when winter gets here...

[shaagul]

When winter gets here can we have a new server? A clean server, fresh starting out new like freshly fallen snow on the unmark ground out side kaladim?

Please. Turn that beta server into a new server starting from scratch.

[oblexsis]

They are doing a recycle server where you will be able to start fresh . People don't want the work they have done over the last 5 years just to vanish .

[maskedmelon]

Affirmative, as oblexs indicates green99 is scheduled for launch sometime following Velious' launch.

[drelk001]

I wanna do a new server in classic... I missed it :P I started playing heavily about a year ago.

[oblexsis]

I wanna do a new server in classic... I missed it :P I started playing heavily about a year ago.

My understanding is the recycle server will begin with FULL classic . That means legacy items / original plane drops etc . It then will follow the proper time line up to velious . So you will be starting with classic .

[drelk001]

My understanding is the recycle server will begin with FULL classic . That means legacy items / original plane drops etc . It then will follow the proper time line up to velious . So you will be starting with classic .
I think if they open one of those up.... thats where i would go.

[oblexsis]

What I'm wondering is the naming . So you use the same name on green as on blue , and it finally makes it to merger day . When it merges with blue do you have to pick a new name ?

Also just thought about this one . On merger what if you already have 8 characters and no slots open for a new one ?

[maskedmelon]

What I'm wondering is the naming . So you use the same name on green as on blue , and it finally makes it to merger day . When it merges with blue do you have to pick a new name ?

Also just thought about this one . On merger what if you already have 8 characters and no slots open for a new one ?

These questions have been raised, but without any additional dev input since the initial announcement we are left with little more than conjecture of "what ifs." It unsoundly that the merges will be executed similar to those in other mmos with names being retained by the oldest character and a suffix such as #### added to others with the same name.

The character count question does not seem to have an answer. I think the best solution is to utiliZe a different account for green than blue. They will after all require file swaps or different installations due to different spdar files, etc. so tying a different account to each installation would be a simple enough solution ^^

All speculation at this point though ^^

[DevGrousis]

What I'm wondering is the naming . So you use the same name on green as on blue , and it finally makes it to merger day . When it merges with blue do you have to pick a new name ?

Also just thought about this one . On merger what if you already have 8 characters and no slots open for a new one ?

They would probably just add an X at the end of your merged characters name and then they'll work on petitions to clean up name change once they have time.

This I don't know. If it were my call, I would give about a months notice saying more or less that if you want your characters merged, you need to make sure you have room in your character select screen or else the Green chars will be wiped.

[DetroitVelvetSmooth]

2 edged sword - population of blue halved or worse as anyone under level 52 mass exoduses to green. Gonna suck, who am I going to hand out staves of sheilding and golem rings to

[Daldaen]

They would probably just add an X at the end of your merged characters name and then they'll work on petitions to clean up name change once they have time.

This I don't know. If it were my call, I would give about a months notice saying more or less that if you want your characters merged, you need to make sure you have room in your character select screen or else the Green chars will be wiped.

This is what they did on live.

"Clever" people made Alts named Buttse on both servers and when the server forced an X onto the end of one of the names they kept that toon.

Lots of petitions resulted from people getting X's added onto the end of their name.

I think if you had more than 8 on a merging server they deleted the lowest levels and kept all the highest.

The most logical thing would be to just make your green characters on a new account entirely.

[Clark]

In three years.

[Ezalor]

is the new server supposed to be a 1-time thing? or something that is constantly cycled and merged into blue?

[Issar]

is the new server supposed to be a 1-time thing? or something that is constantly cycled and merged into blue?

Cycled

[Swish]

I thought beta was becoming the PvP teams server... I hope that doesn't get benched :/

[oblexsis]

I thought beta was becoming the PvP teams server... I hope that doesn't get benched :/

I think beta teams is still on the table . Next project after getting velious up from what I understand.

[iruinedyourday]

My understanding is the recycle server will begin with FULL classic . That means legacy items / original plane drops etc . It then will follow the proper time line up to velious . So you will be starting with classic .

its gonna feel so good for us late comers..

Im going to save money so i can play 24hrs a day

[Bolix]

This is what they did on live.

"Clever" people made Alts named Buttse on both servers and when the server forced an X onto the end of one of the names they kept that toon.



Damn, i thought i was going to be the first person that thought of doing that :(

[Dac321]

I see this Green99 working once. Honestly.. Only because, most people have already done it already on blue.

Just my opinion.

[Swish]

I see this Green99 working once. Honestly.. Only because, most people have already done it already on blue.

Just my opinion.

Some might say it'll just be 400-500 people queuing for guise/manastone/etc camps.

Others will disagree I'm sure.

[curtischoy]

Wait, wait, wait.

So this server would start off as just original EQ with no expansions, be on a set timeline to release Kunark and Velious, then after some time your characters would get put on blue, then the server would start over from original EQ?

If that is so, that is amazing.

I have never been able to play on just original EQ (progression server on Live was not at all the same). I started Live about a month after Kunark and I started here a little less than two years ago. Even if this is a few years down the road, I am excited.

[PDX0621]

"Clever" people made Alts named Buttse on both servers and when the server forced an X onto the end of one of the names they kept that toon.

This is incredible.

[DevGrousis]

Wait, wait, wait.

So this server would start off as just original EQ with no expansions, be on a set timeline to release Kunark and Velious, then after some time your characters would get put on blue, then the server would start over from original EQ?

If that is so, that is amazing.

I have never been able to play on just original EQ (progression server on Live was not at all the same). I started Live about a month after Kunark and I started here a little less than two years ago. Even if this is a few years down the road, I am excited.



Yep! Devs here are really killing it! I'd love to be able to pay a little subsciption to get these guys paid! I guess our donations will have to do!

I'm excited for this, and I can't wait to get going. Just can't decide which class I'm going to start! Sounds like a great new thread subject!

[shaagul]

So after 7 years i get my green toons merged to blue? with all the stuff? This is a strange idea. Why not a separate server that lives on with its own population.