When should green reset?

[Wudan]

P99 team has done a great job restoring the original EQ.
They have done a piss poor job maintaining the servers and the community.
It is the biggest reason for population decline.
Basically they built this great thing and then left it to rot.

[caveslug]

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

P99 team has done a great job restoring the original EQ.
They have done a piss poor job maintaining the servers and the community.
It is the biggest reason for population decline.
Basically they built this great thing and then left it to rot.

We had a big number drop with Quarm.
If a Green reset happened, you would see all the other servers dip in players too.

It's the nature of content like this, and the player base.

[Sirquestalot]

Ahh. I didn't interpret the IRL correctly. In that case, no, because Ken Jeong in Role Models is enough for me to avoid LARPing, ever.

[milarion]

I think a lot of people would come back , like me. I stopped playing a few months into Kunark. I check every now and then for a new classic fresh server. i'D even pay a 2-3$ sub per month.

[eqravenprince]

Classic is best!

[Chikorita]

While it makes logical sense to merge green with blue and then start a new green and do that in x year cycles...

There should have been a clear announcement/disclaimer that
a) it was going to happen
b) the actual specific timeline
Otherwise the immense amount of gameplay effort spent by players will feel like it got robbed. And for what purpose?

Highly addicted veteran players already know the game inside and out. Upon resetting they are going to know the game better than when green launched, not worse. There is no going back to what it was like in original EQ before anyone even understood what MMORPGs were, let alone knowing all the ins and outs of EQ.

Blue was created as a beta for green. There really isn't much benefit in wiping green unless 40 people fighting over a cracked staff in greater faydark is fun. Seal Team or "Good Guys" will just rush sleeper, again, and we'll be right back to where we are...except all those moderate players who don't know the game inside and out and worked through the levels will see all their progress lost and will, likely, just leave completely.

The expertise of players will not be wiped. Just progress. Wiping progress hurts non-elite players the most. Non-elite players are the most interesting filler in this game as end game content in the two main alliances is already crowded and well handled. Join any of their guilds and you'll see how much organization and tools and strategy they already have. None of that will be wiped.

You'd be better off taking every level 60 char and moving it to blue if you wanted a good 'wipe'. And everyone logged out in EC tunnel. xD

Someone should take AI and have it generate a whole new set of quests, items and mobs for EQ and relaunch like that. I bet that would be interesting. Really interesting.

[eqravenprince]

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

While it makes logical sense to merge green with blue and then start a new green and do that in x year cycles...

There should have been a clear announcement/disclaimer that
a) it was going to happen
b) the actual specific timeline
.

Umm it was announced. And specific enough.

https://wiki.project1999.com/Green

[HalflingWarrior]

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

Classic is best!

Hands down. Fresh-server Classic while nobody is twinked yet really demonstrates just how incredible EQ's game design actually is. The classes compliment each other perfectly, and group teamwork is required even in simple zones like Crushbone and Upper Guk. Considering EQ was basically the first cooperative, PVE-focused MMO, it really is astounding just how good the game is.

There's nothing quite like it, even to this day (though Vanguard came close, broken as it was. that game had LOADS of dungeons, starting as early as levels 8-10, that required pullers & CC & aggro management etc)

[loramin]

And not only was it announced, it was literally announced as part of the announcement of Green itself!

Originally Posted by Nilbog on 09-13-2019

The green server will, at a time yet to be decided, eventually merge into blue and start over again. This merge will not happen until at least 6 months after the last patch in velious (No earlier than January 2023).

The only question about whether the merge would happen came later, when players whined, and the staff said (essentially) "we'll wait and see":

Originally Posted by Rogean

Server Merge - The staff has had considerable discussion internally regarding the merging of Green into Blue at the end of the timeline. We've heard your concerns. At this time, we haven't made a final decision, but we have also decided that we will leave the door open. A lot can change in 3 years, and we may chose to leave Green running independently as we open additional servers in the future.

[Dolalin]

Hopefully not before I'm done old splitpaw. I just have to create the loot tables in my db and hand off the exports to p99 devs for imports/testing.