For me there would ideally always be 3 P99 servers up.

[Wakanda]

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

thats even worse
endless cycling and losing characters over time is not a good feeling
joining like 2 weeks before a reset? why even
not the first character to do something? why even after
statistically a realistic chance of never seeing an earth staff or white scale in a server life window? why bother
lets say you get everything you wanted and you are a server first idol but this is reset number 86? not an achievement in hindsight
pull an all nighter with some folks and accidentally sleep cycle yourself but you gained a few levels? probably wont do that again

star wars galaxies emu with each major patch wiped the server and every reincarnation had less and less players. i personally maxed out weapon and armor smithing alt... once. i was not doing the 6-8 hours of strait clicking again

Those are valid points, but we both know a ton of people would return to P99 if a new server launches. The fact that people have been anticipating a new server for years actually ties in to what you said about people not wanting to join 2 weeks before a reset. A lot of people are convinced that they should just wait for a new server at this point.

And while you may enjoy playing on a server that has been hyper-inflated, over-farmed, and trivialized, the mass majority of P99 players crave a fresh launch. The launch of P99 supports this claim, but also the population decline of all three servers, coupled with people frequently asking for when a new server will launch etc. are also solid evidence of that.

Also I would actually argue that while it may be super fun for the well established players to have a monopoly on everything, it actually discourages a lot of new or returning players because they realize it's going to take them years to catch up when in a true classic version of the game, players would never have a 15 year head-start over newer or returning players.

There's also a lot I could write about how it's kind of discouraging to be a fresh player surrounded by twinks with $200K+ worth of gear winning /random on items you actually need, but ironically in a way this is starting to finally reverse due to the lack of economy. Things like Torpor and Cloak of Flames are suddenly dramatically cheaper than they were in the past, so in that sense a fresh start is probably easier than it's ever been if you don't mind solo'ing 1-60. A couple of years ago it was pretty daunting trying to start a new character though because all your friends already had everything, and you were years behind on the grind etc.

And also the declining economy makes winning the /random on an item much less rewarding. I don't even try to /auction stuff anymore because 99% of the time there's no market for it. Just not a fun experience IMHO.