Hi, I'm a new player and wanted to share my opinion on why the reward exp for the stages need changing. When playing gMS and eMS over the years everyone always did the PQ up until the boss. I was disappointed when the only parties here I could find made everyone quit at end of stage 3. It sucks for new players want nostalgia and need the reward items. When I advertised and recruited for my own boss PQ (which took a long time), some people complained and just quit after stage 3 anyway.
Most people rush because they just want to level up quickly, and have no desire to experience the whole PQ...cultural issue, so you can't compare to GMS or EMS, although that defeats the point of "nolstagic".
Rush LPQ is more stable. If someone dies or disconnects with tickets, you have to quit and start over. You need at least 5 people to do the box stage before the boss and then you always get players who jump into the golem pit. There's no broken glasses (yet) and the rewards for completing an LPQ are pretty lackluster.
they should add broken glasses or some better reward/exp cuz rush lpq =/= nostalgia , which this server is apparently all about
At the times that the server is stable enough and not having players dc frequently, I still want to believe that doing full pq is more efficient if everyone is familiar enough with the pq (C'mon guys i assume almost everyone played ludi pq in the olden days, this server called nostalgic server for a reason), and don't make stupid mistake and waste time unnecessarily. Stage 5 will not take too long. Stage 8 will takes a while, but if everyone is cooperative and move fast and efficiently, 12345, 12346...it won't take long. The last stage A Crack In The Dimension gives a much higher exp than other stage. This opinion of mine might be biased though..yes I am biased.
They should def add glasses and boost exp a bit for further stages to have more people want to do it, hopefully the new source fixes alot of issues with dcing and what not but for now Its just the way it is.