I will put my two cents in. I started relatively close to the beginning of the server; it was fun and nostalgic but not quite the same as Classic. And it wasn't due to mechanics. It was because this is not 1999 and I'm not 15 years old with no responsibility, all doe-eyed with zero EQ knowledge.
A new server would fracture the population. There would be a few weeks of that tingly nostalgic feel for some players running around in a packed newbie zone, but the gap between the hardcore players and the player that gets a few hours a week would widen quickly and with half the population of Blue now, the world would start to feel pretty empty. I played when peak population was 3-400. It was barren. And it wouldn't take long before that electrum/silver jewelry would be passed over.
Anyway, I doubt I said anything that someone else hasn't already posted in the thread.
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