In Response, How many would start on a new blue server?

[Tankdan]

dumb poll options...

id want to start a new one 3 years after velious IF they don't go forward with a Luclin of some sort.

[Laugher]

Can the devs here just release a new server every 10 years, when we hit the 9th year in a decade? I mean we're already 1.5 decades deep, whats another 5 and then 10 years

[phacemeltar]

purple please

[Elendae]

I will put my two cents in. I started relatively close to the beginning of the server; it was fun and nostalgic but not quite the same as Classic. And it wasn't due to mechanics. It was because this is not 1999 and I'm not 15 years old with no responsibility, all doe-eyed with zero EQ knowledge.

A new server would fracture the population. There would be a few weeks of that tingly nostalgic feel for some players running around in a packed newbie zone, but the gap between the hardcore players and the player that gets a few hours a week would widen quickly and with half the population of Blue now, the world would start to feel pretty empty. I played when peak population was 3-400. It was barren. And it wouldn't take long before that electrum/silver jewelry would be passed over.

Anyway, I doubt I said anything that someone else hasn't already posted in the thread.

[Trosh]

rolling servers ftw!

Every year, you launch 1 new server, and release an expansion for the old server, then once it hits a year into Velious, merge it into existing blue server.

That way you have your big old ugly large corrupt bloated server like now, but then you also have cool ones where people can start anew once a year! that way you always have 1 server in each expansion - Huzah!

[Swish]

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

rolling servers ftw!

Every year, you launch 1 new server, and release an expansion for the old server, then once it hits a year into Velious, merge it into existing blue server.

That way you have your big old ugly large corrupt bloated server like now, but then you also have cool ones where people can start anew once a year! that way you always have 1 server in each expansion - Huzah!

Sounds like a lot of work for the devs, nobody thinks of that when these ideas emerge.

Also you'll spread the player base too thin and not encourage people to get their epics and "finish" their characters.

What happens 1-2 months before the merge is due, people rolled on it to get away from all the twinking/mudflation etc...will either quit or not bother starting.

All new servers turn into old servers, and its a matter of maybe 3-4 weeks before you start seeing people twinking an alt, or having leveled a druid/necro, farmed the appropriate gear etc.

The best way is to continue on the current blue server timeline, and choose yourself not to twink at all and level up based on what you loot and can gather [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Or better still, roll on red and truly start from scratch. Its weird how people came to P99 for a classic EQ experience but won't ditch all their twink gear because they're too comfortable. Red gives you a real fresh start.

[Ziggy]

just restart blue with an actual classic timeline

[LittleSorcerer7]

It was more about how much they've improved the servers and made it so classic and wonderful we want to experience it just like that from the beginning, since when it first came out it wasn't NEAR as complete as it is now.

[fishingme]

Originally Posted by LittleSorcerer7 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

It was more about how much they've improved the servers and made it so classic and wonderful we want to experience it just like that from the beginning, since when it first came out it wasn't NEAR as complete as it is now.

+1, tecmos is new. Doesn't realize this.

[LittleSorcerer7]

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

+1, tecmos is new. Doesn't realize this.

Yeah probably, lol ive been around this project for almost 5 years.