On the actual topic of this thread, one has only to read the forums for a couple years as I have to see many good reasons for a wipe, not even counting the good points made here on bugs and exploits.
I remember when people swore they would never ever stop playing EQ because of the hundreds of hours, then later thousands of hours of their life they put into it.
Some people stay in a bad marriage forever, cause they are afraid to let go. Too much of their life invested in it.
I don't support a wipe, I don't want to force anyone to do anything. But if a new server was released, if it was as simple as creating a new instance of software like SQL server for example, the. I would gladly play and donate for server costs. Many others would too.
I also think that many people who have given up on P99 would come back and play.
I never heard a good reason against a new server. Has it been contemplated but there were no volunteers to work on dev and donate so that it would be no extra effort for current developers?
I think a lot of people are flat against the idea cause they would lonely on the old stale blue with their stable of geared lvl 60's. Even if I did not want to play a fresh new classic eq server, I would not be so ... Almost hostile against the idea for others to have fun on.
Now I can already hear people say, go make your own emu! Play the other Emu!
Take a deep breath and think before you say that. I believe the devs and volunteers here have made an awesome thing and think it foolish to try to start over and recreate the wheel.
In the end it's thier server to with as they please and players are free to play or not to play. I think everyone realizes that but please save you fingers. Unless you really enjoy spewing the same stuff without reasonable discussion on a topic, in that case feel free to continue. I can easily scroll past to the good reading on both sides of the topic.
For now I am just eagerly awaiting the possibly of a teams PvP server at some point in the future and will make a point to free up 10-20 hours a week to help test, even though my life seldom allows me to spend that much time playing games these days.
ps I have really enjoyed my time playing p99 blue and now red and am most thankful for all who have made that possible no matter what the future holds.
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