Red is pathetic. It needs DRASTIC changes to ever have a decent population.
The saddest part of the whole thing is there's so many of you guys that put hundreds or thousands of hours into the server. It's a tragedy.
Here's a thought: the solution to red isn't temporary increases the server population.
In it's current state, 100 more folks could come to the server and you'd still have a piece of shit box everyone would abandon in short time.
Kunark didn't help, XP bonuses didn't help, no one on blue gives a flying shit about 50%, 100%, or 500% xp bonus. If they cut the XP on blue in half, it would still have 20 times the population of red.
Stop playing on red. You 50 or so folks that love the shit out of red are whats keeping it from getting the attention it needs. Let the server pop sit at 2-5 folks for a month or so and you'll have a better chance of getting your changes/improvements you desperately need. I wish red was worth playing and truth be told, if I had started at launch, I'd be as sad and as desperate as you guys, but I didn't so I will NEVER play on it unless it gets those DRASTIC changes
Changes like:
NO PVP in EC. Probably 25% of blue's population (maybe more) only play for the trading/twinking and rerolling alts. This helps sustain a low and mid level population.
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PVP xp loss on death removed
Blue to red transfer. Even let items come over, just make it one time and maybe bar a few items (High end raiding loots?)
an ACTIVE GM- There's a shitload of candidates.
And... as a boost for the entire P1999 community, put a link up with an all in one download package that doesn't require any work on the players end other than download/install/click to play
referral rewards? for example, 10+ unique IP referrals, your name is silver on the forums, 25+ referrals, your name is golden or some variation of that. I don't know, some type of advertising solution. If the devs have no interest in advertising, atleast give the portion of the playerbase, who won't do it on their own accord, some motivation.
And that's all just recycled shit people have been saying over and over.
Point is: Red players, I feel terribly bad for you. You deserve better. I wish Red was decent so I could join you. Everything I've watched you guys try over the last 6 months or so has failed. Maybe do something different to draw the attention of the devs?
As much as you guys hate the LoZ guys, I think if you all had followed them, you'd be in better shape.
Rogean just needs to hand over the server to someone who loves the game and more importantly, the people that play it.
The last thing is, P1999 could be a game-changer for Rogean and the Devs. If they were professional and kept the community happy, I believe they would see the donations just rolling in. I can imagine a well-managed server (especially once velious and the custom content to follow hits) reaching populations of 2000 or more. No one donates because they think you guys are dicks that don't give a damn about them or what they or anyone else thinks.
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