Reset classic server

[Djanis]

wipe it, someone create a poll

[Kassel]

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

You mean like nearly all the classes can?

wanna do the math on that ?

[webrunner5]

Why?? The top 50 people will be level 50 again with good gear in 2 weeks. Same old crap in the EC tunnel. Manastone for sale for a zillion plat in 3 weeks.

It is the same way on the Red server. Lovely was level 50 as a Wizzy in 2 weeks with people trying to kill him. Like it has been said there are people on these servers that know every trick in the book. And if you get in a great group and Poopsock you can be level 20 in a day.

I have already become bored as hell with both servers. I think in the long run there will be 75 people on each server no matter what you do. You can only do the same old crap over and over for so long.

[Djanis]

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

Powergamers have ruined it to some extent, but they aren't totally to blame. In our day and age a fresh version of EQ has a good life expectancy of about 6 months. Everyone knows all the secrets and all the ways to completely optimize performance such that the economy gets inflated so fast. New people aren't going to want to play on an insanely inflated server.

The other reason the game is ruined is because there is absolutely nothing to do end game. The raids are not challenging so raid content alone isn't enough to keep competitive interest high, plus you are working towards a pointless cyclic goal whose only objective is to gain better gear. Once you have better gear you try to obtain better gear, but once you have the best gear you ?

I don't think there is anything that can be done to maintain an EQ server because its impossible to recreate the lack of knowledge we had back in the day. Really the only thing we can do is keep recycling the server over and over every year or so imo. The grind is the game, building a character is the game. People who qq about losing what they have worked for are living in some dreamland where its possible to have a lasting persistent server. All mmos degrade at some point, and with how good we all are, this one degrades perty gd fast.

Agree 100% with this post. There needs to be a set life cycle for the server, like 1 year. Then wipe and start over. At the end of every cycle, there should be a "Champions of the Realm" type scoreboard. Name it whatever you want, thats just an example. It can show major achievements during that cycle to create some healthy competition while the server is live. Store the scoreboard in a Hall of Fame section of the forums showing all previous scoreboards.

[Messianic]

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

The community wants it

Prove it.

[Muchew]

The only problem I have with a wipe is that the server loses the integrity that I was concerned about when I joined in the first place.

I can spend literally weeks of my life on a game that someone can, on a whim, take that all away. Would make me less confident that all the time I spend on my character, is not going to be wasted.

That being said, my thesis is nearly finished and I want a different race [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[DevGrousis]

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

The only problem I have with a wipe is that the server loses the integrity that I was concerned about when I joined in the first place.

I can spend literally weeks of my life on a game that someone can, on a whim, take that all away. Would make me less confident that all the time I spend on my character, is not going to be wasted.

That being said, my thesis is nearly finished and I want a different race [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

That is a good point! But to be fair, the server has spoken for itself, and they do make calculated decisions. Nothing is done on a whim. As bad an idea as the PVP server was, it was thought about and discussed at length.

Mess, whats up bro? I'm back in the mix!

[Valius]

I play casually. A wipe hurts me more then a power gamer. So much that I wouldn't return. I'm sure there are many casuals who don't read the boards who would agree.

[DevGrousis]

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

I play casually. A wipe hurts me more then a power gamer. So much that I wouldn't return. I'm sure there are many casuals who don't read the boards who would agree.

Hurt you so bad you wouldn't play anymore? You must not like to play very much [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We arent saying that every single person wants this. We are saying that the server NEEDS this. I know personally my brother and his extended circle of friends would come to play if the server was reset.

It has nothing to do with what the high end players would do as soon as it reset. It has to do with the fact that the population would condense again and players would have an actual community instead of logging in to empty zones

[Harrison]

They're not going to reset it. If they didn't reset it after the massive hacking spree, they won't now.

Just keep playing, or don't.