The great merge of 2020

[dareo]

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

People have a chance to bathe, eat food, and see sunlight now. There’s no rush to get to max level, it’s entirely a player’s choice. P99’s mission statement is to create the classic EQ experience, for better or worse. There’s other emulators out there with less populations that allow a more leisurely level of play. I think what you’re proposing would run counter to the intent of P99.

The only rush to level is in order to have a chance at getting an item we know will be removed from the game. In 1999 people at least didn't know ahead of time the items would be removed. Nothing we can do about that in 2020 other than try to get there before its gone. I've now made it to level 3 in my limited play time and have come to terms that i likely wont be able to camp some rubicite or jboots but perhaps i can quest the boots later and trade for the rubi.

[Kohedron]

Straight up, you guys don't need to apologize for anything

You are dealing with 40 year old nose pickers getting basically exactly what they want for free

[Balimon]

Thanks Llandris, it's nice to see some communication. We do forget to be appreciative for the staffs time. I for one have had the best EQ experience on Greal since 1999 so hats off you guys for letting us have this amazing nostalgia kick!

[f2pelerin1182]

I understand why some aren't, but I'm happy that we're all back on one server.

Green has been my first experience of EQ and it's been so much fun, thank you SO much to the staff for everything you do - I'm forever grateful for the opportunity to experience this.

[Fawqueue]

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

Since I've seen a lot of feedback since the merger of Green/Teal, I thought I would address the players as to why and how it was done. As Rogean stated here; the population has been closely monitored since the creation of the Teal server. Collectively, we felt that the population of both servers (Green and Teal) during prime time reached the threshold we had in mind and it was decided that it was time to merge.
This should have been better communicated to the players, and I will take the hit on that. Rogean handled majority of the grunt work, and the transition went as smooth as we had hoped (corpses, lists, Guilds, faction values, inventories etc). Moving forward, I'll work with Administration to ensure there's better communication between us and the players.

- Lland

We greatly appreciate this Llandris!

A question though: A driving reason for the split was due to congestion, and not just at the low levels. There was also a concern about the high volume of players at end-game during this era. Did that concern change, despite the population staying relatively close to what was deemed too high?

You'll note here in Rogean's post:

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

It was also important to consider the affect such a population will have once the majority of players start reaching end game zones, of which there are a very limited amount, particularly in Classic. The fact is, even at concurrent numbers of 1500 to 2000, it is simply too many players for pre-Kunark.

He states a long-term concern of what would happen to the server with a large population (1500-2000) pre-Kunark. At the time I ask this, we're at 1200...and that's with the overall totals taking a hit due to frustrations over the merge. Additionally, not only are we still pre-kunark but we don't even have all of Classic available. I think the community understands how much you all do, and values and respects your decisions. I think many of us are simply curious why now, so suddenly, when it appears we are still within the parameters that was initially deemed to be problematic and warranting of a second server.

[Jubal]

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

At the time I ask this, we're at 1200...and that's with the overall totals taking a hit due to frustrations over the merge.

1051 at 9pm CST

[slayith]

Awesome pop already down 500 players. Just need another 300 or so and it will be playable again.

[Asteria]

Thanks for all the hard work Mods, TY for the explanation Llandris. May 2020 be kind to all of us [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jubal]

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

1051 at 9pm CST

A week later we're hanging around 975 during primetime.

[Frug]

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

A week later we're hanging around 975 during primetime.

Primetime *wednesday*. FWIW, that wednesday peaked at 1150. The previous wednesday's high was 1248.