Reset classic server

[douglas1999]

I still don't really know why they even decided to release a PVP server, when at best the main server had a population of like 900. It split the population almost in HALF, after kunark basically doubled the land mass. How many people are on blue now during peak hours? like 450? Imagine if velious was already out, 450 people spread accross classic, kunark, and velious, is going to be a fucking ghost town. I really don't see how they thought they could afford to divide a population of less than 1000 players on an EQ server.

[eqravenprince]

It's funny how people would nerdrage quit if there was a reset. They would be back when the eq bug hit them again to play. I still like my idea of somehow locking/saving existing characters to be available at a later date. Effectively the same as a reset, but you know you will get your existing character(s) back later.

[Atmas]

I don't think a wipe is going to help in the long run. What problem that is causing low population is wiping going to address? People who are hardcore players will play and get to the top again. People who are more casual might quit or they might play again for a little while and get angry at being forced to re-do all the work they put in.

Most of the problems really stem from the player base itself. There is extensive knowledge of the game and most of the people on here were hardcore players back in the day. Euros and North Americans being on one server also has an impact. All of these things are extremly unbalancing as content is completed super quickly.

New content like epics and more likely Velious might bring back some players. If people are tired of doing the same content making them repeat it over again isn't going to bring numbers back.

[DoucLangur]

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

Wipe it Clean!

Reading the OP I thought "wtf? stupid troll!" - but come to think of it... I invested about a month of real life time into my shaman, and since he hit level 53, I have not bothered one bit about xp, I stoically take deaths and laugh about em, just because I know that post-60 ding, there's nothing to aim for, xp-wise.

Long story short - I would not hesitate a second anymore to vote in favour of a server wipe, no matter my invested time. The only think that I would like to see reserved for a month or so is the character names/races/classes on the accounts. Like... reset everyone to level 1, zero skills, and to newbie gear.

Otoh - having completely new character names could be fun also, to mix up the community further...

Wipe it! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.] It's gonna be cool again!

Slozem

[Softcore PK]

Originally Posted by douglas1999 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I still don't really know why they even decided to release a PVP server, when at best the main server had a population of like 900. It split the population almost in HALF, after kunark basically doubled the land mass. How many people are on blue now during peak hours? like 450? Imagine if velious was already out, 450 people spread accross classic, kunark, and velious, is going to be a fucking ghost town. I really don't see how they thought they could afford to divide a population of less than 1000 players on an EQ server.

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

It's mean of some bluebies to complain about the red server taking some of their population. If you lost people to the red server it's because they prefer it there and they probably have more fun. Your population being high is not more important than the enjoyment of x many individuals.

imo :/

[Charball]

Wipe it. I play casually and I don't care if all the power gamers get uber again in a few weeks, at least we'll have those few weeks. On top of that all the plat in the game that got there through hax cheats or exploits would be gone. Couple that with a stronger more secure server and hopefully the same type of crap won't happen again, it could make for the classic feel everyone wants. Wipe it.

[Plaidpants]

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

Wipe it. I play casually and I don't care if all the power gamers get uber again in a few weeks, at least we'll have those few weeks. On top of that all the plat in the game that got there through hax cheats or exploits would be gone. Couple that with a stronger more secure server and hopefully the same type of crap won't happen again, it could make for the classic feel everyone wants. Wipe it.

yes

[webrunner5]

Some of these people who want to wipe it clean may be surprised how
hard it is to level now then 1 year ago. Gone are the 50% weekend XP stints. Gone are uber pet hits, pet nerf XP in now. Spells like Whril till you Hurl nerfed to hell. Etc Etc. No cake walk like before. Not that it was a easy as hell , just harder now.

[Plaidpants]

And that's a good thing.

[Grizzled]

The stagnation is probably the same thing sony went through during velious. Luclin came out with AA's to give high level players something to do. If this is an issue now, then it will be again even after velious comes out. To the best of my knowledge velious is the limit the devs put on this server. So yes there will be points in time where toons are max level, and best gear and nothing to do. And we are talking a full account of them.
Now sony's issues werent as severe with teams of people making content and fixes happen faster. But in the end velious showed them they had to do something or lose players to DAoC, which had "AA" for pvp stuff.
Im not 100% against a wipe, it would suck, however half the server didnt mind it for the pvp server. I would vote yes, and dump the pvp server, but just my 2cp. Pvp wasnt that good in eq anyways.

This is all just a sign of things to come if AA is never introduced to the game.