Release Date 4th -or- 18th

[fuark]

The 4th. Delaying the launch so people can get time off work is sort of ridiculous. The people who would actually get time off work for that as well really aren't the people I'd like to see with some huge EXP headstart on everyone either.

Edit: Also agree with previous posts, anyone who wants to play EQ PVP already knows about the pending launch of this server anyways. Even most of my RL friends that have no interest in playing EQ again have heard about it.

[Darwoth]

release it on the 4th, waiting to long is going to kill the hype. my own guild was gung ho ready to go when beta started and release was expected to be in a few weeks, now folks are kind of stagnating and getting involved in different games/betas since it has taken longer than expected.

[Bkab]

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now folks are kind of stagnating and getting involved in different games/betas since it has taken longer than expected.

this. if it's ready to go on the 4th, launch it then. most everyone knows about the server already and has been expecting a late october/early november release date for those who don't frequent the forums. the population is going to be huge regardless of when it's launched.

[gloinz]

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[Ssleeve]

Pleaseeeeeeee 4th.

That is all.

[Toomuch]

I'm bored with beta, there's nobody to fight, and there's less and less interest in dedicating time because it doesn't count for anything. So that side of me screams "Release on Nov 4th, if not yesterday."

Then again, I appreciate that this isn't like old school EQ where they set a release date because they will lose holiday revenue, and drop a new xpac that's terribly done, with shit that's broken and buggy all over the place, and all kinds of crap is imbalanced and untested. This side of me demands "release it when it's ready".

That poses the question then - What's not ready? If most everything is ready (which I feel like it is at this point), release it on the 4th. The sooner the better, because newer games are coming out, including MMOs, and everyone here knows that they can get addicted to a new game in a heartbeat. Word can spread instantly nowdays, this isn't 1989, and people aren't going to find out via postcard a few weeks from now when they get it in the mail... the word is already out. I'd say that the majority of people that are going to play this already know about it. You might add a maximum 5-10% potential population by waiting another 2 weeks, but might lose a potential 10-20% to disinterest or new game releases. The logic of waiting for a higher potential population doesn't hold much water at this point, because most people that are going to know (or care) already know. Sure more will trickle in over time, and be ecstatic that they found '99 red, and say "Dang! If only I were here at server release!" But that will happen to many people, months apart, and you'll lose just as many if not more people by stalling.