I just don't get how the devs sit idly by and have nothing to say regarding any of these comments. The board is FILLED with absolute negativity about the server, before it was a select group of VERY vocal people doing the talking-- now it has slowly grown into even the most dedicated people starting to become doubters..
A simple forum search will show you that most of the dev work is going towards releasing Velious on Blue, let's not forget that Red99 is the red headed step child of Project1999. Even the blue players are complaining about lack of content at this point, it seems like a lot to manage for the current staff and they don't seem very trustworthy of new additions to their team which causes a problem.
History has shown that the devs have attempted to apply the same logic on Red as they did on Blue, it just doesn't work and something needs to be done to save the pop, although I think it's too late.
Two very simple questions to this problem that can fix it with minimal effort:
What can the devs do to promote new players joining the server??
A: Increase XP by A LOT, even if it's just weekend based.. it needs to be done. Most of the people that played classic EQ are grown ass adults now with different priorities, and have been changed to expect WoW type EXP and progression, nobody especially new players want to grind this shit out at such a horrendous pace.
What can the devs do to bring back the 50s that quit that don't logon anymore??
A: Content, YT, Leaderboards, things that engage the population
Any further non-action from devs further reiterates the point they either just don't care, or don't have the time but boosting EXP and adding things that have been done I can't imagine take up that much time...
Server pop is <30 boys, what's it going to be.. keep doing what you've been doing and expecting different results is insanity.. we just don't think you care anymore but am surprised that you don't take any onus on yourselves with the population dropping so drastically, like it or not your name is attached to the project.
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