"Recycle Server" please sooner than "months into velious"!!

[Doctor Jeff]

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

I didn't catch the stream. Please explain the difference between a new blue server, a wiped server, and a "recycled" server?

Okay, you didn't watch the stream but did you read the thread you posted in?

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

It isn't a server wipe. They are opening a 2nd blue server starting before velious and progressing normally. Then after velious is out a while, they merge it with the normal blue server and start it again.

[Duncon]

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

So it's utterly pointless then. The same handful of dudes are gonna be afk monopolizing the key cash camps on both servers at once, the same handful of dudes are gonna be PLing accounts and RMT'ing pre-built toons to shitlords on both servers at once. No doubt Platlord is rubbing his hands in glee at the prospects for still more sub-minimum wage shenanigans even now. :sadface:

This makes me sad as well. Would like to see people have to make a choice. Maybe its just to hard to police.

[Cookiefist]

Very excited about recycled blue server.

Not caring much about the velious release even with my 5 characters on p99.

Having more fun playing on the TAKP server.

[Culkasi]

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

the worst case scenario in my book, and what i think is the most likely to happen, is that the people who want more pixels are going to poopsock both servers. we are talking being logged into both servers at once making sure that your guild is dominating the rotation/getting as many pixels as possible on both servers. Would the recycle server actually open up trak/etc... for the casuals on blue? i don't know, i doubt it....considering how hard the poopsocking is right now i highly doubt big guilds are going to just stop doing it on blue99 once they role re99.

I love the recycle idea, but this is also my biggest concern. There are a few very hardcore guilds who'll just dominate both servers at the same time if allowed.

[Grizzler]

I look forward to the re99 although I will say I wish they could put out re99 when they put out velious. I realize there are constraints with staff and money although on a vmware cluster, it ain't hard to setup a new server, just saying..(Systems admin during the day)

The reason I say I wish they could put it out at the same time would be to allow the folks who are newer or not part of end game currently on blue the ability to start with vanilla while all the raiding guilds and what not work on velious. I realize it probably wouldn't work out that way and they would go to re99 too just to try and control that server as well but it would be nice to separate the casual folks that would like to raid and never get a chance from the folks that prioritize EQ in their lives and raid constantly and have been on the vanilla/kunark content for years..

[salimoneus]

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

I love the recycle idea, but this is also my biggest concern. There are a few very hardcore guilds who'll just dominate both servers at the same time if allowed.

I don't see why they couldn't disallow boxing between both blue servers. It's not like we're talking about a drastically different game as you have with red/blue, or any two random eqemu servers. Both blues intend to provide the same classic experience, running the same code, run by the same folks, so no need for boxing between them, just pick one and play.

[Asher]

I was so happy to hear about Re99. I know people, myself included had been asking for this type of server for many years. I have been away for a long time due to the bloat that has accumulated on the current server. It will be nice to start from scratch without all the bugs that plagued the server from its inception. I look forward to playing with you all again when it comes out.

/hugs Taken ~ I hope my account and gear have helped you all out.

Asher - Oracle

[Ivory]

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

I dont think anyone is really against a new server, just against the idea of people pushing for it so quickly when there are a ton of us on thjs server that have literally been waiting for years on velious. Let us get velious, give them a few months to tweak and correct any errors, then lets talk about another server. We have a limited staff on this server and I for one think the vast majority of their focus should be on the accurate and smooth introduction of velious, not some new server so people who joined p99 in the past year can feel like theyre starting on a level playing field.

Patience is a virtue, the fact theyre even offering a second server is a gift itself, now sit down and wait patiently like the rest of us.

What is the big deal? If they have the backups from earlier builds (before they added kunark), it is really just a copy/paste job.

This new server will be out for a year before they need to worry about kunark (again, just a copy/paste of our current server build).

They aren't doing new stuff, they are just putting up an older build on its own server.

Velious was a massive undertaking that took them a long time to do. Starting up a new server with an old build isn't the same thing at all (especially since they have already been through it once).

It is obvious the demand for a new server is GIANT. Way more than people who are waiting for velious.

Don't get me wrong, velious is cool (ha ha)....but people are here to play classic everquest and get the real experience...all velious does is add some extra end game raiding and pixel hunting to an already bloated server (not what a lot of people are here for). It isn't even classic everquest since the timeline is SO extreme on the existing server (stuck in kunark for YEARS??).

When velious goes live, all people will be doing is taking their level 60s to farm faction and farm gear ....and try to do some raiding. It isn't even going to be like real velious with people grouping and crawling through dungeons. Everyone will just bring out their max characters to farm the drops.

[clellaen]

please start a crowdsourcing effort or whatever it is you need to start a fresh Blue server ASAP and angels will sing.

Is there an official statement as to why we can't open another blue server asap? It's obvious to everyone (and everyone wants to play) that blue really is hard to deal with due to the population...

[Ivory]

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

It's obvious to everyone (and everyone wants to play) that blue really is hard to deal with due to the population...

And that bloated population...ALL coming back JUST for velious....it will ruin the release if they don't open another server before / at the same time.

If they don't, everyone is going to rush into velious on day 1 and the main loot places will be crowded like crazy.

Get ready for more of this.....

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