How To Boost Server Pop

[Nirgon]

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

In a vacuum I think you're right Nirgon, and if this was a fresh server we wouldn't have this issue. But people right now just stop on by to check things out, see a wasteland with crazy ooc spam and forums, and log off.

Global ooc needs to be one message per person per at least 10 minutes, with quick/easy revocation for people abusing it. You also have /lfg and tells to work off of from there.

I am against yellow text but it is mighty handy in dealing with morons who will deny that they died and bind rush over LNS. The problem is the "global shame" of a death and of course all the people on the server who don't like you spamming you with shit.

Rallos Zek had more/more quality pvp than red, but every day I didn't log in to people ripping their hair out over pixels and making RL attacks. Imagine that, a PvP server not filled with degenerates.

It's pretty easy now to say that no one wants another massive scum operation in town, keep the guilds at least some what divided (aka not 80 active people in 154 pop server). I mean really... do you wanna get up at 6am to raid for something you have to buy (wink) out of the guild bank? Do you really want to raid something or contest it to some insane hour of the morning just so some random person can't finish a druid epic?

Form your separate guilds, do your own thing, don't obsess about raid targets... be nice to new people and have a system in your guild like HB did to reward people that help build the pop.

Basically? Act like a normal functioning human being to people and they will want to come and stay.

As far as who is going to be "the next scum bag huge guild".. I mean take a look and see who wants to mass recruit on this 150 pop box or is making obsessive plans about raid targets already.

[Haynar]

Boxing = No.

As the resident dev who strongly supports boxing, I will let you know when the sentiment concerning boxing changes. In the meantime, keep calling your hand, your wife/girlfriend and wait for your eventual ban.

H

[Rec]

high levels reroll so new players have someone to play with. It's not complicated

[Nirgon]

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

As the resident dev

We got da best guy. Luv u bud.

[kprobe]

Terrible idea. Boxing is not what eq is about.

Especially now that we have good group xp bonus, use that advantage and group.

[heartbrand]

Cool. It seems to be working obviously as pop is through the roof and groups are popping off left and right on red99. Clearly the exp bonus has helped make the server flourish and if we just keep on doing what we are doing already, 400 pop is in sight (or even 200 for that matter). It couldn't possibly be anything is inherently flawed in the system here.

[kprobe]

HB, its one of those times when no one can take you seriously again.

Boxing isn't a solution. It negates grouping, unbalances the dependencies individuals have to each other and diminishes the apparent population. For what? So you can two box camps and duo wiz nuke bombs?

Yeah winning idea, someone give him a cookie.

[heartbrand]

All sarcasm aside again the problem here is that the average joe who decides to try red99 will enter a world with almost no one in the newbie zones, no one to group with, is instantly flooded with awful ooc spam, and the first person he encounters is likely to be a deleveled twink ready to kill him and make a thread about his victory. While joe may have one or two friends, if they aren't playing with him he can't do much, and they better have a healer / chanter etc., or they can't accomplish anything. Thus joes group will burn out and quit. I've seen it happen 100x.

It's also why small guilds can't flourish. "We'd love to do plane of x but we are missing class y (cleric,wizard,enchanter,necro) so I guess we can't raid tonight," leading to people quitting or joining a Zerg guild.

If you can box then you can play even when those classes aren't on rather than log off,meaning more people online and more people to kill.

[heartbrand]

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

HB, its one of those times when no one can take you seriously again.

Boxing isn't a solution. It negates grouping, unbalances the dependencies individuals have to each other and diminishes the apparent population. For what? So you can two box camps and duo wiz nuke bombs?

Yeah winning idea, someone give him a cookie.

How does it negate grouping? If anything it encourages grouping. The most common issue on this box is groups or guilds unable to group or raid because they are lacking class x, typically a healer / chanter / porter / tank. Allowing people to have a box for one of those roles thus allows these groups and raids to take place.

[Gaffin 7.0]

hb spittin so much truth