Teal

[Skosh]

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

Green reached 2600...with lots of overcrowding. If you split that in half, you get two 1300s - but then both gain players because it’s less overcrowded. I’ll bet both Green and Teal break 1500 simultaneously.

Truth. Also, thanks for the link to the Launcher icons, Lonedrahon. They're perfect.

[Baler]

2nd server is good for the health of the community.
I was opposed at first but people have brought up good points and reasons since then.

[Cen]

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

2nd server is good for the health of the community.
I was opposed at first but people have brought up good points and reasons since then.

You were the one who had me realizing it wasn't a unanimous Yes back in Qeynos Hills ;D

[kaluppo]

There was only 1,500 people on green last night when I logged in at 7 pm cst. I was happy with that. My fear with this is that it wont split out equally. People who have already grinded to 10+ on green are not gonna want to give that up and start over at lvl 1.

I think you might see something like 1500 playing green and 500 on teal. If that happens then green is crowded but playable where teal ends up being another blue. Too few people to get pickup groups so you better be in a well stocked leveling guild.

[Cen]

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

There was only 1,500 people on green last night when I logged in at 7 pm cst. I was happy with that. My fear with this is that it wont split out equally. People who have already grinded to 10+ on green are not gonna want to give that up and start over at lvl 1.

I think you might see something like 1500 playing green and 500 on teal. If that happens then green is crowded but playable where teal ends up being another blue. Too few people to get pickup groups so you better be in a well stocked leveling guild.

They don't have to. The /move command lets them go to teal right away.

Why are replies like this happening?

[kaluppo]

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

They don't have to. The /move command lets them go to teal right away.

Why are replies like this happening?

That's cool then. Now I can see how the populations would even itself out. The only issue then really are guilds. I imagine they would want to decide as a group whether to move or stay.

[kaluppo]

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

There was only 1,500 people on green last night when I logged in at 7 pm cst. I was happy with that. My fear with this is that it wont split out equally. People who have already grinded to 10+ on green are not gonna want to give that up and start over at lvl 1.

I think you might see something like 1500 playing green and 500 on teal. If that happens then green is crowded but playable where teal ends up being another blue. Too few people to get pickup groups so you better be in a well stocked leveling guild.

Man I so called it right. 1200 on Green and 400 on teal as I type this. We need more characters to come to teal people......Come join the fun!

[magusfire24]

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

Man I so called it right. 1200 on Green and 400 on teal as I type this. We need more characters to come to teal people......Come join the fun!

Seems that most are staying on Green and just a few overflow to Teal. Teal has about 1/3 the pop of green.

I will keep monitoring it this week and see if it levels out. Probably just stay on green myself.

[cd288]

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

Man I so called it right. 1200 on Green and 400 on teal as I type this. We need more characters to come to teal people......Come join the fun!

The problem Teal will have is that ultimately it's going to be the same old experience as you had on Blue. What I mean by that is that, due to the low population, everyone is going to pack into the same high ZEM zones and refuse to go anywhere else. Even if you got it up to 1k it would still be the same (as we've seen on Blue). Part of the draw of Green for myself and I think many others was that the population would be high so people would have to go off the beaten path; we'd be able to group and level in zones that are almost never used on Blue. If you go to Teal, that goes away because you'll be on the server where everyone is just following the old Blue leveling path. So essentially what it becomes is Teal is the server where you go if you want to focus on maximizing your EXP per minute and don't care about doing the exact same leveling path over again that you've already done a hundred times on Blue, and Green is the server you play on if you're just here for the old school pre-Kunark era experience and are fine with leveling in any zone not just the high ZEM ones (and don't care how fast you level.

Also, about 25-30% of Teal's population are playing a character on Green simultaneously. They weren't interested in another server due to population or anything like that. It's just an opportunity for them to duplicate items and money by rolling an alt on Teal.

[kaluppo]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The problem Teal will have is that ultimately it's going to be the same old experience as you had on Blue. What I mean by that is that, due to the low population, everyone is going to pack into the same high ZEM zones and refuse to go anywhere else. Even if you got it up to 1k it would still be the same (as we've seen on Blue). Part of the draw of Green for myself and I think many others was that the population would be high so people would have to go off the beaten path; we'd be able to group and level in zones that are almost never used on Blue. If you go to Teal, that goes away because you'll be on the server where everyone is just following the old Blue leveling path. So essentially what it becomes is Teal is the server where you go if you want to focus on maximizing your EXP per minute and don't care about doing the exact same leveling path over again that you've already done a hundred times on Blue, and Green is the server you play on if you're just here for the old school pre-Kunark era experience and are fine with leveling in any zone not just the high ZEM ones (and don't care how fast you level.

Also, about 25-30% of Teal's population are playing a character on Green simultaneously. They weren't interested in another server due to population or anything like that. It's just an opportunity for them to duplicate items and money by rolling an alt on Teal.

I have to agree. I had originally decided to stay on green. But then I saw how crowded Gfay was and decided to make the jump to teal after a few hours of actively lfg with no success. I got the grass is greener bug so to speak. At first I was happy with my decision. I got a group on teal within 10 minutes at orc hill and we were never at a shortage of mobs. But then at 2 am when I wanted to keep playing there was no one to group with.

The good news is that eventually teal and green will be merged back together again. Probably right after kunark is released.