anyone know ETA for fresh EQ server?

[Amyas]

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

I would love to see a new server.. I think the majority of the population would absolutely love a new server. I think this has been proven by polls time and time again.. Every time this comes up, there are a select few players from top guilds with basically unobtainable items that try to throw down the idea of a new server and how it would be negative for the population. It's the elite trying to be selfish. Nothing new.

I have no level 60s and am not in a top tier guild and I do not want to see a server reset or a new server.

I don't want the servers population to go down and maybe become unhealthy. I don't want to start grinding again for a false since of equality, in less than a month's time people will have stuff on farm status and we will be right back to wear we started.

Unless you want a different expansion lock for a new server this is a temp fix.

[Poetic]

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

for a false since of equality

Yep this doesn't feel like a biased post at all. Most of the reasons I see for a new server involve the joy of starting from scratch with lots of new players. You know the whole nostalgia factor of starting fresh. Classic.

[Raev]

Personal opinion: I think first the issues with the current server need to be fixed. Specifically: reaching the end of the timeline, fixing large numbers of mechanics bugs (e.g. spell threat not classic, AC not classic, player resists not classic), making a few key changes to minimize classic oversights (capping PBAE at 25-30 targets, increasing item recharge costs, limiting users to 1 account so bans stick and people can't namesquat), and experimenting with raid rules until something is found that doesn't involve staring at a wall.

Anyway by that time Pantheon will be out and I suspect when that happens P99 will suddenly become a ghost town.

[mrquincy]

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

... in less than a month's time people will have stuff on farm status and we will be right back to wear we started...

While this may be true, I'm thinking that a guaranteed periodic server wipe would cause people to play EQ in a different way, while still leveraging their classic skills.

[skorge]

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

Never happening until the admin changes

^ this x 1,000. P99 admin is too scared to make a new server. I've been saying this for 2+ years now. Admin really dropped the ball on the huge delay between Kunark and Velious creating an "unclassic" experience solely based upon an unrealistic classic economy. Admin failed to adjust drop rates on key items such as Fungi tunics, Tstaffs, rbgs, cofs, etc...no attempt was made to adjust for the gap between Kunark and Velious. On a real classic server only a tiny fraction of players owned a Fungi tunic. As it stands on P99 it is far away from an actual classic experience. This is why several of us stopped playing P99. It was great while it lasted! New severs would bring old players back.

Heartbrand may be one of the most annoying dudes on P99 but he is spot on, on this comment.

[Poetic]

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

limiting users to 1 account so bans stick

I don't really like the idea of perma ip bans and such. People deserve to be able to start over from scratch if they make a poor choice. The cost is losing your account. And besides you can always work around ip bans and limitations.

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

Pantheon will be out and I suspect when that happens P99 will suddenly become a ghost town.

This has been said about a ton of games and time and time again the new MMOS we think are going to rock really arent what we anticipate.. But ya pop will drop for few months and come right back up.

[trite]

Nobody is full min/max in Velious era the loot is too rare...

[korilla]

i personally don't understand why people would want a new server. ultimately in the end, it's going to end up just like this one. the neckbeards will neckbeard that server too. the only real reason i can see is if you didn't get a chance to bind at pots or obtain legacy items on this server.

[Mordygan]

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

I can only assume anyone who is excited, or even thinks Pantheon is a real game, hasn't read the Rerolled thread.

Have a specific link in what you are refering to?

http://www.rerolled.org/showthread.p...-Thread-in-MMO

This one seems to be more positive than what you are suggesting, 3 years later.

[mtkoan]

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

i personally don't understand why people would want a new server. ultimately in the end, it's going to end up just like this one. the neckbeards will neckbeard that server too. the only real reason i can see is if you didn't get a chance to bind at pots or obtain legacy items on this server.

True, but the journey to that point is what is magic. We're pretty much capped out now.

If the opportunity was available, I would probably spend well beyond what is considered a healthy and normal amount of time as a developer to will a fresh p99 server into existence...