My suggestions are:
- Consider nerfing all the AoE styles (frenzy pole / Mage AoE) - many popular server had used this approach to make for more interesting pve interactions. Depends on the community feedback of course.
-Low exp rate is really popular apparently, even 1x C3 servers with single box are popular so I wouldn't be afraid to go 3x exp or even lower (1x would be cool for me too)
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