I think Rogean prides himself on not wiping pixels and I can respect that as building trust with your community. That being said doing a pvp approach similar to what green 99 is doing could be wise. The difference is, you'll never maintain a healthy population on a PVP server, but you can keep it "alive" (not one guild alone in the world farming end game) by allowing two-boxing. PVP by its nature isolates the number of parties you can group and explore the world with, this means melee classes are highly undesirable unless part of a poop-sock guild. Casual players and smaller guilds simply cannot compete in this one box classic XP environment. There is nothing inherent that makes it unethical to two-box if the server rules acknowledge it as allowed based on a low population making leveling impossible for certain classes.
I push so hard for this because it kept the PVP scene alive for so many in the 2007-2011 era. For Red99 I really wanted to play a melee, but I basically felt forced into playing a necro/caster class to keep up with my guild as my schedule did not permit me to join the melee groups at optimal hours. That was the reality of Red99 launch. Get in a melee train or get left behind, or level a class that can solo.
Long rant but I think a P99 certified 2 boxing PVP server would create a resurgence we haven't had in a decade.
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