To find ze zolution, ve mus virst identify ze proplem.

[Galacticus]

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We can all agree that the population on the server is currently 90% players who have already been playing for the last 2 months right?

We can all agree that the majority of these players are 40+ right?

So we can then identify the people needed to increase server population as new players.

This also identifies the target audience our server needs to cater to if we want a larger population. We don't have enough new players.

So here lies the problem: How do we get new players to join this server?

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To answer this question you need to identify why new players do not join this server.

The first points we agreed upon point out that there is no one for new players to play with.

So to solve the problem we need to solve to problem of how to bring new players to the server.

The answer to this is to have an environment that is going to get new players here and keep them here playing.

I think the answer to this is in what makes the blue server successful.

Sure exp bonus can help, or the incentive of pvp or less crowded loots, but those don't get rid of the problems that new players face that stop them from playing on this server.

What makes blue successful is when you log on, you have allies. You have something that is essential to playing this game. There are people to group with and do things with who don't have the option to kill you.

The hardest part of this game are the first 40 levels. Usually past that point you have gear, you have most of what makes your class powerful or useful to others. Those first 40 levels are what get you hooked and invested. It keeps you coming back.

Right now if you roll up a character on red, everyone is against you. There are very few people to group with if any and most people will try to kill you before talking to you. You need to grind up 30+ levels usually alone until you can even join one of the main guilds to even get to have people who wont kill you on site or to have someone to socialize with and make friends.



It needs to be clear that the reason the server population is low because we don't have new players coming here and staying.



If we fix this problem then we can fix the population.

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Possible solutions might be disabling pvp before lvl 30 or having pvp teams or giving out newb starter gear.


(TL&DR) - We need more new players, make the server more blue so we can steal blue players and convert them to red.


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[bloodletter]

The problem is we're playing a game from 1999 and we're nerds who like it that way. If you want something that's new and shiny go play "Minecraft Next".

Stop crying that no-one likes our game. You're making the rest of us who enjoy everything the way it is look bad.

[Eslade]

Better solution is that every new character is automatically enrolled in a noob guild. It won't stop PvP but at least you won't feel as alone.

[heartbrand]

This is a good OP. I made a challenge to the devs and staff to make a level one melee on this server. None of them have taken me up on it yet.

[Galacticus]

I just want more people to pvp against =(

[bloodletter]

IMHO, if the install/updating process was somehow 100% user friendly it would make the world of a difference...

I've tried to get a few friends to signup/play that loved EQ classic but when i tell them they need to download old CDs and then separate files and then make accounts on various websites they give up right away.

[bigshowtime]

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

IMHO, if the install/updating process was somehow 100% user friendly it would make the world of a difference...

I've tried to get a few friends to signup/play that loved EQ classic but when i tell them they need to download old CDs and then separate files and then make accounts on various websites they give up right away.

yes, because installing EQ and setting up an eqemu account is incredibly difficult.

your friends are morans

[Eslade]

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

yes, because installing EQ and setting up an eqemu account is incredibly difficult.

your friends are morans

Agreed, let's risk the server getting shut down because some people can't figure out how to find 10 year old CD's on the internet.

[dreama1]

I started playing because I love PVP but quit for a couple of reasons.

1. I thought I would be okay soloing but it becomes tedious real quick and frustrating
2. too many twinks (I quit before PnP was established although I never really got why people felt the need to cream themselves when killing someone clearly undermatched).

[k9quaint]

The other problem is, unless they want to raid at 4am new players are locked out of the end game. So they get to the 50s and realize they are in the wrong time zone and then quit.