Staff - Players - TMO, a Treatise on the Future of the Server

[Safon]

The server seems to be getting healthier, and if we want it to continue to do so until Velious hits then certain trends need to keep happening.

The staff as always are very much appreciated, they work for free and have given us classic Everquest. Ambrotos has been awesome clearing up the forums lately, not too mention his trivia events. Amelinda is helpful and super nice as always. Nilbog seems admirably dedicated to his goal of recreating classic EQ through to Velious, and Rogean and the other devs/staff rock as always for contributing to the project. All we can do is hope they continue to support and love the server, and contribute in any way we can.

The players lately seem to have been in a more cooperative and helpful mood as well. It's great to see guilds coming together for joint raids. The distinct lack of rofl-stomping, cuthroat raiding and flaming on the raid scene is nothing but good for the server. And that brings me to my final concern.

TMO. Good guild with great leadership and many great people. Some members are far too loud and aggressive, yes, but they do not constitute the whole. TMO is in a unique position to be the guild TR should have been. TMO was semi casual once, and they have a much better disposition towards less hardcore guilds than IB/TR did. I sincerely believe they will be they deciding factor regarding where this server ends up throughout the year; they have no real competition anymore. I truly hope that when the current raid suspension ends, they will act in the servers best interests as well as their own. You guys earned the top spot on the server, but please think of the whole as you go forward.

Anyways just some thoughts I had after I came back recently. If recent trends continue I imagine i'll be playing here until well after Velious, as will the friends I came back to play with.

Cheers!