Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Zombie XP Isn't Undead...It's Dead

So Zombies in the Zombie Apocalypse are worth only 25% of what a normal mob of the same con is worth. That is really cruddy. A white con Zombie is worth the same as a green con minion. And they're harder to kill than a green con minion, too. That's awful.

So some say that the fact you kill them on Zombie teams really fast generates nice XP. I say take that team and go beat up on some green cons...the XP is the same. In fact, it's better since the green cons die quicker. Sorry, but even on a team, the Zombies are giving pitiful XP. That same team can go do a mission and generate far more XP and get a mission complete bonus to boot.

I've also heard that "It can't always be about XP. The event is fun so the XP doesn't matter!" Rewards are good. Fun is better. Fun plus rewards is best! Just because it's fun doesn't mean it shouldn't give XP.

A third argument I've heard is that the event gives no debt, therefore gives no XP. You know what? Leave debt on and give us normal XP. There's no reason not to and the Zombies will seem even more dangerous. And what is debt these days anyway? A pale shadow of its former self. It barely exists.

I love the red sky (it looks better on redside due to no war walls), I love the music that plays when an Apocalypse starts, I love the way the Zombies look and sound. I love that they can give you a tough fight. But they give you no XP, aside from token XP. There's no good reason why they shouldn't.

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