For me there would ideally always be 3 P99 servers up.
 

1 that is in Classic. 1 that is in Kunark. 1 that is in Velious. Constantly rotating every few years, with Velious hard-resetting into Classic at the end of it's life-cycle etc.

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IDK if the player-base could sustain this many P99 servers or game-modes, but I frequently find myself craving the feeling of true classic EQ or true classic Kunark, even fresh Velious. I still enjoy P99 as it is, but I feel like some of you know what I mean? P99 on either server doesn't really have that classic feel to it anymore. In many ways it's actually more casual than WoW because of how twinked players are, how cheap gear is, how most of the best solo spots are open 24/7, all the high level players giving out PoTG and Clarity 2 etc and who cares if we wipe, someone's epic Cleric is camped near by (not that I'm complaining).

I just miss when I was in Mistmoore and got excited that we got a Dwarf Warrior with full bronze armor and two gnoll hide lariats to join our group after several days of using an untwinked human monks as our tank. Struggling to kill all of the mobs in Fireplace with a full group before they respawned. Getting invited to groups in Permafrost. Sitting on the edge of your seat everytime a Frenzied Ghoul spawns.

I miss fresh Kunark - where players actually group in places other than Karnor's Castle. Maybe actually getting to loot Torpor or a Fungus Tunic rather than grinding gold for it.

I miss Velious - where getting an armor upgrade is exciting and rare - not just a cheap MQ you buy out of the EC tunnel.

I feel like some of yall relate to this. It feels like there's no where I can go to currently experience any of the classic EQ stuff. TLP's don't help really.

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I would think Classic and Kunark would end after all the bosses were killed once but if you could multibox a character on each of the three servers I could absolutely see p99 people doing that.

maybe having a healthy mix between classic/kunark and then velious rather than the 3 distinct servers would help, but i think there are a lot of people who would choose classic over kunark or velious, so it's hard to say. in the old days... old content didnt instantly become irrelevant, i think things are different now. poorly typed out response :p im in the lobby for a rated BG so I had to blurt this out lol

or just 1 server that keeps resetting at the end of velious

yah but how long after the end? sweatlords are still here 4 years after its ended on green trying to get their BiS gear

i meant keep blue and keep green recycling into blue and starting fresh

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Ahhh haha like dump all the lingerers onto blue where they can continue the eternal quest for best in slot

exactly

^This. One server that resets at the end of the normal progression timeline (i.e. on the release date of the next expansion after velious). All the characters are then immortalized onto the other server which just stays stuck in velious forever and then the reset happens on server 1. Really only need 2 servers at that point so even solves for keeping red (a)live for whatever misguided reasons (aka so people can still post P99 red on the forum since that's all the red community does anymore).