SoD 2.0...?

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Glenn Frog

Dalayan Beginner
Been out of the loop for a while (roughly one year+). Was trying to catch up on threads and stuff and I've read that there was a massive update to basically change the way the raiding system works. I'm not sure if I understand completely what changed. This is what I remember:

-Legacy used to roll with 25ish people to raid, have the numbers been limited in a raid group?
-I have read about the Codex of Power and the five volumes, I'm not eligible for another 100aas so that's a neat little addition.
-Has aaxp gotten easier to grind out in general? Not counting zone bonuses and such.


Thanks!

Glenn Frog - 65 monk
Zeph - 65 cleric
 
In short, yes, 18 man limit on raids. Here's a basic rundown of what SoD 2.0 basically means:
http://forum.shardsofdalaya.com/index.php?topic=10132.0


In case you'd like a link about the Codex of Power:
http://forum.shardsofdalaya.com/index.php?topic=14039.0


As for AAXP, I'd give a "kinda, yeah, a little" answer, because zone bonus do have an effect.
(1) New Zones: The Rust and Highkeep, for example, help to keep exp fresh, and are pretty good experience.
(2) New Area Bonus: Yeah, this can turn into and Old Area Penalty, but it takes quite a while before you actually get to a level of "overall penalty", where you've been penalized more exp than you've gained. With additional zones, assuming you use a lot of zones, this should be an overall good thing.
 
Long periods of absence reset old area penalties, worth noting. From what I have been told, after a year off it should all be 25% new area bonus for you now.


Raids are 18 man with a cap of 3 of any particular class. All mobs have been retuned to this level of encounter.

AA xp has a 10% bonus in level 63, 20 in 64, 30 in 65 and the first 50 AAs have a further bonus also. (iirc)

Tome of knowledge has tons of info and the wiki does too. Hope some of this helps.
 
Danku said:
Long periods of absence reset old area penalties, worth noting. From what I have been told, after a year off it should all be 25% new area bonus for you now.
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Do you have some reference for this?
 
I came back after being gone for 9 months and was back at 25% everywhere. However, it may not have been that period of time and may have been some other event during the absence that led to a general resetting of bonuses, I suppose.
 
I have made the comment a few times in chat channels about the reset. It almost seemed like every time the server was patched for awhile, that the zones would reset for me. I even asked some of the 'higher ups' about it being possibly bugged or something, but never gained a response that indicated it was anything of the sort.

If you want any proof: Just ask for my magi's info and go kill some orcs in North Waste. (either magi) You know I *never* have hunted those zones at all...
:psyduck:

I haven't hunted with them in awhile, so it should have reset again by now.
 
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19 hours of solitaire, that is sad.
 
BranFlakes said:
I have made the comment a few times in chat channels about the reset. It almost seemed like every time the server was patched for awhile, that the zones would reset for me. I even asked some of the 'higher ups' about it being possibly bugged or something, but never gained a response that indicated it was anything of the sort.

If you want any proof: Just ask for my magi's info and go kill some orcs in North Waste. (either magi) You know I *never* have hunted those zones at all...
:psyduck:

I haven't hunted with them in awhile, so it should have reset again by now.
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That's true. I have hunted extensively in places like Kedge (I was down to 0% bonus), then didn't visit them in a while. I was back to 25% exp bonus for about 10 kills last time.
 
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