Server split for blue?

[Rhambuk]

I was around for the start of p99 so my view may be different than those that didnt.

however i remember running through racial cities and players would just be there. you could walk into any city and there would be players working on tradeskills dueling etc, most cities i walk into now are barren. Nothing major it was just nice to see busy cities

[Swish]

More population for the existing server then. I'd say until you reach 2000 (around what vanilla EQ had at peak times on most of its servers) there should be no chance of a server split.

People also think that somehow if you make a new server that "TMO" won't happen again. It will.

[Itap]

Everything I wanted to say has been said already ITT. I'd rather have an overpopulated server than an under. Look at red, having uber gear is useless if there is nobody around to show it off to.

[feanan]

First, you can't hold up red as a reason why a second blue server wouldn't work.
Second, nobody mentioned TMO as a reason.

Third, I don't think you can compare p99 to a server 13 years ago. Constant expansion releases pushed players forward, freeing up mobs and camps to the stragglers. That doesn't happen here at all.

[webrunner5]

Yeah but hell Seb had over 170 people in it a few days ago. That is crazy. I think there is too many people on now. Try to get in a group in the daytime in KC, MM, Unrest. Good luck with that. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On live Velious would have been out a LONG time ago and things would not be as crowded. Look at the price of gear now. Hell you can't save enough plat up to begin to buy good stuff anymore.

[Briscoe]

When you guys start seeing 100+ people in LOIO and DL like you would routinely see back on Live (even after Velious release), then maybe we can start talking about a split. Until then, it's totally unnecessary and it just sounds like a bunch of people wish they were around to get a guise.

[Zuut]

Having come to P99 years later than many of y'all, I would still not want a server split (though I admit it would be very fun to start from scratch along with many others). Shoot, with my casual game time, people have re-rolled twice and passed me up, so I feel like this would still be the case even on a new, fresh server - the only difference would be a lower population and a lesser chance of me being able to find a group after the initial wave of first toon leveling due to decreased populations and fewer alts.

As a casual player, that's just how I feel.

[Itap]

Originally Posted by webrunner5 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Yeah but hell Seb had over 170 people in it a few days ago. That is crazy. I think there is too many people on now. Try to get in a group in the daytime in KC, MM, Unrest. Good luck with that. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

On live Velious would have been out a LONG time ago and things would not be as crowded. Look at the price of gear now. Hell you can't save enough plat up to begin to buy good stuff anymore.

I think you're confused on how live camps used to work. People are spoiled with camps now. Remember HHK goblins? There were seriously like 4 groups down there. Now 1 group takes the entire basement. Same goes for MM, and pretty much every populated zone

[Swish]

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

Second, nobody mentioned TMO as a reason.

Actually from the other elevendy threads from people wanting a new server its often a dislike on TMO farming epics to sell on, trying to get a monopoly on the raid scene etc etc.

People, as with live, always migrated to servers because they want a new start without 100s of twinks running around.

You'll get TMO on a new server in some entity, and you'll get twinks running around after a few months - so ultimately, a year or two down the line you'll have 2 similar servers with a lower population on each.

The point about the server population drop over the summer is a good one...imagine having 3 servers with the population of red? It's almost enough to make someone want a DOTA 2 'beta' key...

[Swish]

Red needs to reroll as a team pvp setup. Less griefing I'd think, and I know (when I get a new 'puter) that I'd be down for it [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]