So how many of you will really go to green?

[Hoppkins_Wytchfinder]

I just restarted (on blue after 15 year break) and im actually sold on green. Make something self sufficient i guess to weather the initial storm.

As much as blue so far has been fun there seems to be a comical amount of money floating around. In the first few hours i was so excited to find a "purse" so i could hold more items.

Someone gave me a backpack. I was so pleased. But i almost miss the wonder of scrounging up the money to pay someone who has put the work in to learn tailoring enough.

Trading materials with the tailor for hopes he skills up and you get a cheap bag.

I remember playing classic EQ and finding a bronze BP outside karnors and almost shaking with excitement.

I think thats what i want to go back to for good or ill. A place where monetary inflation hasnt devalued the feeling of finding something new.

[fugazi]

EQ is only fun when it is somewhat challenging. Running around in banded mail with quested weapons will definitely make places like SolA, Mistmoore, and Highkeep more exciting, so yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to it.

And as an added bonus, you might for once actually use the items from nameds you happen to kill! Imagine that!

[Barkingturtle]

Green is the server I've wanted to play on since I first heard of Project99 something like 12 years ago--Classic Everquest.

Blue has been at best Classic-adjacent since like the third year of Kunark. Personally I never even set foot on Velious because the idea of playing regularly on a server where a significant portion of the population has multiple 60's parked all over Norrath is a bummer.

[Axlrose]

While catching up on this thread, I believe too many people are looking at their potential future with rose colored glasses.

- On Blue, anyone could have created a brand new character and set forth with whatever they started with and found along the way. But most people found that boring and slow and thus twinked themselves.

- On Blue, anyone could have set forth and just adventured and gained experience for the thrill of the moment. But how many power leveling trips did these same players be a part of, since the lower levels are bad and the higher levels is where the excitement is?!?

- On Blue, how many players not a part of the <top of the line guild here> gathered enough number of players with the skill sets to topple that <top of the line guild here>, so they can claim that "phat lewt"?

Yes, on Day 01, everybody will start off on very even footing. But everybody that is familiar with the game will know the best paths to take and what to avoid. Classes that do not rely heavily on gear will be the first classes to reach level 50 within a month, if not sooner. These maxed out characters will begin farming for their alts. Guilds will form with players amassing these maxed out characters and power leveled alts to lock down the "phat lewt" items on lists - their numbers will push the casual players out. The "New Experience" translates into "Less Competition"!

Unless you are one of the top players running amuck in the game, almost everybody else will be trailing behind. What might start as a great experience will quickly fade into "grind" with people quietly drifting back to Blue since there, they will feel their characters have some semblance of power.

But I could be wrong...

[Jibartik]

I wish green server had 10,000% exp penalty for all classes.

Id definitely play that, would the rest of you?

[Demoraliser]

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

I wish green server had 10,000% exp penalty for all classes.

Id definitely play that, would the rest of you?

No, it should be 10,000% exp loss on death. Now that's a server mechanic I can get behind. Very demoralizing death. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

[Jibartik]

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

No, it should be 10,000% exp loss on death. Now that's a server mechanic I can get behind. Very demoralizing death. [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

HELL YES!

[Ataxio]

0 Interest in Green. Blue is my perma home, far too much invested here to turn away.

If anything I'm looking forward to Green coming out to relieve some of the pressure on blue and drag the neck beards away... If only for a moment.

[Verityn]

I love love love to start on new servers. I'm like this with any MMO just like I'm currently playing wow classic, but EQ was my first. I played the day it launched in 1999 and I jumped on a couple new servers when they launched a year or 2 later.

There's just nothing like seeing the newbie areas swarming and the towns buzzing with life. It also makes it easier to groups which is all I like to do.

[Chortles Snort|eS]

all O uS iS goiN 2 GrEeN!!!!