[thufir]

OP, back in the day Xegony generally had 2k+ on at prime time, which this server never even gets close to. So it isn't more crowded than it was on Live during this era.

It also seems pretty *easy* to break into the raid scene here - not hard. On Live very few guilds had the chops to do the really tough stuff and their membership was carefully gated. That same stuff is all well known now, and a lot of guilds are doing it. Many of those guilds are recruiting actively.

I've been here for 2+ years on and off and am not even close to the level cap, but I have generally enjoyed my time here and sort of agree with the "if you don't like it, sorry man, have a good one" attitude being expressed. I do like the idea of a recycle server and Sirken has said one will be coming eventually. But I also like the characters, adventures, and relationships I have here. It's a fine little server and no other comes closer to recreating the Classic/Kunark/Velious experience.

Of course, I still have to get to the raid scene here, and I've been pretty slow to do that since the things I missed on Live all revolved around dungeons and leveling (having foolishly made the decision on Live to take the Ecom->Nro->Oasis->LOIO->OT route to higher levels that was recommended by 90% of people I knew). There's content out there to see and most of it isn't even remotely overcrowded! Find friends and look around; there's still things to discover out there, especially in Velious where the wiki is pretty dubious.