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Originally Posted by PhantomRogue [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

No, you are just plain missing the point.

No amount of new Content will bring people back like you believe. If they are all level 50, then why aren't they here competing over Dragons and other stuff?

Why did they leave?

They didn't leave because there was nothing new to compete over. Why aren't they wiping other raids? THAT is what EQ was about, it was about competition. Competition over the week long respawns. Adding new content will only exacerbates the problem with the server.

You want new content because you are the big fish in a small pond. You want to extend your life. So you ask the owner to give you some more food. And you will be so happy that you will gobble up the new food without second thought. But then when there is nothing left of that food, you will again ask for more food. Eat it all, then wonder where all the food went.

When if you would understand that to give true longevity to a game, you have to balance not only end game, but a way to continually allow people to catch up and have their turn at the competition.

I swear people have no fucking idea about actual theory and logic.

In your job, if you just keep giving the CEOs more and more money (Same logic you are using for more content)... what happens? The economy COLLAPSES (hi, it just happened in IRL). But when you allow the new kids on the block, the ability and patients allow them to compete, it betters the entire economy.

You have to allow for growth of the low man on the totem pole. And EQ is NOTORIOUS for never allowing that to happen. But SoE remedied that with EXP bonus' (double exp weekends and shit) and other enhancements, Red99 hasn't.

So you can bitch and whine about new content all you want, its artificial and does NOT solve the problem. Which is people leave not because there is no content, but because there is no point in steamrolling AI. This is a PvP server, not a PvE server.