What happened to the population?

[Haymaker]

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

Please god don't invite trolls like this.

Short answer: They left to play Blue again.

But why? Did they not want to play the classic content over again?

[Slug]

Server had 173 the other night - had 170ish in November. Pretty consistent, people who can't cut it come to the boards and cry about the dying server. It's fine.

[CallnOutTheNubs]

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

But why? Did they not want to play the classic content over again?

People with a common sence dont wanna play with known exploiters and cheaters that are caught on fraps - gms watching the whole time.

This suspended bullshit really needs to stop and give out some heavy bans for people caught cheating.

[Billbike]

Exp is to slow.

People have jobs and familys.

Pvp is funnest at 50 when fighting over big things, but considering the required investment of time, not many can endure to max level.

Atleast thats why I'm not so"immersed" or excited about it anymore.

[Lazortag]

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

Exp is to slow.

People have jobs and familys.

Pvp is funnest at 50 when fighting over big things, but considering the required investment of time, not many can endure to max level.

Atleast thats why I'm not so"immersed" or excited about it anymore.

Their goal is to make a classic server, so this doesn't make sense. That would be like telling Nilbog that eq isn't fun and he should make a classic WoW server. The objective of this project isn't to cater to what the majority wants, it's to emulate classic eq. Also, I have a life outside of eq too, and sometimes I'm so busy that I can't play for a week straight. That just means that it'll take me longer to get to 50. There's nothing wrong with that - in classic, lots of people took forever to level up. If you had dial-up and shared a computer with your two siblings it could take you over a year just to get to level 30. That's not a reason to make the exp rate faster.

Moreover I feel classic exp is necessary for the health of the server, but I'm not going to get into this now as I've already explained myself in twenty other threads already.

[Billbike]

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

Their goal is to make a classic server

Even if the price of "classic" is server death?

[Harrison]

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

People with a common sence dont wanna play with known exploiters and cheaters that are caught on fraps - gms watching the whole time.

This suspended bullshit really needs to stop and give out some heavy bans for people caught cheating.

This and solely this. ^

Anyone crying the experience is too slow is just fucking bad at this game.

PVP deaths cause what? A solo kill or two worth of xp loss? Grow a pair and nut up.

Cheaters, publicly, just get a slap on the wrist. This is severely detrimental to the server's health. Everything else is just vztzjects whining. The majority of the population that has an IQ above pond scum, is playing and enjoying it.