p99 needs a recruitment drive.

Talgurin · #1 10-01-2011, 12:39 AM

Between the recent Cheater Holocaust (no complaints) and the new PvP server that is siphoning away players from the main server, peak players have dropped from 1000 people to about 600 people.

This population hit has made it harder for me to find groups among other things. The game gets kinda lame when most zones are unpopulated.

What I'll be doing and you can do also:

- Contacting old guildmates on EQ live
- /tell to people I know from Fippy Darkpaw, unsatisfied with Shadows of Luclin eventually being released which will kill the classic feel of that server.
- Mentioning it among gamers on different games / forums who have never played EQ before

With some effort maybe numbers can return to what they were before.

TG

SyanideGas · #2 10-01-2011, 12:46 AM

I say we make a trailer on youtube and put a SHITLOAD of tags in the description and whatnot. Its gotta be a badass trailer though thats what always gets my attention :P

Talgurin · #3 10-01-2011, 12:57 AM

I'm a video editor for a living you can post cool shit from EQ on youtube and I can grab it with keepvid.com and make it into something, just PM me with clips

SyanideGas · #4 10-01-2011, 01:45 AM

That sounds good if i can find a nice video recorder,probably a free one cause i dont feel like paying for anything lol. Then im totally for it.

hotstud · #5 10-01-2011, 02:23 AM

Primary problem with promoting P99 is that you have to get the client yourself. This means you can't make a guide on how to come play here for free, you have to tell them to get a copy of Titanium themselves.. and at that point 90% of people go play WoW.

Also real promotion is a lot of work or money. This is the second major problem.

No way to play game without paying for client? Not interested says most people.

SyanideGas · #6 10-01-2011, 02:35 AM

put* lol spelling is shit at these hours

vinx · #7 10-01-2011, 02:40 AM

Id be careful with that...
your not suppose to promote pirates on EQ they dont come out until LoY!!

SyanideGas · #8 10-01-2011, 02:45 AM

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Id be careful with that...
your not suppose to promote pirates on EQ they dont come out until LoY!!

hehe

Charball · #9 10-01-2011, 02:51 AM

I heard somewhere somehow if you really look hard (sarcasm) you can find a full version of titanium on...the...INTARWEBS! I agree with the notion though, more peeps for p99. Maybe some sort of recruit a friend thing could be done? I don't know shit about programming or balancing games but I think that there would be some way to offer incentives to the recruiter and recuitee.

Talgurin · #10 10-01-2011, 03:22 AM

It only took me 30 mins to first get my Titanium client...

I think a recruit a friend thing wouldn't be a bad idea, if the GMs did some announcements about something like that it would be useful to get more players on the server.

I'm wondering a little bit if releasing the PvP server right now was the best timing given the already decreased population...