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[cd288]

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

I think it's awesome the devs nonchalantly released Velious. It's not a big deal. Did Green even break 1k players on release weekend with 25% exp bonus lol?

4th of July weekend what do you expect lol

[Graahle]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

4th of July weekend what do you expect lol

At velious launch on blue where there were literal thousands online, they would’ve skipped the second coming of christ to grind dragon faction lmao

[cd288]

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

At velious launch on blue where there were literal thousands online, they would’ve skipped the second coming of christ to grind dragon faction lmao

It also was unannounced on green

[Tethler]

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

At velious launch on blue where there were literal thousands online, they would’ve skipped the second coming of christ to grind dragon faction lmao

Blue had an announcement 2 months prior about release date. Anyone that really wanted to experiece velious content 1 week ago could have rolled on blue any time they wanted and experienced it. When it launched on blue there was no such option. All the beards on blue had 2 months notice to put in for vacation time and they early announcement brought a bunch back from retirement since velious was new on p99. Green release was on a holiday weekend where people likely had plans.

So many reasons for the difference in numbers. I think the bolded reasons are the biggest.

[Nomadic Plainswalker]

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

I think it's awesome the devs nonchalantly released Velious. It's not a big deal. Did Green even break 1k players on release weekend with 25% exp bonus lol?

Prior to the day Green launched it was made known the release dates for both Kunark and Velious. if you were surprised, its on you.

[cd288]

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

Prior to the day Green launched it was made known the release dates for both Kunark and Velious. if you were surprised, its on you.

By the staff? All I saw were players discussing that it was supposed to come out the next day and hoping that the timeline was right, with no actual confirmation.

Again, it's also fourth of July weekend. Way better things to do than jump on Velious release.

[Nomadic Plainswalker]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

By the staff? All I saw were players discussing that it was supposed to come out the next day and hoping that the timeline was right, with no actual confirmation.

Again, it's also fourth of July weekend. Way better things to do than jump on Velious release.

Hard to be more obvious that this - which was included in the intro to the Green server video put out by the staff. It's also been referenced here on this site for months.

[cd288]

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

Hard to be more obvious that this - which was included in the intro to the Green server video put out by the staff. It's also been referenced here on this site for months.

Right that's the original intended timeline, but the point is there was no confirmation that they were actually going to do it that day. We've already seen delays for things on Green thus far (not bashing staff, they're busy with real lives) so it's not unreasonable to speculate whether Velious would release on time without contemporaneous staff confirmation. And therefore not unreasonable to go enjoy your holiday weekend rather than making plans around Velious dropping in case it doesnt.

[Graahle]

Word of mouth travels fast in these parts. Fake elf fans

[Graahle]

Unless you're a sweatlord with nothing going on in your life, it's always better to choose a classic holiday weekend over snow elf game.