Friday evening and barely hitting over 1000.

[Lune]

Also Kunark pop dropped as low as 450 primetime following the IB ban in 2011, and stayed 450-600 for roughly a year or so before getting to 1200+... all before Velious date was even announced.

I don't think a constant stream of content is why people are here.

[SirAlvarex]

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

Also Kunark pop dropped as low as 450 primetime following the IB ban in 2011, and stayed 450-600 for roughly a year or so before getting to 1200+... all before Velious date was even announced.

I don't think a constant stream of content is why people are here.

Isn't that about the time some people started doing twitch streams? I remember I stopped playing around the 450 at primetime mark then came back for another go when the pop was around 800. Then it spiked up to the 1200 or so it's been at for a solid year or 2.

I vaguely remember seeing posts of some "popular" twitch streamers and that could have brought in a couple hundred active players.

Regardless, eventually the stream of players just finding out about P99 and wanting to relive the early 2000's will disappear. Because eventually everyone who wanted to relive EQ will have.

I don't think that'll be a problem tho. As long as the admins are willing to keep the servers alive there will be people wanting to play. And I'm sure friends-of-friends-of-friends will join as I've met a few like that throughout P99.

[Swish]

omg that low pop toxic server surprised anyone logs in lolol...

sound familiar?

[Swish]

Better to enjoy whats there for months/years than to do everything, get everything, sleep 4 hours a night and burn out.

To that end, why not join a zerg guild and wait months for items [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[fastboy21]

I don't think p99 is going anywhere fast...

Obviously, at some points in the server's history their have been marked increases and decreases in population. I think it may actually be true that the historical high point may be behind us (probably Velious launch and the few weeks after). Such is the nature of a server like p99.

Of course, there are reasons to play. Many of us who don't raid at all are perfectly fine with the permanent static nature of things and can continue our social game play experience without even taking much notice to the so called "end game" of Velious. I'd imagine that hard core pixel chasers will find it increasingly difficult to enjoy the game as time progresses without new content to fight over.

Re99 (the next blue p99 server) or whatever they title it will start the cycle all over again. In my opinion, getting 6 years out of classic EQ content (even with all the delays in expac release, DDoSers, raiding disputes, hacking scandals, RMT feuds, etc.) has not only be a victory for Nilbog and Rogean (and their teams), but it has been a whole boat load of fun.

If/When they launch the next server I know I'll be there on day 1 ready to roll. Until then (at least for the foreseeable future), I'm still loving my friends and toons on p99 and having a lot of fun playing EQ and having classic EQ adventures.

[Terdnado]

Originally Posted by fastboy21 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I don't think p99 is going anywhere fast...

Obviously, at some points in the server's history their have been marked increases and decreases in population. I think it may actually be true that the historical high point may be behind us (probably Velious launch and the few weeks after). Such is the nature of a server like p99.

Of course, there are reasons to play. Many of us who don't raid at all are perfectly fine with the permanent static nature of things and can continue our social game play experience without even taking much notice to the so called "end game" of Velious. I'd imagine that hard core pixel chasers will find it increasingly difficult to enjoy the game as time progresses without new content to fight over.

This ^

Some people are driven by externals and aquiring something new(pixels). Much more gratifying to just play for social reasons. P99 has a great community.

[EQJubilee]

The launch of new TLP servers by Daybreak is probably taking a lot of the players. Once those servers get to the expansions that players hate (PoP and past) then people will probably come back here or to the other EMU servers.

[Hroth]

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

The launch of new TLP servers by Daybreak is probably taking a lot of the players. Once those servers get to the expansions that players hate (PoP and past) then people will probably come back here or to the other EMU servers.

This.

I haven't played live EQ in close to 10 years, but I'll be trying out the new TLP server and consequently haven't had any desire to play P99 in the past week. From what I hear, live may have a lot of issues, but so does P99. The level of mudflation on this server is unreal, both in terms of gear and in terms of how many accounts/characters people seem to have. Plus as a casual player with a family, I have no desire or ability to poopsock or batphone to see raid mobs.

There's a lot of hardcore neckbeards on this server, but I'm willing to bet there's a few others like me out there as well who want to see if the grass is greener on the other side.

[wormed]

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

The launch of new TLP servers by Daybreak is probably taking a lot of the players. Once those servers get to the expansions that players hate (PoP and past) then people will probably come back here or to the other EMU servers.

Contrary to popular belief, and has been confirmed by polls on these exact forums, there are plenty of people who loved PoP.

[bktroost]

Things are broken and there is no deadline to fix them. 10th Ring War, though we keep doing it for data, has not had the same issues changed. Mage epic is broken since revamp. NToV has been abandoned by CSR until this week when they announced to us that it would follow normal raiding rules... which no one understands at the moment because people are no longer respecting with no punishment. Such as camping at ZLs or not in zones for planar mobs. Earlier in the week someone pulled a Klandicar and another guild snatched it and killed without FTE and there was no enforcement of rules...the server feels largely abandoned because there is no longer a figurehead giving direction to it. Also, Dain is currently, unclassically spawning on a broken, unwinnable ring war. See here for details.

None of the bugs are really problems if we know there is a resolution and that the GMs or guides are given authority to punish people abusing them. But its more or less a ghostown.

Without goals and structure it becomes too much hassle with too little hope of a better future. People just give up and walk away.