Armchair quarterbacking isn't too far off from complaining.
The changes in the past month have been great, but the population had already bottomed out. The server itself has almost everything that a classic red EQ server should have, though.
Anyway, if you hand me the driver's keys (repeatedly, after I throw them back at you several times) here's what I do:
1.) Hot zones (XP). Someone suggested this in another thread, and it is the single best suggestion anyone else has made on this forum. What better way to funnel the low population into the same area and placate the casuals who hate the exp rate here? Active low-mid level pvp might make a comeback.
2.) Prep Kunark and hype the shit out of it. Set a date well in advance. A wipe has too many drawbacks, so this is the next best thing to spike interest and pull players back in.
3.) Consider implementing hard-coded teams. This would break up guilds and piss a few people off, sure, but that change would probably good one for the long-term health of the server. I've never been very high on FFA. RZ was my least favorite of the four red servers (and the least popular). One guild always rises to the top and dominates. Even with just a 2 team setup -- lighties versus darkies -- you ensure better balance there and draw the lines pretty clearly for players to ally or band together.
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