Question regarding server split

[Fanguru]

The problem is not about the number of people on the server, it is about playstyle.
Let the competitors hoard pixels and fight each other.
Let the casuals work together and cooperate to enjoy the game.

Competitors are against it because they want casuals to marvel at them in awe and feel jealous of their pixels, but casuals do not want to deal with this annoying overbearing 10% of the population.

Happy to donate for a new rotation server.

[fastboy21]

Originally Posted by Fanguru [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The problem is not about the number of people on the server, it is about playstyle.
Let the competitors hoard pixels and fight each other.
Let the casuals work together and cooperate to enjoy the game.

Competitors are against it because they want casuals to marvel at them in awe and feel jealous of their pixels, but casuals do not want to deal with this annoying overbearing 10% of the population.

Happy to donate for a new rotation server.

Yes. But this isn't a p99 problem...its a classic EQ problem. Casuals and Raiders finding ways to share the same virtual space is part of the classic experience (tm).

[Faiding]

People really need to stop using the "it's not classic" excuse on P99. In reality, nothing about the experience on P99 is like classic EQ. And it has nothing to do with game mechanics or anything else tangible.

In classic EQ, a majority of players were new to MMOs, didn't know how to kill bosses that wouldn't even exist for years to come, didn't spec/gear their characters properly, and were running around like idiots for a week before they even achieved level 5. There also weren't fully comprehensive wikis or databases to look things up until much later.

If you want to "emulate" what EQ was like 15 years ago, you need to create rules that artificially do so (not being able to 2-box is actually a very good one). But people aren't going to like being handicapped just for the sake of austerity.

[Ravager]

Originally Posted by Byrjun [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The competitive/rotation server split idea is bad because when you base a server on one aspect of the game (such as raiding) it has a negative impact on all other aspects of the game (economy, leveling 1-59, etc).

I like grouping with "casuals," doing Sky with new guilds (IB raided with Primal and Anonymous last night) and so on. Segregating the population would be totally against the homogenous spirit of classic EverQuest.

Also remember that on live servers were about double the size that P99 is right now. If another server is ever made, it'll be long after the release of Velious (1-2 years+) and we'd probably see the current server getting some "experimental" custom content additions while a second "time line correct" classic server would open.

You could just as easily play both servers simultaneously like you can on blue/red. That way you can have your cake and eat it too. Server split is not a bad idea.

[Daldaen]

Server split would be cool.

But with the high burnout rate of 16-hour wall staring and 3AM Maestro kills, you will see guilss struggling for numbers, especially if there is no way to transfer between the servers. Would eventually die off if not enough new blood to fill their ranks. Would be even more of a ghost town than red.

[brecon]

I don't really want to see a server split....what I'd love to see is a brand new blue server. There are so many long-standing players on this blue server that it is very top heavy and twink heavy. It would be great to start the experience fresh.

I wrote that I'd like to see a progression server...but in fact that's not true. It would be cool to have a fresh server with kunark and velious content, and you'd see xp groups and loot camps throughout the entire world. Plus a progression server would be a ton of work (though undoubtedly attractive).

[Fanguru]

Originally Posted by Daldaen [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Server split would be cool.

But with the high burnout rate of 16-hour wall staring and 3AM Maestro kills, you will see guilss struggling for numbers, especially if there is no way to transfer between the servers. Would eventually die off if not enough new blood to fill their ranks. Would be even more of a ghost town than red.

I share this opinion. But we do not know for sure and that would basically show that the 10% of Class C feeds on the rest of the server and the majority prefers cooperation.

[Daldaen]

I just find it funny that Class C is against this.

They want to reap the benefits of a large, casual server (thriving economy, groups in all sorts of zones, abilities to raid with them in planes etc.)

But they are vehemently opposed to expanding the raid scene to be more inclusive to the ever increasing casual raiding population.

[Buhbuh]

It all just depends on how grim you think Velious will be, pals. I know on Red99, there's gonna be some brawlin' over dragons.

We need even more competition. 4 way, 5 way guild fights. Let's be like Peter Jackson and FIVE ARMY WAR IT, BROS.

[Aadill]

Originally Posted by jcr4990 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I like how people reference how Live servers had 2k players and think that's a valid point.

Did you guys forget P99 has been on Kunark for like 4 years? I bet out of those 2k players prolly 60% of them or more never reached max lvl before Luclin. I don't know the exact stats but I'd wager P99 has a higher % of the population at max lvl or at least 50+ crowding all the same zones/good camps. It's not even CLOSE to a fair comparison and you're dumb if you think it is. Not to mention there's a lot of basically untouched zones in P99 that had way more action back on Live cause ppl didn't know any better that the exp/loot wasn't worthwhile compared to other places.

0-4 people in Kaesora, Droga, Nurga, and Dalnir and 12-30 people in CoM, 24-40 people in KC, and 20-40 people in Sebilis is EXACTLY where Kunark was right before Velious came out during peak hours. That's about what I've see on /w just about any night of any week.