Friday evening and barely hitting over 1000.

[EQJubilee]

The launch of new TLP servers by Daybreak is probably taking a lot of the players. Once those servers get to the expansions that players hate (PoP and past) then people will probably come back here or to the other EMU servers.

[SirAlvarex]

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

Also Kunark pop dropped as low as 450 primetime following the IB ban in 2011, and stayed 450-600 for roughly a year or so before getting to 1200+... all before Velious date was even announced.

I don't think a constant stream of content is why people are here.

Isn't that about the time some people started doing twitch streams? I remember I stopped playing around the 450 at primetime mark then came back for another go when the pop was around 800. Then it spiked up to the 1200 or so it's been at for a solid year or 2.

I vaguely remember seeing posts of some "popular" twitch streamers and that could have brought in a couple hundred active players.

Regardless, eventually the stream of players just finding out about P99 and wanting to relive the early 2000's will disappear. Because eventually everyone who wanted to relive EQ will have.

I don't think that'll be a problem tho. As long as the admins are willing to keep the servers alive there will be people wanting to play. And I'm sure friends-of-friends-of-friends will join as I've met a few like that throughout P99.

[bktroost]

Things are broken and there is no deadline to fix them. 10th Ring War, though we keep doing it for data, has not had the same issues changed. Mage epic is broken since revamp. NToV has been abandoned by CSR until this week when they announced to us that it would follow normal raiding rules... which no one understands at the moment because people are no longer respecting with no punishment. Such as camping at ZLs or not in zones for planar mobs. Earlier in the week someone pulled a Klandicar and another guild snatched it and killed without FTE and there was no enforcement of rules...the server feels largely abandoned because there is no longer a figurehead giving direction to it. Also, Dain is currently, unclassically spawning on a broken, unwinnable ring war. See here for details.

None of the bugs are really problems if we know there is a resolution and that the GMs or guides are given authority to punish people abusing them. But its more or less a ghostown.

Without goals and structure it becomes too much hassle with too little hope of a better future. People just give up and walk away.

[wormed]

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

Who is this Wormed guy that doesn't play anymore?

Btw, need Paladins.

<3

[ronasch]

I already have my 9 and 13 year old son playing, EQ replacement birth rate I score 2.0 woot.

[ronasch]

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

<3

Most Paladins quit, I know used to be one on live. Shitty class, shitty gear, shitty DPS. Roll any other class and you don't have those issues

[heartbrand]

The content is easy, and once you beat it, you're just playing Barbie doll with your toon with the prospect of no new content ever again.

[ronasch]

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

The content is easy, and once you beat it, you're just playing Barbie doll with your toon with the prospect of no new content ever again.

I don't think the devs are simply just going to allow p99 to fade away once velious is mastered. Custom content may be a lot more expansive then you think. Their are plenty of things they can do within the Titanium client that can easily be modified to keep people playing and also keep an Original Format.

[wormed]

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

Most Paladins quit, I know used to be one on live. Shitty class, shitty gear, shitty DPS. Roll any other class and you don't have those issues

I actually love my Paladin. I just went on extended hiatus because of the realization that Velious is it - no Luclin, no Planes, everything is done as a zerg. Not to mention, poopsocking is not fun at 32 years old. The class has nothing to do with the reason why I stopped playing. That may be a reason for some Paladin's, but not mine.

[SamwiseRed]

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

I actually love my Paladin. I just went on extended hiatus because of the realization that Velious is it - no Luclin, no Planes, everything is done as a zerg. Not to mention, poopsocking is not fun at 32 years old. The class has nothing to do with the reason why I stopped playing. That may be a reason for some Paladin's, but not mine.

well said.