Was Having Two Servers More Fun Than One?

[astuce999]

I haven't logged in since Jan 19th. Teal was awesome, but I guess it was just a dream.

Has anyone tallied the population loss/decline?

I'll probably stop lurking the forums soon.

cheers,

Astuce

[drdrakes]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I haven't logged in since Jan 19th. Teal was awesome, but I guess it was just a dream.

Has anyone tallied the population loss/decline?

I'll probably stop lurking the forums soon.

cheers,

Astuce

Have logged in for a week myself but I'll be the first. Can I have your stuff?

[Enshadowed]

Originally Posted by astuce999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I haven't logged in since Jan 19th. Teal was awesome, but I guess it was just a dream.

Has anyone tallied the population loss/decline?

I'll probably stop lurking the forums soon.

cheers,

Astuce

I stopped playing as well a few weeks after launch. I was so incredibly excited for a fresh start, and the first few days in particular were amazing... but some of the changes they made in the lead-up to the launch just really killed it for me. No pet window and being unable to see my DoT damage, as a necro, was just too "classic" for me. Glad everyone else is having fun, though [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.].

Adios, elves.

[bubur]

high minds of eq emu itt

but there is two servers op

[Fammaden]

Imagine being so tryhard that you want to ban phrases in 2020 on elf sim forum for 20 year old elf sim. Consider blue.

[Silverfalcon]

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

Now that we've had time for the "THE SKY IS FALLING!!!" crowd to calm down, I'm genuinely curious about something ...

Before vs. after the merge, which was more fun you for you?

I'm not asking about guilds, how hard soloing or grouping is/was, how long lists are/were, or anything else ... unless that's what "fun" means for you.

Also, I'm not pushing any agenda with this poll: it really has no relevance until P99 launches a new Green server (in a decade or so). I just want to hear from the forum's "silent majority".

Here's my personal feelings on the matter. I have a limited amount of time I can play and in a specific time slot that I have that limited amount of time to play. So yes, with more people on the server now it makes it very hard for me personally to enjoy my time playing on Green now.
I also really really get tired of people saying that there wasn't enough population to support two servers when I look, and I see 4 other servers under the Legends servers with 200 or less people on them at prime time which is currently now. You know what.... drop red server all together with it's what 39 people or drop The Hidden Forest server with its 64 people and bring back Teal so there is 500-900 on each server. If you think Teal and Green’s servers weren’t enough population to support a server what do you think about these other servers that has far less people on them?

[RipVanFish]

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

Here's my personal feelings on the matter. I have a limited amount of time I can play and in a specific time slot that I have that limited amount of time to play. So yes, with more people on the server now it makes it very hard for me personally to enjoy my time playing on Green now.
I also really really get tired of people saying that there wasn't enough population to support two servers when I look, and I see 4 other servers under the Legends servers with 200 or less people on them at prime time which is currently now. You know what.... drop red server all together with it's what 39 people or drop The Hidden Forest server with its 64 people and bring back Teal so there is 500-900 on each server. If you think Teal and Green’s servers weren’t enough population to support a server what do you think about these other servers that has far less people on them?

Those servers are quite dead, and a third of those players you are seeing are boxers.

[cd288]

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

Here's my personal feelings on the matter. I have a limited amount of time I can play and in a specific time slot that I have that limited amount of time to play. So yes, with more people on the server now it makes it very hard for me personally to enjoy my time playing on Green now.

People say this, but then they'll never explain why they feel that way. I.e. they won't explain further why the higher population has caused them an issue. Frankly, I have barely noticed a difference besides having several more people at a time in your average zone. Granted, I don't spend much time in the high ZEM zones or the most popular item/cash camps. For example, I've spent the last few levels in the Karanas doing a mix of soloing and duos/trios and I'm having a blast.

If server population is causing an issue for someone, then I'm left to assume that said person is mad because they only want to play in the high ZEM zones so they can use the "ZEM highway" to min/max their EXP, or they are mad because there are certain high value camps (i.e. that are great plat farming camps or have mobs that drop valuable loot) that they can't just freely waltz into anymore. Those, to me, don't seem like good arguments against the merge.

But feel free to clarify why you are not having as much fun post-merge if those aren't the reasons.

[Silverfalcon]

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

People say this, but then they'll never explain why they feel that way. I.e. they won't explain further why the higher population has caused them an issue. Frankly, I have barely noticed a difference besides having several more people at a time in your average zone. Granted, I don't spend much time in the high ZEM zones or the most popular item/cash camps. For example, I've spent the last few levels in the Karanas doing a mix of soloing and duos/trios and I'm having a blast.

If server population is causing an issue for someone, then I'm left to assume that said person is mad because they only want to play in the high ZEM zones so they can use the "ZEM highway" to min/max their EXP, or they are mad because there are certain high value camps (i.e. that are great plat farming camps or have mobs that drop valuable loot) that they can't just freely waltz into anymore. Those, to me, don't seem like good arguments against the merge.

But feel free to clarify why you are not having as much fun post-merge if those aren't the reasons.

I'll give some examples. I was camping in SK and Split paw. I could get a spire or go inside and camp easily before the merge. Now...I can't get a spire and it is a lot harder to camp where I was because it's generally camped now. Before it wasn't. Also in Permafrost there was hardly ever anyone there except for people farming the nets which I didn't care about but now there's a 3-4 person wait for camp I specifically need which granted is a high pp camp but I actually just need the item for my character. I won't even talk about the AC in Uguk which was always pretty much camped now the line is a lot. All these spots were items that I need for my 35 shaman but now every time I log in when I am able too guess what....there's a line. When something was easily accessible with the exclusion of the AC in Uguk and it's not now then yes that is what I mean. I don't want to spend half the time I have online traveling trying to find a spot to be able to do something in. That's just my opinion.

And you have not addressed the other servers that have far lower populations than what Teal and Green where....why don't you please address that aspect of my post....

[Smellybuttface]

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

And you have not addressed the other servers that have far lower populations than what Teal and Green where....why don't you please address that aspect of my post....

The vast majority of those are boxed servers (I.e. someone playing more than one character simultaneously). So for instance, the “Grand Creation” server doesn’t even have a box limit, so people will play upwards of 16 characters at a time using programmed macro’s. I wouldn’t ever trust the population numbers on a non-P99 server (which don’t allow boxing).