Why don't more people play here?

[fuark]

This Emu actually has a huge base, but the main factor is ... Time.

Most people don't have the time to play EQ in the way that EQ requires you to. I haven't played in nearly 8 months and I wish all the time that I could. I'm relegated to reading the forums once in a while. I have at least 5 friends IRL who played classic EQ and know of this server that would all like to play, but there is no way they can commit to such a massive time sink (specifically at 50 plus).

[Speedi]

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

Getting everything installed is a pain, having to jump through all those hoops to get started probably loses us quite a few people.

Add to that there's some people out there who think the only method to get the right version is to pay $100 or whatever on Amazon... not many want to pay it I'm sure.

Honestly if we had a deal with Dey break Games and could put a link up to download from here with an installer that would set everything up with the current patch in one click... we'd probably have 4000-5000 here.

That sums it up pretty much. Some people are lazy and/or not computer savvy. So they have trouble finding the titanium edition. Some are funny about downloading content to their PC from a pirated site. I know I wasn't real comfortable myself. Didn't want to get a virus/spyware.

[dafier]

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

Getting everything installed is a pain, having to jump through all those hoops to get started probably loses us quite a few people.

Add to that there's some people out there who think the only method to get the right version is to pay $100 or whatever on Amazon... not many want to pay it I'm sure.

Honestly if we had a deal with Dey break Games and could put a link up to download from here with an installer that would set everything up with the current patch in one click... we'd probably have 4000-5000 here.

I disagree. I had NO issues installing it on my desktop and laptop.

You have to create...umm 2 or 3 accounts. Again, easy.

Paying for the 'right' version is expensive and I can't disagree with you.

As for 'deal with Dey stupid ass break'. No...hell no. Don't deal with the devil.

[DevGrousis]

The biggest reason why this server doesn't have more people is because it is free to play. which means there is no budget to allow for marketing. So in other words, people dont know this exists.

The servers on live had about 2-3k at peak times, so technically, in our own little server, it is a full everquest population. I doubt that the staff here could afford to have alot of servers with 2k people on them each. That would become very expensive.

[Itap]

If it's people not knowing about P99, in what way can we advertise it?

[Ele]

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

If it's people not knowing about P99, in what way can we advertise it?

Want to kill dragons and gods and receive epic loot? Come to P99 where you just have to spend 16 hours at your keyboard tracking every weekend for half a year for your chance at that encounter and special items.*

*plus hundreds of hours building your character to the point you can be allowed to wait at your keyboard.

[Raev]

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

Want to kill dragons and gods and receive epic loot? Come to P99 where you just have to spend 16 hours at your keyboard tracking every weekend for half a year for your chance at that encounter and special items.*

*plus hundreds of hours building your character to the point you can be allowed to wait at your keyboard.

Yep. I bet Rogean could have 5000 peak population on every night if he launched more servers.

[Itap]

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

Yep. I bet Rogean could have 5000 peak population on every night if he launched more servers.

This was one of the reasons I started this thread. I want more pop so the devs will hopefully open up more servers.

Perhaps people roll here, see blues current status, and end up quitting?

[kaev]

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

This was one of the reasons I started this thread. I want more pop so the devs will hopefully open up more servers.

Perhaps people roll here, see blues current status, and end up quitting?

You do realize that "more servers" is just a different way of saying "more content instances", right?





















I'm pretty sure 99.9% of the "OMG instancing is the worst thing ever!!!!!!!!!" people have never had that particular epiphany.

[Swish]

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

This was one of the reasons I started this thread. I want more pop so the devs will hopefully open up more servers.

Perhaps people roll here, see blues current status, and end up quitting?

I'd certainly say I play less than I did a couple of years ago. The cleric solo guide I wrote is nearly unusable now (on blue at least) due to the population growth - was a time when you could solo mobs in Unrest, have your pick of spectres in Feerott, etc etc.

Much more camped all around now. Not a bad thing, but its tough on the raid scene at the top end.