Unfortunately after a few months you'd probably end up with TMO v2.0 (or with similarities)... new starters would be king of the hill! Woohooo! GREAT!
OK, now you've split the server population either in half or at least screwed up what is already a quiet server. At this point the "race to 60" people have hit 60, and either started raiding (if it's doable with the new server population) or gone back to the old server where they had many more pixels, more cash and didn't have to try as hard.
Meanwhile a raiding guild on Server 2 would probably dominate another, there might be a merger but you'd certainly end up with that Guild 1 screws Guild 2 over again and in 2-3 years... here we are again with another bunch of people asking for a 3rd server because they weren't kings of Server 2.
By then Rogean would probably have to merge Server 2 into Server 1 to keep one looking healthy if Server 3 (realistically the new Server 2) gets launched.
Overall:-
1. P99 Red wasn't a success - I'm sure this will have dented the confidence of the devs.
2. There's not enough of a population to support 2 healthy servers at the moment - and in a year after launch numbers on both could resemble P99 red if people can't get groups due to their level (we struggle here as it is sometimes, don't we?).
3. There's other EQ emu servers on the list (EZserver, The Hidden Forest, etc) so alternatives are already available even if there are differences in content). Perhaps you could try those if you're bored or need a change of scene.
4. Many other niggling issues - 2-boxing, RMTs, GM support (can you clone an Amelinda?), etc.
...feel free to disagree, but I think you'll send P99 to an early grave if a new server opens.
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