Fresh start or /movelog for blue rotation server?

[Hailto]

Hypothetically speaking, if a new blue server with raid rotation were to happen, would you prefer a fresh start or a /movelog copy from the current server?

[Ele]

Fresh Day 0 with Velious with your character name already reserved from your blue or red account.

Just like a new server in late 2000/2001. No legacy items, no mass amount of overpowered clickies, no massive bank accounts, no mega twinks.

Some might call it paradise.

[Raev]

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

Some might call it paradise.

[Hailto]

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

Fresh Day 0 with Velious with your character name already reserved from your blue or red account.

Just like a new server in late 2000/2001. No legacy items, no mass amount of overpowered clickies, no massive bank accounts, no mega twinks.

Some might call it paradise.

Yeah that would be amazing.

[kaev]

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

Fresh Day 0 with Velious with your character name already reserved from your blue or red account.

Just like a new server in late 2000/2001. No legacy items, no mass amount of overpowered clickies, no massive bank accounts, no mega twinks.

Some might call it paradise.

Some, including me, yeah. But there appear to be plenty who disagree. I'd love to see it, but I don't have any real clue as to how viable it would be. There're plenty of casual players very attached to their existing pixels and their multiple leveled up alts. There're plenty of casual raiders who only really love the raid game, witness the popularity of paying pp to stare at a wall in Chardok instead of playing the game.

Also, I'm wondering how you'd convince our glorious p99 overlords to provide it, given their avowed goal for the project.

[Ele]

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

Also, I'm wondering how you'd convince our glorious p99 overlords to provide it, given their avowed goal for the project.

Would be nice once Velious Beta is complete to wipe beta and turn it into a Velious Day 0 release server with Old World/Kunark/Velious unlocked.

Let it run for a few months and see where people choose to go. It certainly wouldn't be an issue if the population isn't there to just let people move log to red or blue with no ill effect as it won't bring in any legacy items or massive amounts of plat.

[Buriedpast]

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

Fresh Day 0 with Velious with your character name already reserved from your blue or red account.

Just like a new server in late 2000/2001. No legacy items, no mass amount of overpowered clickies, no massive bank accounts, no mega twinks.

Some might call it paradise.

This man. He knows.

Identical to Vazaelle. No Donals, no prenerfs, none of that garbage like /tar * named cycle farming, no huge abundance of 2-3mannable stuff. Just A perfect world. It would be awesome to meet folks I otherwise wouldn't, forge new friends, do that awesome stuff like those crazy 10 man lower guk groups to get stuffs.

The most important part is that it wouldn't be about the raid scene. We wouldn't need rotations, we would just need a fresh start and a chance to set the mood from the get go. A server and it's raid scene is largely the result of it's people, and I believe the people who would leave their p99 pixels are not the 'shit this place up' kind of folk.

An interesting thought on top of this (which I've suggested as project2000 for over 2 years) would be to restrict p1999 access somehow. So you avoid the batphone neckbeardig whilst also playing 2000.

[Jfertal]

Didn't nilbog say he planned to do a fresh start with exact timeline once velious is done and perfected?

[Ele]

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

Didn't nilbog say he planned to do a fresh start with exact timeline once velious is done and perfected?

It has been suggested by Devs as a "would like to do," just like teams99. Nothing official yet on either.

If Velious came out today though, then the earliest that scenario would happen is at least 1.5 years away.

[Magnar]

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

It has been suggested by Devs as a "would like to do," just like teams99. Nothing official yet on either.

If Velious came out today though, then the earliest that scenario would happen is at least 1.5 years away.

It would happen a lot faster if the staff didn't have to keep dealing with PetitionQuest and could focus on other things. For example, just because Sirken isn't coding, doesn't mean he doesn't have a hand in getting Velious out the door as soon as possible. The more time he has to spend answering raid petitions over people's bullshit, the more time he has taken away from working on actual things. Throw Rogean, Derubael, and everyone else who multitasks on staff into the mix and that puts deadlines WAY behind.