Isn't it time to find out what lies in the future for the servers?

[BlackBellamy]

No one here needs to know anything. Stop adding another level of stress by gaming the merge meta. Play the game you are given, realize it might be gone forever in mid-play and be happy with that.

[starkind]

Necromancy only server next.

Then maybe a cleric only. Or wizard only server.

[Swish]

Can't wait to get a manastone on the next box despite having a job and commitments outside the game. Am I being realistic?

[Ooloo]

Here's my proposal for what to do at the end of green timeline:

Merge green and blue. This server would be the museum server and would have everyone's characters from green and blue intact with all their gear and titles from botb and all those histories and memories, and you can still log them in if you want, but all the raid mobs and quests are disabled.

At the same time the next green server would launch fresh, and if you want to actually *play* everquest you need to roll on the new green. All your elf pixels still exist for history's sake on the museum server, but this would incentivize people to participate in the new green server and avoid further splitting up the populations. When green 1.0 launched I was honestly pretty baffled that people were actually sticking around on blue and continuing to raid there. I have a 60 epic torpor sham on blue and I don't think I've logged her in once since green launched.

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

Here's my proposal for what to do at the end of green timeline:

Merge green and blue. This server would be the museum server and would have everyone's characters from green and blue intact with all their gear and titles from botb and all those histories and memories, and you can still log them in if you want, but all the raid mobs and quests are disabled.

At the same time the next green server would launch fresh, and if you want to actually *play* everquest you need to roll on the new green. All your elf pixels still exist for history's sake on the museum server, but this would incentivize people to participate in the new green server and avoid further splitting up the populations. When green 1.0 launched I was honestly pretty baffled that people were actually sticking around on blue and continuing to raid there. I have a 60 epic torpor sham on blue and I don't think I've logged her in once since green launched.

It's quite simple why a lot of people stick to blue, myself included. For many people it took years to get their toons leveled and geared on blue. Not everyone has the time or desire to do that again. EQ isn't like Diablo 2, where you can make multiple high geared characters in a few months.

The museum idea is interesting, but if you can't play the game it is honestly a waste of server hardware and bandwith. People won't play it at all, and you might as well delete it at that point. The problem is you aren't going to be able to force blue players (or green 1.0 players who feel the same way with their chracters) to play Green 2.0. They will just quit if you deleted the old servers or turned them into a museum. So it doesn't solve the player base split issue sadly.

[Danth]

That post smells of, "Someone likes something I don't like? Destroy it!"

Danth

[DeathsSilkyMist]

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

That post smells of, "Someone likes something I don't like? Destroy it!"

Danth

Agreed.

There are probably only two ways to fix the player base split issue, and neither will happen for obvious reasons:

1. The Dev's discontinue making new Green servers, and everyone plays on a merged Blue/Green. This will never happen because the Dev's plan for the past 10 years has been Green, and I am not saying new Green servers are bad. I think it is a great idea, I just don't have the time/inclination to start over. If Green came out 5 years ago I would have been much more excited.

2. The dev's push P99 into Luclin and merge the servers. That way everyone keeps their existing characters, while also not being on a "beta server". This will never happen either due to the dev's wanting to keep the timeline where it is, and I agree with them. I prefer the Classic-Velious timeline, and while I am kind of itching to play Planes of Power again, I could do that on TLP.

[Swish]

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

Here's my proposal for what to do at the end of green timeline:

Merge green and blue. This server would be the museum server and would have everyone's characters from green and blue intact with all their gear and titles from botb and all those histories and memories, and you can still log them in if you want, but all the raid mobs and quests are disabled.

At the same time the next green server would launch fresh, and if you want to actually *play* everquest you need to roll on the new green. All your elf pixels still exist for history's sake on the museum server, but this would incentivize people to participate in the new green server and avoid further splitting up the populations. When green 1.0 launched I was honestly pretty baffled that people were actually sticking around on blue and continuing to raid there. I have a 60 epic torpor sham on blue and I don't think I've logged her in once since green launched.

Not everyone wants to start again, and sometimes you stick with your pals.

[Skarne]

Sucks when all your pals quit 2-3+ yrs ago…so now you’re stuck by yourself de-leveling your main with raid gear down to 4…just for the journey to 60 yet again where you can make new pals.

[Ooloo]

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

Not everyone wants to start again, and sometimes you stick with your pals.

I know, it's just that I dont see any other solution that doesn't result in further and further fractioning of the p99 population, which will *ensure* the ultimate end of the project. Upsetting the few people who *only* play blue and refuse to start over would still probably be a net gain in population and an injection of fresh vitality for the whole project.