The big deal that people need to keep in mind is that Nilbog & Rogean have been doing this for a decade. They understand numbers in terms of player count, peak and off hour play, accounts made, trends in playstyles and zones used, etc. They have more raw data on pre Luclin (or even pre Velious for that matter) Everquest than anyone else left alive at this point. If the crew are rolling out a second server, keep in mind that they are convinced there are really good reasons for it.
Don't mistake my optimistic opinion as white knighting though. I still think they're dead wrong about the magician pet issue and how Verant fixed it in 24 hours when they were aware of it, and the bleached white walls of zones is still a major bummer.
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