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Old 06-05-2012, 08:05 PM
PhantomRogue PhantomRogue is offline
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Originally Posted by Dullah [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]
Server was fine at 200 players but still had too many other problems, and they weren't experience related. There were plenty of people 40-50 back in Jan-Feb, and still enough population to find groups to level.

Emu servers of old games, no matter how great, will only have so many players pass through them. Theres never going to be a steady stream of new players after the first few months unless its for new content like Kunark. You just gotta give players a reason to stick around.
This is completely not true. If you build it, they will come. There are plenty of people who pick up and play on Blue99. That is part of the reason the server stays at a good 200-250 population. Because its accessible with a solid population.

This server, with a few modifications, can have VERY good longevity. It just takes people to compromise.

You have to make it so people can level up and join the 50s or 60s, not just keep bribing the max levels back every 6 months to kill some pixels, and quit again.