Lost the spark?

[cd288]

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

It seems a lot of people arguing against splitting the server in two for some period of time keep pointing to the population stagnating or somewhat dropping off after the weekend.

Honestly, I think this has more to do with the fact that people will try to LFG for 2+ hours and maybe be able to solo 1 blue con every 15 minutes while they wait. For most people it isn't realistic to even try to play in this state.

I know seeing 2k + online means there's not reason for me to even log on and I'm sure others feel the same way. I bet 2 servers would easily maintain 1.5k prime time for a long time. If a merge ever happened the excess server could be used for the potential brown/pink/purple or whatever new red server is being considered.

Classic + Kunark might have enough low-mid range content to support a population like this, but Classic by itself does not.

Not sure where you’re seeing LFGing for 2+ hours and only killing one blue every 15 minutes. It was tough on launch day for levels like 1-3, but overall it’s not bad anymore. I can find groups with relative ease and have had zero issues finding spawns. Spent a couple hours in N Ro earlier this evening pretty much constantly killing except for med breaks and there were multiple groups going periodically looking for more people.

The overcrowding issue is severely overstated and hasn’t been an issue since Saturday.

[jakeojohnson]

Sometimes a game isnt for some people. A lot of the population has seemed to drop off

[Cyph]

So many good posts here, OP & recently acoordinator. For many of us it's not the same game; we've grown and changed as individuals. Our circumstances are different, from when EQ originally launched but also then when P99 started. Some of us wanted Green, we saw it through our rose tinted glasses, but it's not what we thought (either what we expected or what we actually wanted).

I've dabbled in Green; seeing all the lightsources floating around at night due to people with fire beetle eyes, asking if anyone has seen their corpse, all the DING announcements, it's great. But waiting for a single gnoll to spawn, or trying to find a group, then wondering if time could be better spent elsewhere, well, it is what it is. EQ has been around for a long time, and many of us have played it for a long time. I feel it's completely normal to be bored with it. Take a break. Or try Blue again. Or be grateful that you have a wonderful life filled with family, friends, work and pets; those are the biggest rewards.

[Lordess]

I’ve played on every TLP to date and leveled an enchanter to 53 on Blue. I can say Green has been the closest experience to classic I have encountered and I’m having a blast. I didn’t start trying to play until late Monday and I started on Odus. I had no trouble finding mobs, met some cool people, got to level 5, and now I’m planning on heading to Qeynos. I’m sorry you feel like you’ve lost interest in the game but we all outgrow certain things, but I wouldn’t blame it on the server.

[ScottBerta]

EQ is a time sink and we all know that. I could be doing better things with my time but I also could be doing worse things. I know I’m not saying much but whenever I really think about all the time I have spent on EQ it is kind of sad but that’s life I suppose. At some point I will walk away from EQ again but I’m not ready quite yet.

[eqgmrdbz]

Sucks that Everquest doesn't do it for you anymore, I have taken months off from the game and comeback to playing, it never goes away at least for me. This 1st week of Green has been a blast, it was everything I dreamed and more, over 2600 players running around, when are you ever going to witness that chaos ever again.

[lowner411]

I don't think anything in EQ or another game can replace the wonder a MUD player like me had when he discovered a world with graphics. I remember the rush I had when my dwarf pally first logged in, figured out what to do, got out of the city, and looked up at that broad green hill, wondering what was on the other side. (My death, of course.) Numerous checks on Allakazam to figure out what everything was. Even newer games don't offer that same rush, because for me, EQ was the first. So … nothing can be original EQ, and that's fine with me.

[greatdane]

Right now it's pretty fun, but I do think shit's gonna truly hit the fan when the regular players hit the upper levels and hundreds upon hundreds of people have to make do with two endgame dungeons and a dozen or so worthwhile solo camps.

[Deathrydar]

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

Right now it's pretty fun, but I do think shit's gonna truly hit the fan when the regular players hit the upper levels and hundreds upon hundreds of people have to make do with two endgame dungeons and a dozen or so worthwhile solo camps.

I said this the other day and people said I was wrong. This is when it will get bad.

[Vizax_Xaziv]

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

I said this the other day and people said I was wrong. This is when it will get bad.

Like i said yesterday:The people who voted "NO" on the "Server Split" were the upper-half of the population well ahead of the curve.

The server is gonna be unplayable for 90% of people in a month or so. We're gonna have literally 2000+ players in the level 40-50 range and, MAYBE, two dozen level-appropriate experience camps (and that doesn't even account for the speedrunners who are gonna be solo and duoing many of these camps for item drops)