Is it time for a new server?

[David Johnson]

I agree in part. You can go to P2002 if you want Luclin. Another blue server would weaken the population of the current one. Maybe something could be done to the current server, but the economy was sort of ruined not long after EQ began. I dont think the game was intended for countesses hours of plat farming.
Case in point. Does anybody ever buy a wrist pouch?
You can join Auld Lang Syne if you want a more classic experience. They have a closed economy and a no twink policy.

[Bboboo]

new server would be worse than what we have now.

[shuklak]

A new server would stimulate the economy.

[Jauna]

I said, You may think you want a new server, but you don't.

You think its ganna be all fucking candy shits and dingle berry farts? No. Here is whats really ganna happen

Scenario 1: Blue99 stays, Blue99_01 opens up. People on Blue99_01 rush everything anc camp stones and masks and either RMT or use blue99 plat for their Blue99_01 toons
And after the dust settled, shit gets nerfed, people rush to raiding and heres the fucking kicker. People switch between both servers to fight over raid targets. Note that the staff/gm/guide size did not grow much over the years. Batphone, switch servers, rush, batphone again, switch back and so on. And if you have yet to realize things on Blue99 are getting cheaper. Plat might be getting easier to get but shit is getting cheaper outside of the no longer drop stuff.

Scenario 2: Blue99_01, and original gets shut down. People are ganna see those 8 and a half years being thrown away to nothing and lose interest on doing it again

Scenario 3: Pantheon opens up the same time Blue99_01 opens up and you have to pick between the two and no matter what you do fate will make you pick the wrong one. You pick Blue99_01 and miss out on Pantheon's rush, and if you pick Pantheon you miss out on your new neo p99 experience

You might think you want a new server, but you don't.

[Swish2]

It would be interesting to see how the top guilds on a new server coped without having alt-50s/60s camped out at each target...which was made possible on this server by being able to buy accounts for in game plat a bunch of years ago. I sold one myself but that helped me gear a cleric with the finest tapestries and armor that vanilla could offer.

[Jauna]

1 bard
5 possible raiders
entire zones
final destination

[Jauna]

Oh wait the 25 target limit would probably transfer over.

[Swish2]

shit's classic ^^

[Swish2]

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

I don't recall any real use of bought toons in IB. If anything more people sold toons than bought them as they were 60 and had nothing to do for 6 days a week.

TMO definitely had a bunch.

[fzzzt]

Not if they plan to implement it the same way, no.

If they're open to changes, then absolutely. I would even help develop and run it.