, as im currently leveling up my 40 tao.
So, 400 Past Bichon mobs roughly, is the same exp needed from lvl 40-41.
For a wizard doing 5 of those a time in a lure, well they can make 40-43 in a days work to be totaly honest.
A warrior can take a pb monster down with a tao with red poison in around 5-10 seconds. So thats half exp as its split with a tao. But its still mighty fast leveling.
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Stats - Well like iv explained above in short, wizards wars and tao's all have a way of leveling pretty fast with the stats already on euro mir, so even by turning the stats up by 5x then you'll have killing 5 times faster in pb.
= 40-45 in a good days work.
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I have to agree totaly with what TD is doing, high rate servers ruin mir. When you achieve level 42-43 on euro mir, a post on the forums is made, congratulating them because its a achievement still, high rate servers is killing this.
Just think by turning the exp up 5x is enough to make Mir that little bit more enjoyable to play.
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Items - Believe in what TD is doing too, Items sell for a bomb on euro mir, and some items such as the Sword of War God can sell highly and its a treasure to find one, when iv played high rate servers, iv found that getting 100mil in half a hour is easily done.
Everyone banters on about fresh starts on Euro mir, and having things rare to find again being excelent. well heres the chance.
Hardly any books in shops, hardly any items in shops until the game progresses. 5x exp, 5x stats.
Could be excelent.
/End of my rant
/Ash
-It's a pitty i wouldn't want to pay for a host to host a mir server or i'd love to have the chance to be able to work with TD on making a really good server.