So how many of you will really go to green?

[Xallis]

paying for 3 phone lines so you can talk to people while playing is definitely classic

[Mblake81]

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

paying for 3 phone lines so you can talk to people while playing is definitely classic

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It's why we only have a single chat box, they figured we would be chatting on the phone with people around the globe.

One of the reasons frequently cited for the decline of the genre is the contemperaneous rise of social media. It's become a truism to assert that turn-of-the-century MMORPGs were the social media of their day. For many people, playing an online game provided their first and for a while their only experience of talking in real time to friends and strangers around the world.

This is entirely true. What's less well-reported, I think, is the focus the primitive technology of the late 20th and very early 21st centuries brought to the mix. In those increasingly difficult to remember days we tended to do one thing at a time. Well, perhaps not one. Fewer, though. Certainly fewer. If you played EverQuest you had to concentrate on that. There were consequences if you let your attention slide. Corpse runs. Experience loss. Misery and despair.

More than that, the game itself resisted distraction. You could not tab out to look something up on Allakhazam let alone check your email. EverQuest could not be windowed. It used all your screen space and all your processing power. You played it until you'd had enough then you closed the program and did something else.

[gl0ri0s0]

Never played a druid, necro or enchanter in all my years of playing. Even retail. But come green I will have a druid & necro. Still skeered to play chanter. Too much responsibility..... [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[LordMorbos]

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

Quitting blue to play green is absolutely no different from quitting EQ (whatever year that was) and eventually playing blue. It's no different from quitting one game and playing another, and believe me I've played a ton of MMOs. Anyone saying otherwise is a pixel obsessed elflord. It might be annoying for people just starting blue, but if you read what the project was about it should have been obvious that green was coming soon. Your reward for restarting is getting to play a fresh server with no bullshit.

Giving up your twink gear and groups full of twinks isn't a sacrifice.

It's classic.

[Throatseeker]

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

I strongly suspect most people will try Green. I also strongly suspect that many of the people who do think they're going to stick with Green, but won't, because they'll realize how much better of a game Blue is.

A fresh economy sounds great, but when you're running around with a rusty tin pot on your head and a branch you found on the ground, with an ugly UI that doesn't tell you your pet health or exact mana or XP ... not to mention the fact that Green is going to just be a mess for the first couple months ... I really think a lot of the "I'm going Green" camp is going to come back to Blue.

So to me the really interesting question isn't "how many are going to try Green?", it's how many are going to stick with it past the first couple months. I really think the "better game" is going to win over "more classic" game for a lot of people (and again, a lot of the people that think they want a more classic game).

You think you do but you don't....sounds familiar. :P

[Natewest1987]

Strictly from the perspective of someone who watches the forums but wouldn’t touch blue, period, I’m coming for green and only green.

[Quinas]

I initially said I wouldn't focus much on Green (and wrote about it). But a few months away from Blue has meant my connection to those characters is slightly less strong, and I am ready for a new challenge.

Also I logged into my Ench last night and noticed a hotbar gone so I'd basically have to change my muscle memory anyway now. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] Might as well reroll right??

[Chortles Snort|eS]

if u no QuiT bLuE foR gReeN
u R no aBouT eVeQueSt

[Gustoo]

I think the only people with anything to lose is folks closing in on BIS status on blue, who really care about that.

For everyone else I don't see how green has a downside and it's a once in a blue moon experience.

[Deathrydar]

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

I think the only people with anything to lose is folks closing in on BIS status on blue, who really care about that.

For everyone else I don't see how green has a downside and it's a once in a blue moon experience.

If there are more than 1500 players online at one time, that is a true downside!