This Project is DEAD

[Woodark]

They never committed to a release date of yesterday, so that’s on the community for inappropriately building hype.

An eta for the new server would be sweet, but if that’s not possible then Rogean should at least respond to the other thread about the secret cat room.

[Bockscar]

I think it's fair to say that there's insufficient communication from staff when the playerbase has no idea whether the release date of the promised new server is "tomorrow" or "literally never." It would be enough for Rogean to announce that it's being worked on and coming in the future. To say nothing whatsoever for such a long time suggests he isn't even paying attention to the project anymore; and given the fact that he has apparently taken donations for the new server, that's not okay. If he doesn't want to be involved anymore, he should let someone else take over.

[Infectious]

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

I think it's fair to say that there's insufficient communication from staff when the playerbase has no idea whether the release date of the promised new server is "tomorrow" or "literally never." It would be enough for Rogean to announce that it's being worked on and coming in the future. To say nothing whatsoever for such a long time suggests he isn't even paying attention to the project anymore; and given the fact that he has apparently taken donations for the new server, that's not okay. If he doesn't want to be involved anymore, he should let someone else take over.

How about no? The guy doesn't have time to update you everyday about timelines. You don't like it? Make your own server, run it for 20 years and stay up on them daily updates.

[Skarne]

Again, newsflash, staff doesn’t owe any of us anything.

We owe them THANX!

Praise be McQuaid

[Fammaden]

Absurd take. Seek salvation in the temple of life.

[Snaggles]

The fact that we have /rewind and can petition for reimbursements makes this game much more supportive than live.

Hell, you can delete your char or let a corpse rot and they will UPS it to you in West Commons.

[Gustoo]

Green is barely at the end of its timeline, there’s no expectation of a new blue for who knows how long. We’re basically just at the earliest possible date. People that have worked hard to be at the top of the green are not eager to do the work again right away.

Sorry you feel like you missed out OP but staff has taken great care of the non PvP community here. Look at the stability of this high population emulator. It’s like one of a kind. Don’t be silly.

More announcements and more non specifically worded updates would be nice to have so we know what’s coming down the pipe. These things used to happen more often but staff has been flamed by maniacs like you on numerous occasions so they’ve left us to wonder about the future on our own. It’s just not worth being flamed about.

[Fammaden]

Was the point of green for people to be "at the top"?

[Gustoo]

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

Was the point of green for people to be "at the top"?

No not at all, I'm 100% anti being level 60 in this game, because I play it for fun. Killing a dragon sometimes is fun but to rush to get to the point where all you kill is dragons is not my idea of fun.

However, Green is not an old server by any means and there are a lot of people still progressing and those that are raiders are currently doing so and competing for dragons vigorously. The server isn't stagnant or dead. Sure it isn't brand new, but it isn't total pixel rot status.

A new red server (sorry OP) is legitimately called for at this time. It will enjoy vigorous population for a time and then dwindle. It is my hope that with a different ruleset it can maintain a greater terminal population than the first red server which has a custom ruleset that has proved to overlook some areas.

A new blue server is a no brainer, but both the existing blue servers are going strong right now, it makes sense to let them be.

Now, more important than anything to me (even more important than PVP) is a different implementation of "legacy" items and possibly time locked level caps that prevent the drag-race gen Z style of play that makes a new server go stale so fast. I would like to remove the incentive to blast through all levels immediately and to get to manastone camp. It's just a shitty but still no-brainer way to play the game when those mechanics are in place.

So many people talk about how lame it is to walk around Gfay and Butcher and Karanas on a 1000 person server and see like 4 people total. Controlling level progression somewhat might be a worthwhile experiment.

If you hit the level 10 cap you can then go farm wisps for money and start doing your tradeskills and stuff which will make the progression from 10-20 better for you, allowing you to hit the cap again and progress further in trade skills and getting level appropriate gear rather than blasting past low level stuff and not experiencing that content.

Being the first person to get a Dwarven Ringmail tunic when the level cap is 10 and its a 300 person raid on crushbone would be a more meaningful accomplishment than the first person to get a rubicite BP at level 50.

[DeliciousHalflings]

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

No not at all, I'm 100% anti being level 60 in this game, because I play it for fun. Killing a dragon sometimes is fun but to rush to get to the point where all you kill is dragons is not my idea of fun.

However, Green is not an old server by any means and there are a lot of people still progressing and those that are raiders are currently doing so and competing for dragons vigorously. The server isn't stagnant or dead. Sure it isn't brand new, but it isn't total pixel rot status.

A new red server (sorry OP) is legitimately called for at this time. It will enjoy vigorous population for a time and then dwindle. It is my hope that with a different ruleset it can maintain a greater terminal population than the first red server which has a custom ruleset that has proved to overlook some areas.

A new blue server is a no brainer, but both the existing blue servers are going strong right now, it makes sense to let them be.

Now, more important than anything to me (even more important than PVP) is a different implementation of "legacy" items and possibly time locked level caps that prevent the drag-race gen Z style of play that makes a new server go stale so fast. I would like to remove the incentive to blast through all levels immediately and to get to manastone camp. It's just a shitty but still no-brainer way to play the game when those mechanics are in place.

So many people talk about how lame it is to walk around Gfay and Butcher and Karanas on a 1000 person server and see like 4 people total. Controlling level progression somewhat might be a worthwhile experiment.

If you hit the level 10 cap you can then go farm wisps for money and start doing your tradeskills and stuff which will make the progression from 10-20 better for you, allowing you to hit the cap again and progress further in trade skills and getting level appropriate gear rather than blasting past low level stuff and not experiencing that content.

Being the first person to get a Dwarven Ringmail tunic when the level cap is 10 and its a 300 person raid on crushbone would be a more meaningful accomplishment than the first person to get a rubicite BP at level 50.

Nah, the last thing needed is more PvP. The ENTIRE PURPOSE of p99 was to reset the server on the actual EQ timeline over and over ad infinitum, merging into Blue on each reset. Green has ran through the EQ timeline. Time to merge + restart, as intended.