three servers

[Kevynne]

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

This is actually a clever idea.

The point that you don't want to take resources away from Velious is valid, and you don't, but looking at Blue 1999 right now:

* Server was in classic longer than the original timeline
* Server has been in Kunark far past the timeline

This is no fault of the devs, they're doing an amazing job even giving us this place to play on, but it is what it is.

Mudflation is pretty crazy, and population is climbing steadily (the fact that SOE isn't opening another progression server with the anniversary will see another population bump here).

To the point where a third server becomes a viable option, as long as it doesn't draw away dev time for Velious.

I think a 'green' server (tagged RP), would be enough of a cosmetic difference to blue (which will always be seen as the top tier server), so that both populations would be sustainable.

Those that have too much invested in blue 99 would stay, while those looking for the 'brand new' experience would move across.

To be fair, the perfect time to launch said server would be with the release of Velious.

Let Blue99 have Velious enabled, with the uber guilds going crazy to conquer the expansion, then at the same time release a server (with either classic or classic+kunark) that's on the original patch release timeline.

Should fragment the playerbase enough to make sure both servers are healthy, without compromising the goals of the project.

[Lostprophets]

hmm,
I could only see this work if it did something like the following..

P99 BLUE Competition "FTE" Server
P99 BLUE ROTATION (NO Variance) Server (Letting blue players transfer to this server if they wished)

This would let people relive classic for what each remember it for...some servers had respected rotations, some had competition/racing servers...and it's clear we've got a split community on this one.

[planeofdreams]

I would be so down for an RP flagged server, but I don't know anything about what it would do for the health of the current one.