Expansions or Reboot?

[Shawk]

I have noticed on this server that a lot of the people seem hell bent on getting highest level as fast as possible and playing endgame, that is 10% of this game, if you honestly cannot see that the journey was the game, then you won't be here much longer. If this server caters to you people bitching for more content, it will be the death of the server.

When Velious is released the main focus should be balancing and GM events to keep people interested, that is it..

Crazy how many of you have no fucking clue what classic is.

[goodle]

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

I have noticed on this server that a lot of the people seem hell bent on getting highest level as fast as possible and playing endgame, that is 10% of this game, if you honestly cannot see that the journey was the game, then you won't be here much longer. If this server caters to you people bitching for more content, it will be the death of the server.

When Velious is released the main focus should be balancing and GM events to keep people interested, that is it..

Crazy how many of you have no fucking clue what classic is.

Don't wana hate Shawk but you come off as the lvl 12 Ranger who can't find a group and is angry at all the other people soloing and leveling faster then you. People wana get high level so they can have the freedom to do whatever they want, that is the power that comes with it. Just because you love playing for an hour or so a day doesn't mean the rest of us do.

[Shawk]

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

Don't wana hate Shawk but you come off as the lvl 12 Ranger who can't find a group and is angry at all the other people soloing and leveling faster then you. People wana get high level so they can have the freedom to do whatever they want, that is the power that comes with it. Just because you love playing for an hour or so a day doesn't mean the rest of us do.

I'm level 27, I play a good 5-6 hours a day, I have no real desire to get to level 50, I love low level, My play time is probably higher then yours.

Now seeing how were assuming, let me assume something of you, you're a level 50 who is stuck in endgame content bored out of your skull because you rushed threw every level only because some part of you thinks that level 50 will fix all the problems in your pathetic existence? Just a hunch.

[anthony210]

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

I have noticed on this server that a lot of the people seem hell bent on getting highest level as fast as possible and playing endgame, that is 10% of this game, if you honestly cannot see that the journey was the game, then you won't be here much longer. If this server caters to you people bitching for more content, it will be the death of the server.

When Velious is released the main focus should be balancing and GM events to keep people interested, that is it..

Crazy how many of you have no fucking clue what classic is.

With the amount of time between expansions people are going to get bored. If you started playing in October when the server launched you could be a totally casual player and have 2 lvl 50s by now. I see it happening already and we are still many months away from Kunark.

You wanna know what will happen at Velious? Your eventually gonna get bored of eather doing nothing, or raiding the same content over and over. Then most will quit. And if you think "rebooting" the server is going to do any good you got another thing coming. The vocal minority might say they will be cool with starting all over but the majority will not be cool with it.

The reason I created this thread was to figure out if there was a plan. I dont care what the plan is but it would be nice to have an idea before we devote time into our characters. I dont want to be playing a couple years from now only to have an announcement made that they are rebooting the server and everyones characters are getting deleted.

[Shawk]

Originally Posted by anthony210 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

You wanna know what will happen at Velious? Your eventually gonna get bored of eather doing nothing, or raiding the same content over and over. Then most will quit.

I like how you make assumptions like they're fact.

You wanna know what will happen at Velious? You don't know.. neither do I, so stop creating bullshit and play the game.

If this server goes off the, "classic," trail, Which it won't, then half its population would be gone. If your crazy ass assumptions actually fall threw then a server boot after a year or two of velious would suffice.. BETTER would be is if the server dies, it dies.. if no one wants to play classic EQ anymore, then leave the game.

The issue with the live version was it catered to the masses, they all wanted new content so they gave them new content and left the old, better, content in the dust. Like I said before, if you want something to keep everyone happy then do GM or Guild events, if you really are that bored of the game you honestly shouldn't play it.

[anthony210]

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

I like how you make assumptions like they're fact.

You wanna know what will happen at Velious? You don't know.. neither do I, so stop creating bullshit and play the game.

If this server goes off the, "classic," trail, Which it won't, then half its population would be gone. If your crazy ass assumptions actually fall threw then a server boot after a year or two of velious would suffice.. BETTER would be is if the server dies, it dies.. if no one wants to play classic EQ anymore, then leave the game.

The issue with the live version was it catered to the masses, they all wanted new content so they gave them new content and left the old, better, content in the dust. Like I said before, if you want something to keep everyone happy then do GM or Guild events, if you really are that bored of the game you honestly shouldn't play it.

The issue with live was NOT new content. It was the way they added new content. Such as Bazaar, Nexus ports, PoK, etc. Most of the stuff in Luclin and PoP was enjoyed by all it was the dumbing down of the game that pissed everyone off in the end.

[lumin]

The solution to this problem is so simple I don't even know why we have to continue discussing it:

1. Update Project 1999 to Scars of Velious and stop (aka stick to the plan).
2. Start a *new* server that keeps the same hardcore mechanics, but continues to add new expansion content.

Done.
Everybody's happy.
End of story.

[Byokii]

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

The solution to this problem is so simple I don't even know why we have to continue discussing it:

1. Update Project 1999 to Scars of Velious and stop (aka stick to the plan).
2. Start a *new* server that keeps the same hardcore mechanics, but continues to add new expansion content.

Done.
Everybody's happy.
End of story.

It sounds like the simplest solution... but I would not say that it is easy. That would be twice the maintenance and work for the admins.... It would also split the player base...

[Stanlei]

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