Promoting Project 1999!

[Rael]

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

I've been tempted to post this on my old guild forums to get some inactive players here with me. The guild is still raiding pretty well and have a section for the old timers who no longer play. Is it bad taste to post this on a guild forum with active players on Live? And if not, is it bad mojo to promote an emu server on the forums of a Live guild?

Not really. Say you raid 3 times a week, that still leaves a lot of time to play other games/servers. Plus they're already paying their subscription to SOE so there's nothing unethical about that.

[Malrubius]

I expect P1999 will hit 1k (online) soon after the summer winds down. Then Kunark will simply blow the doors off of this thing.

2k within a year would not surprise me in the least. Keep spreadin' the word.

[Straif]

I'm kind of conflicted about this.

I love P99. I've come to accept the community as it is: with tons of awesome and helpful people and even the handful of douche bags.

My first thought is, a boisterous community would improve the overall classic experience.

On the other hand, with all the end game drama, high end guild bitching, and clashes in general that typically come with all MMO's do I really want an influx of people? I'm not sure what the reaction would be if more people got word of this emulator. The comforting thought is that classic era kept alot of the kiddy bullshit you typically find in today's ez-mode MMO's at bay. But that doesn't mean everyone signing up is going to be a model player and a champion of EQ ethics.

Live had multiple servers, we have one. Double the average game population and realize there is only contested content that's usually squashed shortly after it spawns. Some servers on live (Prexus did anyway) had a community of high end guilds come together to make a rotation list for raid encounters. I highly doubt that will happen if there were more high end guilds to be built. It'll be a FCFS rage fest.

This is just a thought I had. I can't see into the future or predict what will happen but I like this server enough that I've actually begun to care about the community and the people who work hard to run it. Which never ever happened on Live. lol

Change scares me [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Overcast]

But if enough were to join - and donate, perhaps another server could 'follow' this one on progression. One at Kunark halfway to Velious and another just starting 'classic' again. Who knows?

I told a friend about it yesterday and he's playing now as well. I see the population swelling everyday.

Yesterday, I told someone how to use a /corpse button to pull a corpse to them - so not all are EQ vets, for sure.

[Dantes]

2k population? Guk, Unrest, and Mistmoore are already crowded as it is. Raid mobs die almost instantly after they pop. Why does everybody think we need 2,000 people on this server? It sounds to me like more hassle (server load) and harder to find groups.

[Malrubius]

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

2k population? Guk, Unrest, and Mistmoore are already crowded as it is. Raid mobs die almost instantly after they pop. Why does everybody think we need 2,000 people on this server? It sounds to me like more hassle (server load) and harder to find groups.

Kunark

[shadesofjoe]

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

2k population? Guk, Unrest, and Mistmoore are already crowded as it is. Raid mobs die almost instantly after they pop. Why does everybody think we need 2,000 people on this server? It sounds to me like more hassle (server load) and harder to find groups.

That won't be the case once the new continents open up.

[guineapig]

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

That won't be the case once the new continents open up.

True... sort of.

Kunark will open at some point late in the year (still unknown). That's 1 continent and many dungeons to be sure.

Velious will be roughly a year after Kunark.

I think the current population will have enough to do split between Kunark and Classic but there is no telling how many inactive players we already have that are just waiting for Kunark. I would say that those innactive players alone could easily bump the 700-800 (peak times) to 1200-1300.

Chances are many of those inactive players are already level 50.
So for a while everyone will be leveling up to 60 but once people get there the end game will be twice as crowded as it is now and who knows how many raiding guilds there will be.

As far as levels 1 - 50 though, Kunark adds tons of great outdoor and indoor options that will make people happy.


It will be interesting for sure! [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Straif]

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

2k population? Guk, Unrest, and Mistmoore are already crowded as it is. Raid mobs die almost instantly after they pop. Why does everybody think we need 2,000 people on this server? It sounds to me like more hassle (server load) and harder to find groups.

Agreed.

As for more servers. There are human beings running this thing. I'm pretty sure they have responsibilities and families. What they do is solely their decision, our experience is at their digression. I can't speak for anyone but I doubt more servers is a part of the game plan. As for donating and contributing, we might as well implement a subscription fee (though legally you probably can't). Not to knock on helping the server out but I'm unemployed, which is the main reason as to why I invest as much time as I do in this server.

For the people who played on Live from Classic through PoP. Contested content sucks ass when you have a lot of people gunning for it. Not even raid encounters but other things as well (i.e. Epic weapon clusterfuck is incoming.)

[Agecroft]

Woo! I've been looking to do something along these lines myself. I try to post the url in a positive way anywhere I can relate it.

I love this server!