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Originally Posted by Ooloo
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I know, it's just that I dont see any other solution that doesn't result in further and further fractioning of the p99 population, which will *ensure* the ultimate end of the project. Upsetting the few people who *only* play blue and refuse to start over would still probably be a net gain in population and an injection of fresh vitality for the whole project.
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It isn't a "few people" who only play on blue. If that was the case our population would mirror that of Red
[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] At peak hours there can be 1000 players on Blue. Unless you have any evidence to suggest the majority of the player base is boxing?
There are hundreds of players who haven't (and probably will not) switch over to Green. Removing or gimping the Blue server would just make those players quit. It isn't like they will suddenly want to roll all new characters from scratch on Green. They have had the chance for more than a year now lol.
Having hundreds of players quit wouldn't solve the population split, it would just reduce the number of people playing P99.
You are going to have another problem as well when Green 1.0 is rolled into Blue: A lot of THOSE players will not want to give up their hard earned loot (legacy items, raid items, etc.), and they will want to continue playing those characters on blue (after the merge). Those players would probably quit if they couldn't play their characters anymore.
I think everyone here would agree it is better to have two servers with 700ish players instead of one server with 700ish players
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EDIT: I think what will end up happening is the dumping server (blue) will end up having a larger population than the subsequent Green Servers. Probably something like 600 players on Green and 1.2k players on Blue. This is because all of the people who want to play their awesome characters will primarily play on Blue, and everybody who boxes blue/green, wants to progress over again, wants legacy loot, or wants double the raid targets, will roll characters on Green. I don't think this is a bad outcome to be honest, and one of the things P99 was missing for a long time was multiple servers to choose from, which was something live had. Even having 2 servers that people can play on simultaneously give both the hardcore players something to do, as well as the casuals. I am excluding Red obviously, as their sub 100 population for years shows most people are not willing to box red/blue, even before Green was released.