How do we get players to return to Project1999?

[Alarti0001]

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

Velious won't save the server. It'll revive it for a while and then people will leave again and ultimately the server will come down to a relative handfull of people.

I'm one of the people who doesn't play anymore and I know Velious won't make me stay for a long time. It'll be fun again for a while but it can't solve the underlying problem people like me have with EQ.

The problem is: there is no endgame in EQ for people who don't raid. Also, when groups for all the non-raid content thin out beyond a certain point all the rest of the game loses it's fun as well.

So, people like me get up to the point at which we should be raiding but we don't want to because, let's be honest, it isn't worth all the time and trouble. This is just a game after all and I'm just not going to put myself through all that crap I don't enjoy anyway just so I'll have some excuse to keep logging in. So at that point our interest in the game begins to fizzle out.

Ok, now what, start an alt? Oh but look, there aren't enough people to group with and soloing isn't any fun even if you are playing a solo class. And yea, my quitting isn't going to help the population but what else can I do? I'm not going to log in every day just so I can stand around not getting into groups.

I don't mean for this to come across as whining. I'm just pointing out what I see as the major flaws with the server. I could offer suggestions to help alleviate the problems but people would yell at me if I did.

You are describing a strength or weakness of the game, not the server. Instances were designed to solve your problems

[Joroz]

velious will help but not as much as people think. huge numbers of people were grieved off the server in the last 5-6 months. i wouldn't expect to see them returning back into this community when options like eqmac, the sleeper, d3 and gw2 are getting hot. constantly recruiting new players is the best bet to keep the population going good. till about lvl 55 most players won't be exposed to raid scene on here and therefore be completely happy till then.

[Alarti0001]

Attendance prior to kunark was really low too and lots were griefed off the server before kunark alot left for the sony prog servers and we still hit 1k pop for kunark. Content is king and we are currently out of it

[sulious]

I dont know we could try to flood facebook- project 1999 fanpage with comments etc to drum up interest and advertise? https://www.facebook.com/#!/EQProject1999

[falkun]

Only the top 1% of the server is "currently out of [content]." The rest of us play with lots of content ahead of us still, even before releasing Velious. If you'd like more content, faster, log onto EQMac/Live and help Nilbog answer his Velious questions. Or you can continue to kill kunark_dragon_9999, like you have been for months.

[Alarti0001]

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

Only the top 1% of the server is "currently out of [content]." The rest of us play with lots of content ahead of us still, even before releasing Velious. If you'd like more content, faster, log onto EQMac/Live and help Nilbog answer his Velious questions. Or you can continue to kill kunark_dragon_9999, like you have been for months.

Is this going to become another " its tmo's fault " thread. You aren't out of content? Why is seb and hs empty? Most of the server won't get thru vp before velious is out just like on live. The difference is velious has tons more content both group and raid.

[falkun]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is this going to become another " its tmo's fault " thread. You aren't out of content? Why is seb and hs empty? Most of the server won't get thru vp before velious is out just like on live. The difference is velious has tons more content both group and raid.

It is not solely TMO's fault I still have content in Kunark to experience. I play infrequently enough that I'm not L60, I don't have my epic, and I haven't seen VP. That still gives me incentive to log on when I am able to.

Kunark on P99 will last longer on P99 than it did on Live, so the only reason fewer people will see Veeshan's Peak on P99 than on Live is because they don't feel like putting in the effort to get the key (everything from poopsocking Trak to camping the Pained Soul to the easy ground spawns). Only a minimal portion of that is TMO's fault.

I'm not trying to blame TMO for the rest of the server not "completing" Kunark. I am trying to say that those who have "completed" Kunark are able to expedite the process on releasing more "King Content" (read: Velious) by aiding the developer(s) of the content. You are more than capable of becoming part of the solution instead of just complaining about it (making you part of the problem). And Nilbog has done an amazing job at being accessible and providing the community the ability to expedite development. So when you want to complain about Velious' slow release, talk in the mirror and leave it off the forums.

[Ambrotos]

Keep the RnF in the right area. Keep on topic and leave out personal attacks.

[finalgrunt]

Originally Posted by Alarti0001 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Is this going to become another " its tmo's fault " thread. You aren't out of content? Why is seb and hs empty? Most of the server won't get thru vp before velious is out just like on live. The difference is velious has tons more content both group and raid.

Yes, keep this delusional thinking that TMO has got nothing to do with server population decline. It's not just that, but plays a part for sure.

Remove variance, bring global rotation for a good half of targets, rework the FTE rules and see what happens.

[Autotune]

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

Yes, keep this delusional thinking that TMO has got nothing to do with server population decline. It's not just that, but plays a part for sure.

Remove variance, bring global rotation for a good half of targets, rework the FTE rules and see what happens.

Yeah, TMO has been ruining this server for years!


Seriously tho, this is starting to get hilariously sad. Like, is Harrison rubbin off on you guys?