new p1999

[Amuk]

Item loot is not fun, spend more time bagging your valuables and avoiding pvp than actually contesting shit. Coin loot + losing the contested mob is enough of an incentive plus bragging rights.

Pls open a pvp server rogean !

[Rael]

Kunark's not even out yet and people are already clamouring for a new classic server.

Yo dawg I heard you like classic servers so I made a classic server of your classic server so you can classic EQ instead of classic EQ.

[Omnimorph]

Mitic will still roll a ranger even on a pvp server... because he's cool.

[Striiker]

it is apparent that people lose sight of the fact that there are many, many users on the server who have been putting time in on their play characters who don't care about the fact that they missed out on getting the items which no longer drop or that there are players with a ton of plat etc. I fall into that category as does my wife who recently started playing. P1999 is her first experience playing Everquest and she's really enjoying herself, having leveled up her character to 16 recently. A server wipe would be a huge disappointment to her as all of that work would be gone. We don't have a whole lot of time to play (work, kids, etc) so the couple of hours which we can dedicate to play each night is precious.
Don't get me wrong, I do love fresh server starts a lot. It has a completely different feel compared to older, established servers and I would jump an the opportunity to play on one however I think that at present, it would be best to leave the current server population as is and roll through the remaining expansions, tuning and bug fixing along the way. Once Velious is out and Nilbog is comfortable with the bug situation, a new server would be a great idea. This way, everyone can experience classic on a relatively bug-free server where loot, game mechanics, etc. are as they should be. I suspect that this is the plan (at least that's what I would do and it makes the most sense).

[Rogean]

Who ever said anything about a server wipe?

[Extunarian]

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

Who ever said anything about a server wipe?

Why, none other than your right-hand man and the trusted liaison between staff and community: Pokemon

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

What if we wiped this box before the Kunark release for a fresh start?

And of course once someone mentions Server Wipe or PvP we can be sure that people will quickly take it as gospel truth and start pulling out their hair in fear or excitement.

[Messianic]

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

Why, none other than your right-hand man and the trusted liaison between staff and community: Pokemon

Prince, resident "Tbh"'er, seconded the motion:

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

not a bad idea- would give everyone an equal chance, would bring lots of players who quit back, and would be a good opportunity to attract new players

[Striiker]

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

Who ever said anything about a server wipe?

I wasn't worried about any kind of wipe. It's been a subject which has been brought up in the past and I never bothered to respond. It's making the rounds again (as is the request to allow boxing and the various other things which ebb and flow).
I do understand why people would like a wipe and I'd like it for some of those reasons but people don't look at it from other perspectives. I have never been worried about any kind of server wipe as it is completely outside of the goals and philosophy which I've seen Nilbog operate under thus far.

[StinkyGreenBud]

If i wipe happened i wouldn't come back. I am in no way relvl'ing a toon. Hell i don't even have any alts. Wiz will be my only toon.

[guineapig]

I heard the new server is going to give out free cookies, milk and epics at level 1.