Resurrecting / increasing the server pop

[Tradesonred]

Blue is down, it was meant to be

PS: Dalron sounds like a faerie alt

[SamwiseRed]

new ffa server?

lul why put the same old shitty ruleset on a clean server?

also quit talking about xp bonus, maybe hell forget [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tradesonred]

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

new ffa server?

lul why put the same old shitty ruleset on a clean server?

also quit talking about xp bonus, maybe hell forget [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Personally i like the ruleset, much better than teams.

Like i explained the main and probably only reason i was hoping for a wipe was to bring the population up.

But now i realize it might be overkill as maybe the only thing server needs is a little love and a xp bonus.

[Gustoo]

lol

[bordbard]

I just logged in last night for the first time since February when the XP was nerfed. Plan on playing again for the foreseeable future.

let the snowball begin!


-Cannabliss

[Sirken]

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

Okay it might not be totally dead, but to me it was.

Personally, i think the servers ruleset is allrite now that xp loss is gone. People are working with Nilbog on fixing issues.

Why i got excited about a wipe is that a new FFA server, a wipe, might have attracted numbers again. But it looks like a 300% xp bonus can do the same. I dont care how the server gets resurrected, I just wanted the server to reach numbers where its fun for me (and others who are not the hardcore PVEers who will stick with a 30-50 player box) to play on it.

At 120 ish i didnt feel like logging in... last night it was 160, i logged in for the first time in 3 months and then i realized the nice xp bonus that was on. This could have a snowball effect and resurrect the server as it climbs past 200 and makes log in other people who like me, didnt want to play on a dead server.

Really all i care is we find a way to get the critical mass thats enough to attract even more people. I think if wed break 225-250 wed start seeing something really nice happening.

Then wed have to convince Rogean not to touch the xp bonus for a long while till server hits a 500+ stable population.

I dont see whats so bad in letting players having MAYBE 2-3 60s instead of 1? I played alot and my highest characters are a 57 shaman (which should be 60 though, had a deathloop incident) and a 30 chanter...

Then you just add custom events here and there and i think its as simple as that, we would have a populated pvp server.

very well said sir. but you failed to address the #1 pop dropper [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Tradesonred]

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

very well said sir. but you failed to address the #1 pop dropper [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We all have our guesses as to what made each pop dip happen, what do you think is the #1 pop dropper?

[Stasis01]

This exp bonus feels like how it should be all the time - finally hit 60 on my rogue, I see tons of groupage/new players.

A reasonable amount of time to level is a must for a low pop box - noone wants to solo Everquest for months.

I bet you'll see pop over 200 before it ends.

[Tradesonred]

Originally Posted by Stasis01 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

This exp bonus feels like how it should be all the time - finally hit 60 on my rogue, I see tons of groupage/new players.

A reasonable amount of time to level is a must for a low pop box - noone wants to solo Everquest for months.

I bet you'll see pop over 200 before it ends.

Thats what i think too

You cant base how you set leveling speed according to how fast neckbeards with no lives can grind alts. Let them have 7 level 60s. The trade off will be more casual-ish people playing that will then make more people check the server out.

[Faerie]

I hold the unpopular opinion that exp rate is too high. I think a group xp bonus would do a lot more for the server than our current flat bonus. People leave the server because they aren't interacting with people and making friends. Also, teams. I polled some bluebies and tons of them are interested in a teams server, so whenever they get around to coding teams in I think population will see a big influx of new players.

-Remove xp bonus entirely
-Add in BIG scaling group bonus (more party members, more bonus)
-Teams
-General niceness

Let's seriously put in some effort toward not griefing our population away.