Ok let's put it this way.
What's the point of leveling if you can't start farming what you want until you level?
That's boring right there.
Maybe not to those who have not played OS.
Yet most of us have played through OS and gotten +50 (before ep5)
I had a 60 um priest in full goddess anor (helm too) almost fully linked and all pieces [6] and above.
You really think I want to farm that **** again for how long it took?
Hell no.
Leveling is by far the worst part to put in a private server.
Here's how private server leveling works: You grind alone or you are power leveled.
Private servers aren't big enough to have grinding parties anymore.
You may get lucky and have that once in awhile. Yet it's still boring as hell.
You can create a very successful server without leveling at all.
I can easily do it.
Yet shall I point it out again?
All these dumbass people think that adding instant pvp with a single custom sword and full donation based item mall will get them 1000 players instantly.
Which is what most servers now are.
Why? Because people are stupid and lack imagination.
The key to a successful server is having imagination added to your drops, quests, and pvp.
Yes you can do more to pvp than making it instant -.-
You people have no idea what you are ******** about right now.
"Oh yea I hate instant servers!" "I hate instant pvp servers with free items"
Yet you don't realize HOW MANY TIMES PEOPLE HAVE LISTEN TO YOUR **** REQUESTS.
What happens when these servers are made?
"QQ leveling is too slow!" "QQ gear is too hard to get!" "QQ! Someone plvl me!"
"QQ adm make exp rate higher!" "QQ adm! People are better geared than me in pvp! Make me get gear easy!"
QQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQQ <- that's all that shows up -.-
Anyone that says I'm wrong...build the server these people are asking for and send me the chat logs after a week so I can point out every single complaint.
Thanks.