Is the server overpopulated? Or is it something more?

[fadetree]

Originally Posted by sulpher01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yea they tried this in vanguard... was horrible.

I didn't think so. There were some horrible things about Vanguard, but that wasn't one of them in my opinion.

[myriverse]

Nothing in the thread that hasn't been proposed before, and the devs aren't going to do it.

[Champion_Standing]

Stole this idea from me but I'll support it anyway

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

They need to launch a Wipe 99 server where it is just automatically wiped every 6 months.

[SenoraRaton]

I play classic. This is only my second character on p99, and I'm not rich, nor twinked. I'm camping in Qeynos sewers for a quest weapon on my cleric. Its likely I will never reach raid level, but the journey to the top is what is the fun part for me. If your not happy with the twinks, and the raiding schedule I suggest you find a different game, or learn to play this game differently. Go camp things that make no sense, get together friends and go group in weird zones, pretend like the top isn't the answer... Intentional inefficency maximizes enjoyment?

[Ivory]

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

If your not happy with the twinks, and the raiding schedule I suggest you find a different game, or learn to play this game differently. Go camp things that make no sense, get together friends and go group in weird zones, pretend like the top isn't the answer... Intentional inefficency maximizes enjoyment?

So... basically, go play alone?

Yea, that is an option I guess.... to go play a social game alone....not twinked. Then wander over to the dungeons you want to and sit at the zone-in wishing there were other non-twinked people who wanted to journey to the bottoms of runnyeye or something.

Doesn't seem that fun to me though :/

[Bazia]

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

So... basically, go play alone?

Yea, that is an option I guess.... to go play a social game alone....not twinked. Then wander over to the dungeons you want to and sit at the zone-in wishing there were other non-twinked people who wanted to journey to the bottoms of runnyeye or something.

Doesn't seem that fun to me though :/

Yeah hitting zones that have shitty exp, shitty loot, and shitty corpse runs sounds fun

[iruinedyourday]

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

Yeah hitting zones that have shitty exp, shitty loot, and shitty corpse runs sounds fun

rofl if you're not trying to endgame bro, then yes it does sound fun.

[Ivory]

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

Yeah hitting zones that have shitty exp, shitty loot, and shitty corpse runs sounds fun

Yup, bad loot when you can buy a Green Jade Broadsword for 100pp. Why would you need the other 90 percent of weapons under that when you can just pick one up?

Lolz lolz shiny brass halberd lol lolz lolzzzz

[Malice_Mizer]

I think these questions highlight an important consideration:

Is the truly classic Everquest experience something that can even be re-created? I know what you're talking about, and long for it myself. But I think a lot of that has to do with an era of Everquest in its relative infancy, where people were experiencing it as something novel and genuinely new. Now it's not that way, and MMO culture has changed dramatically since 2001. Do genuine "noobs" exist in P99 as they did in 2001? Definitely not. People running around like fools, wasting their precious time for little to no tangible pay-off (myself definitely included) are not as numerous as they once were. I don't think any rule set or wipe will solve this problem, because everybody already knows what the end-game and purpose of Everquest (and all MMO's) is.

Simply put, you can't go back home again. It's tragic but nonetheless true.

[Ivory]

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

I think these questions highlight an important consideration:

Is the truly classic Everquest experience something that can even be re-created? I know what you're talking about, and long for it myself. But I think a lot of that has to do with an era of Everquest in its relative infancy, where people were experiencing it as something novel and genuinely new.

Nope, it definitely can.

On live in around 2003 or 2004 I would keep switching to their new servers they would bring up (after 5 years of the game, so people knew what they were doing).

But on a fresh server....even if you know everything about the game....there is the matter of achieving it.

Stuff people don't even think about (for example, getting a magic weapon in the first month of a new server is tricky... how do you fight ghouls? ).

No port everywhere either, so you have a much more interesting economy (people taking the boat over to Lfay to sell ranger fire beetle eyes from freeport).

And, of course, people doing their quests (there are actually a TON of mid-level quests to do).

This new server game lasts for 4-6 months (until enough people catch up to the higher levels, to start raiding). And for the next half year everyone is doing "server firsts" as they keep trying to tackle new challenges (killing VS, for example).

Basically....it is a ton of fun. Even knowing everything about the game, you actually get to play through everquest (which included trying to find upgrade armor and weapons, instead of just buying it for a few pp in commons). The first few months especially are like an entirely different game :3 "Omg, a gnome in qeynos!"