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Not a rant or anything, but the current exp event on the new server Lucemon has made Leviamon server a ghost town,imagine a 2 week exp event with 200% rates on weekends that will run for 2 weeks, you can have a lvl 65 digi in  a week or two( maybe less for some). While on Leviamon server it will take you forever to lvl up to 65 which is very screwed up because Leviamon server has been here for than a month. I know Leviamon had an exp event before but the lvl cap was @ 46 back then. With the current exp rates most guys can have a lvl 46 digimon in a day or 2, depending if you will play it on a weekend.

Honestly I can't say it's unfair or anything, but they screwed up the event for the people in Leviamon server. That's why a lot of players have already  transfered there.  It's weird that a pinoeer server would be left behind by a new server in terms of lvl cap. Thats a first for me.

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I've seen a lot of pioneer servers become slightly empty due to the advent of a new server....

But here's the thing why it has a bigger impact in DMO.


ECONOMY.

Face it, the system of DMO does not allow for a thriving economy, no crafting, no ultra-rare drops, nothing. It's an MMO that is designed for a Single Player mode of play.

The most you can sell would be unwanted DATA and Mercenary Eggs, Mercenary Eggs being rare and yet not everyone would want a particular Mercenary Egg. Only the hatching system provokes the requirement of numerous Mercenary Eggs...

Then there's the issue of Bit generation, while highbies supposedly gain high-quality cracked eggs and higher bit items than the lowbies, they are gimped by near impossible Vitamin prices (I'm not sure if this is off-set by using Small Vit A, the most bit efficient vitamin.).

Also considering Joymax' marketing trend, they are aiming to haul in new players and are totally ignoring old ones. Possibly hoping that the new players splurge for cash items, then quit. Considering positions, it doesn't seem like even Lucielle's voice can change the marketing strategy Joymax is implementing. It might only change if the Joymax Managing circle looks for the situation themselves...I wonder when will that be.......

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To be completely honest with you, Leviamon was more of a ghost town in the previous weeks compared to when Lucemon was opened. Right now, there has been an increase in the average number of players in Leviamon alone. Suffice to say, lots are still playing in that server even without the EXP event. Cid is right, it always happens when there's a new server that's up.

I'm focused on Lucemon now, checking on the difference between being leveling/maintaining an OBT newbie and a generally DMO newbie. Not much to say at the moment as I've only tried for the past ten minutes. But one thing's for sure -- I miss the free evoluters. Now I've to think up of ways to get them without spending Silk.

Cid, I did bring up the issue about majority of the updates and recent changes favoring the new players more than those who stuck with DMO since Pre-CBT. I don't know what they're planning to somehow make up for this, but I guess there's nothing much I can about it for now, as you've said.

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If anything, it's already too late for to substantially separate those who stuck with DMO since pre-CBT.

Save if they have records of it in their database...

It's a technical problem to have to sort out all the players, find the actives and properly reward them and whatnot... (Again I'm a CS Student so I sort of know these things)

The only saving grace for Joymax if the game, as a whole, is finally fixed and can be categorized as stable. I mean look at the Dark Tower incident, it seems there's no exp in that area. I'm pretty sure you've forwarded it to the technical team and tickets would've come bursting in as well, and yet I haven't seen the server being brought down...Alright great if it's already resolved (I'm busy training for a programming competition) but if I log-in today and see people complaining about the lack of exp in the said area, then there are people not doing their job.

So while Luciella is doing a great job out here, even soaking up most of the player's anger, the people behind the scenes are........................Not. D:

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Well the fact still remains, when it comes to digimon lvls, leviamon will be way behind the digimons in Lucemon server because of the exp event. Though the number players may have increased this last 2 days compared to last week as you have said, I'm pretty sure they are new players coming in, I haven't seen the players I use to party with before. Hell I can't even find a party right during lean hours now for lvl 46+, which should not be the case, because people should be dying to lvl up now since the cap is increase. But no, I have only seen a few people leveling up their digimons above 46+, unlike before.

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I think it's fine to level up alone. In this manner, you gain monopoly over the Bit coins...At least you don't have to blame others for some slow money making...

Give me a 5/5 Biyomon and I won't be hesitant on speeding up my leveling spree. xD

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And why the hell they needed to add a new server?There was no need for it,Leviathmon is far from full and there is alot more stuffs they should fix first then to add a new server...