Green Launch Population?

[Baler]

Tourists will push the pop up...
oh btw

Tell people about Project 1999 Green server.

[Ferahgo]

Assuming it will start off high and then slowly drop. I don't assume so many people will be willing to start over from Blue.

[zaneosak]

The P99 Staff said they were expecting 3k+, I believe.

[El-Hefe]

I think we’ll be looking at 3k.

Only the curmudgeonliest raiders and Tunnelquesters will stay in Blue. Green will be where all the new and returning players will be playing after it launches, population will dip before each expansion and when the server is nearing the end of its life cycle. But the cyclical nature of the server will keep things from getting stale and the economy from going to complete shit like blue so I think interest will stay higher in general.

[Videri]

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

I think we’ll be looking at 3k.

I agree.

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

Only the curmudgeonliest raiders and Tunnelquesters will stay in Blue.

I'm not so sure of this. I expect a high proportion of current Blue players will stay True to Blue. In <Castle>, we did a poll and over half of the 39 respondents didn't want to leave Blue. I often see level 40s say stuff like "But what about all my progress?"

[El-Hefe]

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

I agree.



I'm not so sure of this. I expect a high proportion of current Blue players will stay True to Blue. In <Castle>, we did a poll and over half of the 39 respondents didn't want to leave Blue. I often see level 40s say stuff like "But what about all my progress?"

I mean, just going by your anecdote, if somewhere are half of the population leaves that is a absolutely huge hit to Blue. Most of the server is already a ghost town at most level ranges, split that in half and the game is mostly unplayable for a lot of classes. I see the mass migration as having a snowball effect and most of the midlevel folks on Blue that don't want to switch will change their tone when it becomes apparent which way the wind is blowing.

People are adverse to change. But eventually I think most people are going to want to try the real game and stop fooling around on the Test Server.

[Fammaden]

TEN. THOUSAND. PLAYERS.

Then in a month it will be a 300 man ghost town and blue will be like 500 to 1k primetime.

[Graventhel]

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

TEN. THOUSAND. PLAYERS.

Really? Are you just going to walk right passed an opportunity to say, "OVER NINE THOUSAAAAAAAND!"?

Are you even from the internet?

[Tist]

I am thinking 5-10k at a minimum.

[Barantor]

I think it will depend on what happens outside of this community within the next two weeks.

More Kotaku and Massively articles or the like? Yeah I would say higher than 2K, maybe as much as 5k.

Hardly any coverage outside the emulation or EQ scene? Yeah around 2K probably.