Can we talk about the future of P99?

[cd288]

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

I honestly really doubt this. I know this discussion has been beat to death but I am pretty confident that most people would agree that (if possible) a merge would be best.

Agreed. As someone with multiple 50s chars on both servers I would LOVE a merge. Norrath with a few/several hundred people on a server just kinda sucks. The world feels dead and not as immersive as Norrath normally does.

As for another comment above, I raid competitively on and off and I would still love a merge.

People are forgetting that a merge would likely mean a new server at that time or not that long after. A merge wouldn't be "okay now it's just Blue forever"

[cd288]

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

The thing that is most displeasing is that staff has been quiet. I appreciate everything with P99 and the countless hours of work they put into it and still do. But this is a very popular issue... I feel hearing there is some agreement with Daybreak saying new green is possible. It has no source but baseless rumor, but even just acknowledgement of plans for the next 2-3 years would be great. If they are all but certain the quest to re-create the early era of EQ that's a fine answer too.

Just wish there was an answer.

The agreement with Daybreak isn't an issue. It permits servers as long as they don't go past Velious. if you look at staff comments, they haven't been completely quiet recently either. Nilbog answered a question of mine in another thread saying that a change made in the recent patch would also be reflected in "future iterations of the server" or something to that degree. There will eventually be a new server, we just don't know when.

And the reason we don't know exactly when is because our community isn't very forgiving (or at least IMO that's probably one of the reasons). These are unpaid volunteers with limited free time and real life responsibilities. There's no benefit to them to give us a timeline, because if real life gets in the way and they miss the deadline they'll just take a bunch of abuse from the community.

[Balur]

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

It's amazing I have two eras of nostalgia... Classic Live and P99!

Experiencing the Classic Era and Kunark Era for both was amazing. The joy of people seeing Classic EQ again was wonderful. Still is, but I think people want a new beginning.

I played EverQuest from phase 3 beta through Kunark. I discovered P99 14 years later.

I haven't logged onto Green or Blue in years, but I have great appreciation for the people who created this project. Playing here rekindled a lot of dormant memories and allowed me to experience an era of EverQuest I missed out on (Velious).

Like everyone else, I hope for one more chance to play on a fresh server. The McQuaid-era EverQuest fan base is aging out, so the next server will probably be the last time a significant amount of us will gather in one place.

[Croco]

rog/bog don't care if people play the server or not, nothing is going to change

[Ripqozko]

you all could of prob started before the server was already dead, been dead for 8 years. its a retirement home.

[Phoenixx]

I just wanted to take a moment and thank you for writing your suggestions. I don't understand why people feel the need to respond negatively. The intention is to help provide ways to "rally the troops".

I love playing on p99. Its been fun. I don't fee the content rush to get to the end months before the next expansion. I will continue to play, regardless of server population. When I want to break and play other stuff, I will. But eventually I'll make it back.

[Varja]

A very well written, and well thought out post. Despite the negative responses in this thread these are all very common questions and common talking points in nearly every circle of friends that I have in this game. Everyone is wondering about these issues. And these posters above me can attempt to be jaded and negative, but if you're checking p99 forums, you have interest in the future of this game. I know every time I come here it is for this topic of discussion specifically. The metas suck, the proposed metas dont seem to be working as intended. The only exciting time in this game is quakes and the drafts, which are quake based.

It's just weird because whenever you look at the P99 UN discord, csr is putting a decent a chunk of time responding to people and putting forth somewhat of an effort to manage the game. But it's only for bitchy irrelevantcraid disputes and proposing questionable metas. If you're going to put in time to the game, why not make it good? Events, legacy loot, ban PL and "Vanq".

I personally believe that the fact that timers are so concealed and shrouded in mystery is one of the worst things about the raid scene. 95% of the effort of raiding is getting the timer and waiting the long ass windows. Make it to where if a mob is eligible to be drafted for a quake, the guild that killed it has to post the TOD to the UN discord just like we do at the end of draft. Then we will have competition and races, and people can stream the raid scene. Give people some incentive to not hit 60 and join Riot.

Spawn the warders again. Do a Kerafyrm event. Why the fuck not? Maybe if a guild has no concessions or raid infractions for a certain period of time they get a shot at one of the warders as a reward, or spawn them regularly and raid infractions cause guilds to concede them for x amount of cycles.

I'm just throwing out random shit. I enjoy this game and I do appreciate the staff. Just trying to be positive and throw out some ideas to add to a conversation that I do believe should be had.

[Ripqozko]

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

A very well written, and well thought out post. Despite the negative responses in this thread these are all very common questions and common talking points in nearly every circle of friends that I have in this game. Everyone is wondering about these issues. And these posters above me can attempt to be jaded and negative, but if you're checking p99 forums, you have interest in the future of this game. I know every time I come here it is for this topic of discussion specifically. The metas suck, the proposed metas dont seem to be working as intended. The only exciting time in this game is quakes and the drafts, which are quake based.

It's just weird because whenever you look at the P99 UN discord, csr is putting a decent a chunk of time responding to people and putting forth somewhat of an effort to manage the game. But it's only for bitchy irrelevantcraid disputes and proposing questionable metas. If you're going to put in time to the game, why not make it good? Events, legacy loot, ban PL and "Vanq".

I personally believe that the fact that timers are so concealed and shrouded in mystery is one of the worst things about the raid scene. 95% of the effort of raiding is getting the timer and waiting the long ass windows. Make it to where if a mob is eligible to be drafted for a quake, the guild that killed it has to post the TOD to the UN discord just like we do at the end of draft. Then we will have competition and races, and people can stream the raid scene. Give people some incentive to not hit 60 and join Riot.

Spawn the warders again. Do a Kerafyrm event. Why the fuck not? Maybe if a guild has no concessions or raid infractions for a certain period of time they get a shot at one of the warders as a reward, or spawn them regularly and raid infractions cause guilds to concede them for x amount of cycles.

I'm just throwing out random shit. I enjoy this game and I do appreciate the staff. Just trying to be positive and throw out some ideas to add to a conversation that I do believe should be had.

SYDG warder loot, consider playing when the server isnt dead.

[Tewaz]

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

SYDG warder loot, consider playing when the server isnt dead.

The only thing more cringe than trolling a forum thats been dead since 2018 is using SYDG about anything related to the blue server.

This thread is meant to get some sort of CSR feedback. Please take this trash elsewhere.

[Ripqozko]

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

The only thing more cringe than trolling a forum thats been dead since 2018 is using SYDG about anything related to the blue server.

This thread is meant to get some sort of CSR feedback. Please take this trash elsewhere.

SYDG feedback on a dead server