Will there be new hot zones soon??Follow

We can only hope

Of December...so they are LATE? December 14, 2011 to be exact.

Edited, Jan 7th 2013 8:15am by Vinney

I meant to say of December... no need to get uppity good sir.

A much better solution would be to rotate the zones from one day to another, to mix it up a bit.

They could even just use zones that have already been used in the past, and then they wouldn't even have to implement new quests.

Tat

It does boggle the mind how long they wait before changing hot zones. It's hard to believe it's much work at all to change the XP modifier for the zones selected to be "hot." Changing them even as often as 3 months would, IMO, provide a great boost for people to see zones that are new to them---or "fresh" since they haven't been there in ages---and a major incentive for existing advanced players to roll new toons just to level up in fun interesting zones that provide a motivationing XP bonus.

I do think since the last batch of hot zones were mostly all from the same expansion (The Serpent's Spine), if they continue this trend they're kinda limited with what sets of zones they can choose. That expansion was one of the few with zones suitable for every level from #1-up and there aren't many xpacs like that. I have a feeling the lack of similar options probably is one of the major reasons for the long delay in installing a new set of hot zones.

I was thinking that Kunark would be a great continent to draw a new set of hot zones but I notice looking at the hot zone history they've used Kunark a lot in the past. In fact, the very first set was all Kunark.

So the mystery lies in where from shall be drawn the next set of hot zones!

It would be nice if they would throw in some bigger HZs, trying to get through BFR at level is a pain in the neck with how many people are in there. 3 groups on the bottom and 3 on 2nd floor make it a little tough to find room to solo if there is no one lfg =P

That and these HZs are getting pretty old after a year now =\

Totally this. His example of BFR, and also Vergalid, are some prime examples of zones that are too small for hot zones, IMO. Make em big, and have room for all who are interested.

In the current set, Direwind and Steppes aren't bad. Lots of room, lots of camps.

One weird thing though, with the current crop. Sunderock is the level 60 zone, and Steppes is the level 65. But from my experience, Steppes is an easier zone, especially for chars in that level range.

Tat

Doesn't Old Seb have an xp boost (beyond being indoors) like Acrylia Caverns and Paludal Caverns?


I could be totaly wrong of course.

Changing hot zones every day is a non-starter in my mind. Players get set up in a camp and accustomed to the pulling and fighting routine, they don't want to have to leave it a day later. But "rotating" once a month, say, works in my book.

Don't expect new hot zones until the summer, at the earliest. If you're asking 'why', think about what happens between now and the summer. You have the anniversary events (that for some reason always require some big convoluted quest series and raids) and Phase 2 of RoF (you didn't think the full expansion had been released, did you?). The dev team is only like five people nowadays (most of the better people have been moved to EQNext) so they don't have a lot to work with.