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Hi all i took a break from AO about 8 months ago to play WOW and now i find myself wanting more. I am thinking about comming back to AO but ive read some disturbing things in the last 6 months. So my question are...
1 Have the in # of subscribers droped much(PAYING subscribers) ??
2 Has the,if any,drop in subscribers caused it to b harder to get a ely or ado heck team as i asume this is still the best way to lvl.
3 How does the new SL missions effect leveling ?? do they take people away from grinding hecks?? is the XP from SL missions comparable to grinding hecks to lvl in XP/hour ???
4 has the XP on RK been changed to b more comparable to SL leveling??
5 any major changes i should know about??(like NTs being more end game useful)
6 Does anybody know if my charactors will still b on my account since its been 8 months???
Tks in advance to all comments and advise =)
I mainly play a DOC so teaming in important to me as well as a good guild.

Drakthanis wrote:Hi all i took a break from AO about 8 months ago to play WOW and now i find myself wanting more. I am thinking about comming back to AO but ive read some disturbing things in the last 6 months. So my question are...
1 Have the in # of subscribers droped much(PAYING subscribers) ??
2 Has the,if any,drop in subscribers caused it to b harder to get a ely or ado heck team as i asume this is still the best way to lvl.
3 How does the new SL missions effect leveling ?? do they take people away from grinding hecks?? is the XP from SL missions comparable to grinding hecks to lvl in XP/hour ???
4 has the XP on RK been changed to b more comparable to SL leveling??
5 any major changes i should know about??(like NTs being more end game useful)
6 Does anybody know if my charactors will still b on my account since its been 8 months???
Tks in advance to all comments and advise =)
I mainly play a DOC so teaming in important to me as well as a good guild.

1 - Somewhat but the difference is not noticable the weekends, when everyone and their momma plays.

2 - Almost the same, just a bit harder to get teams because now there are MORE people doing hecks in Ely and Ado than before, so it has become more competitive.

3 - Hecks still on the top list, the quests have been mostly ignored by the vets.

4 - That will NEVER happen, SL is meant to give you better XP because it is a harder enviroment...but it balances because you can get better armor and weapons to make it there. I doubt RK xp ratio will ever change.

5 - Professions are pretty much the same, some bugs related to them was fixed (but not all mind you). Overall the balance is the same as 8 months ago.

6 - So a search on the People of Rubi-Ka page for your toons, if they are there, it means they exist.

Docs are one of the best prof to be, every team loves to have one!