Temporarily splitting Green?

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

I don't think he ever mentioned leveling at 50 but that's even more ridiculous since it's a year away and you have Lower Guk, Sol B, guards, various NPCs, plus the entire continent to Kunark to exp in. Call me crazy but I don't think we should launch a new server now just because we might have some overpopulation a year from now in Kunark (we won't).

If you meant 40-50, I already mentioned this is probably the most restrictive level range in the game. But the nice thing about EQ is that the primary focus isn't just hitting max level to raid, so you're going to have the entire player base leveling up at all kinds of different rates. Some people will take a year to get to 20, some people will be 40 in a couple of weeks. This natural spreading of the population will provide a consistent flow of players into the high level hunting areas until they reach 50 and exit the leveling experience.

It's difficult to predict what the populations will be in Lower Guk and Sol B in a few months, but I don't think there's a strong argument for launching a new server now just because a couple dungeons might get a little too full for a few weeks.

Yeah I agree the whole "well when two thousand people are 45 in X months, it will be crowded" has zero relevance right now. Like the staff said, they could consider taking another poll in the future if needed. Right now, the population is actually a positive since all over Norrath you can find groups and now that people are spread out it's easy to find mobs everywhere to solo too. If, in however many months we still have two thousand people and everyone is level 45-50 and it's causing problems, then we can reconsider a server split then.

There's literally no reason to split a server because you think there might
be problems months down the road at end game. Wait until we get there and then decide. If, as Deathrydar has claimed, it's so easy just to split the servers then there should be no issue with waiting to see what happens since we can easily solve the problem if one arises in the later levels.