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

[Solb]

I started late on this server. It would be great to create a character in the beginning of a new server so I could be one of the first, thus most rich and powerful lvl 60s owning the raid scene my way with so much cash in the bank a year later I wouldn't know what to do with it. So. When is the new server starting up?

[Swish]

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

I started late on this server. It would be great to create a character in the beginning of a new server so I could be one of the first, thus most rich and powerful lvl 60s owning the raid scene my way with so much cash in the bank a year later I wouldn't know what to do with it. So. When is the new server starting up?

Why stop at one new server? Open 5-6, allow everyone to be king of their tiny hill [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I've been here 3 years and I'm still not rich... struggling to put plat together for an Edge of the Nightwalker at the moment (pm me if you're selling one). Perhaps I need some immersion therapy [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Keystone]

It would be interesting to have another one from scratch and open Kunark in 6 months then hopefully 6 months from then be velious is ready and and the doesn't go into it with 2 years worth of end game Kunark gear.

[Swish]

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

It would be interesting to have another one from scratch and open Kunark in 6 months then hopefully 6 months from then be velious is ready and and the doesn't go into it with 2 years worth of end game Kunark gear.

This comes up far too often, a new server would shut down an old server when everyone jumps ship. Might as well call it a wipe. The more that jump, the harder it would be for those staying/leveling to get groups... so they'll jump too.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

This comes up far too often, a new server would shut down an old server when everyone jumps ship. Might as well call it a wipe. The more that jump, the harder it would be for those staying/leveling to get groups... so they'll jump too.

I've supported the P99 wipe committee at every turn. Though I'm not really one for alts...

Sall fantasy anyway. Both N and B said no wipes. May get one once velious is old as dirt, but for fucks sake can maybe a new game come out that's worth a shit so i stop playing EQ?

[Coridan]

Eh, on live whenever a new server went up you just had a group of four or five people all taking turns grinding one druid up to 50+ in 4 days so he could PL their chars. In less than a year we would be right back where we are now. You would need a daily xp cap and more shit to do besides grinding xp or tradeskills. In other words never happening (though an xp cap on a Sullon Zek rules server could be fun)

[Hinshi Budou]

I'd really like to see an actual classic blue server (with as much classic as possible), with classic timeline for release of expansions. People keep saying shits not classic this n that etc, but 3 years of kunark and guilds shitting up the raid scene... shits not classic. Not one fucking bit. Server is a decent server n all, but imo is far too polluted with waaay too much plat, and waaay too much pixel intoxication. I think lot of us late starters would love the chance to start on a fresh server and see it follow classic timelines. ijs.

[Tecmos Deception]

What gets me about the people who want a new blue server is this: none of you guys ever really give reasons why the new server would be more fun for you. You just give reasons why the current one is less fun for you. OTHER people are rich. OTHER people are twinked. OTHER people are PLing. OTHER people are selling MQs. You seem to think that a faster progression will stop OTHER people from doing more stuff faster and better than you will.

I think you guys don't realize that there will be OTHER people on a new blue server too.

How is your relative situation really going to be that different a year from now on a new blue server instead of current blue? Instead of being on a server where there's, admittedly, a ton of plat and items and high-level characters, with people steamrolling through Velious and buying and selling new gear for hundreds of thousands of plat, you'll be near the end of Kunark where the casual players are still only level 40 and the hardcore players have had a 110% lockdown of raid content since the release of the server. Rotations won't even be able to help you when most of your guildies can't even zone into the planes yet, let alone deal with Kunark bosses.

Then you enter Velious with a guild or two in a smattering of "good" gear with the majority of the server sub-50 and starting threads on the forums about how they want a new blue server because of all the same things people do not... just with a new reason instead of "slow timeline." Don't forget that the new server's Velious will be somewhat buggy, since as hard as the staff try it is impossible to release a perfect expansion.


Just quit it with these threads and try to stop letting your fun on current blue be spoiled by what other people are doing. Then a few years from now when Velious is done and the whole classic experience is ironed out, you can play on the new server they'll make then.

[HeallunRumblebelly]

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

What gets me about the people who want a new blue server is this: none of you guys ever really give reasons why the new server would be more fun for you. You just give reasons why the current one is less fun for you. OTHER people are rich. OTHER people are twinked. OTHER people are PLing. OTHER people are selling MQs. You seem to think that a faster progression will stop OTHER people from doing more stuff faster and better than you will.

I think you guys don't realize that there will be OTHER people on a new blue server too.

How is your relative situation really going to be that different a year from now on a new blue server instead of current blue? Instead of being on a server where there's, admittedly, a ton of plat and items and high-level characters, with people steamrolling through Velious and buying and selling new gear for hundreds of thousands of plat, you'll be near the end of Kunark where the casual players are still only level 40 and the hardcore players have had a 110% lockdown of raid content since the release of the server. Rotations won't even be able to help you when most of your guildies can't even zone into the planes yet, let alone deal with Kunark bosses.

Then you enter Velious with a guild or two in a smattering of "good" gear with the majority of the server sub-50 and starting threads on the forums about how they want a new blue server because of all the same things people do not... just with a new reason instead of "slow timeline." Don't forget that the new server's Velious will be somewhat buggy, since as hard as the staff try it is impossible to release a perfect expansion.


Just quit it with these threads and try to stop letting your fun on current blue be spoiled by what other people are doing. Then a few years from now when Velious is done and the whole classic experience is ironed out, you can play on the new server they'll make then.

Honestly feel that wealth accumulation and the lack of resets are one of the major issues on p99. If you were to have your wealth reset every so often at random intervals, would you still horde it? It's caused some pretty awful shit like camp disputes and this endless epic MQ (no not fucking rogue MQs, more mage staff MQs) debacle. I'd just like to see the tears, mostly :3

[Tecmos Deception]

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

Honestly feel that wealth accumulation and the lack of resets are one of the major issues on p99. If you were to have your wealth reset every so often at random intervals, would you still horde it? It's caused some pretty awful shit like camp disputes and this endless epic MQ (no not fucking rogue MQs, more mage staff MQs) debacle. I'd just like to see the tears, mostly :3

Not only would I not horde it, I wouldn't be playing.

RPGs have always been about progressing a character through a storyline and exploring new places while growing in power and wealth. MMORPGs are that (though usually less story and more power+wealth) in a persistent world.

Resetting wealth ruins a lot of what an MMO like EQ is about.


And if someone is going to make the argument that I'm just a greedy bastard and that the people who want a new blue server just want to get away from people like me and play the game without concern for riches? You can do that on blue right now if you can muster up the willpower to stop caring about OTHER people and just play the game how YOU want to play it. And again, OTHER people are just going to be on a new server doing all the exact same things they did/do on here anyways.