EQ and New Player Population

[Bentheb]

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

I kinda agree with Bentheb on this one. Though the content wasn't bad, it was definitely strange compared to the earlier releases. Omens was even stranger and I coudn't get past that hurdle.

till they debugged it raid content was hopelessly broken, and drove people away. not to mention Raid flagging version 1.0 when EVERYBODY had to do the full kt quest line to move on,

and the group content was so over the top for anybody that wasnt raid geared (see the 1st versions of tpt /vex) it drove those people off

[calaxa]

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

till they debugged it raid content was hopelessly broken, and drove people away. not to mention Raid flagging version 1.0 when EVERYBODY had to do the full kt quest line to move on,

and the group content was so over the top for anybody that wasnt raid geared (see the 1st versions of tpt /vex) it drove those people off

Hmmmmm....Bentheb is bringing back some bad memories of my first few days in GoD zones. My groups were elemental geared and we were having horrible time just xping in these zones. I being the enchanter was forced to charm everything for dps. Worked a for a few kills till the charm broke and I'm getting pummeled for 800 quads. I think after a month of tackling GoD content, decided to avoid completely.

I also think the massive amounts of MQ2 usage around this time certainly did a number on server population. I remember half an entire "elite" guild getting banned overnight.