New server announced yet?

[Issar]

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

probably surmising (correctly, imo) that such a move would turn blue 99 into a ghost town until the re-merge.

Then why spin up a new server for Discord? That's like saying, "We want to create a new server, but we don't want anyone to play on it because we fear the blue server numbers would dip." Seems like a waste of resources, right? Kinda like that Red server over there...

[thufir]

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

Then why spin up a new server for Discord? That's like saying, "We want to create a new server, but we don't want anyone to play on it because we fear the blue server numbers would dip." Seems like a waste of resources, right? Kinda like that Red server over there...

1) discord has substantially different rules from red server, and thus is not simply offering the same product / dividing the numbers they have
2) red is dead anyway; this is a chance to breathe some life into EQ PvP

[Issar]

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

1) discord has substantially different rules from red server, and thus is not simply offering the same product / dividing the numbers they have
2) red is dead anyway; this is a chance to breathe some life into EQ PvP

Making an extremely less forgiving environment where people will be pushed away from the server even faster than Red already does, doesn't exactly scream "breathing new life." [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] It certainly won't attract new players.

I disagree with the idea of spinning up the Green server will divide the players. I'm guessing a large percentage of bluebies will start playing on Green when/if it goes live. So yes, the population of blue will decline... somewhat. However, they're still living on the same hardware, so they're not exactly leaving. In fact, a Green server that occurs on the live timeline will most certainly attract new players and retirees of P99. Not to mention, players will be able to box a Green toon and a Blue toon, so it's not like Blue will become a ghost town.

The proclaimed goal of P99 is to recreate EverQuest's classic era as closely as possible to the original. Launching the game on the classic timeline is necessary to achieve this goal. Being that the true classic timeline has a shelf life means that this server should as well. Blue has a significant amount of hours played of player investment and there's no reason that it should be wiped to achieve the goal, which is where the Green server comes in.