At what point is it better to start on the blue server instead of green?

[Swish]

Just wondering what the consensus is, for the new players out there.

[cannobeers3]

Probably at around 19,000.

[Tethler]

I'd say once the final legacy items are gone. At that point you wouldnt be missing anything. Green will prob still have a more active leveling scene though. But gear will be cheaper on blue.

[Lightbringer55]

If one were to sell standard things at the prices on green, stockpile that plat, and then wait for the servers to merge, your plat would go further with the prices on blue if they remain at that after the merge (which is probable considering there will be a sudden increase in supply of all items!)

[Solusekro]

What happens to characters that are named the same on blue and green?

[Man0warr]

I wouldn't assume Green is merging into Blue at this point.

[Synphul]

Originally Posted by Man0warr [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I wouldn't assume Green is merging into Blue at this point.

It doesn't seem like it would make much sense to merge them in the end. What would merging really do except for create more headaches and bloat the raid scene even more? I'd honestly be surprised to see any new servers released by the P99 team. We really have no idea what the agreement with Daybreak allows them to do in the future, and I'd be surprised if they'd let P99 keep putting out new servers when it's practically live EQ's main scheme now.

[cd288]

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

It doesn't seem like it would make much sense to merge them in the end. What would merging really do except for create more headaches and bloat the raid scene even more? I'd honestly be surprised to see any new servers released by the P99 team. We really have no idea what the agreement with Daybreak allows them to do in the future, and I'd be surprised if they'd let P99 keep putting out new servers when it's practically live EQ's main scheme now.

Oh are you going to pay for the multiple pve servers you think they’re going to have open?

[Synphul]

Originally Posted by cd288 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Oh are you going to pay for the multiple pve servers you think they’re going to have open?

I'm not sure what about my post upset you or why you took from my post that I think they are going to have a bunch of PVE servers when my post explicitly states I'd be surprise to see them open ANY new servers. All I see with them merging servers is dev/CSR headaches, but they can do whatever they want. And not being 100% confident they will merge just because a 2 year old post says so has precendent because they have changed their mind on things in the past - Discord server anyone? I will embrace greenies with open arms on blue.

[cd288]

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

I'm not sure what about my post upset you or why you took from my post that I think they are going to have a bunch of PVE servers when my post explicitly states I'd be surprise to see them open ANY new servers. All I see with them merging servers is dev/CSR headaches, but they can do whatever they want. And not being 100% confident they will merge just because a 2 year old post says so has precendent because they have changed their mind on things in the past - Discord server anyone? I will embrace greenies with open arms on blue.

I mean nothing you're saying really makes sense. They are going to pay to maintain two pve servers locked at Velious and just have the population split across them? Why? For what purpose? The merging doesn't really create any headaches, they've said in the past it's pretty easy to do (they did it super easily with Teal, for example).

The only "headache" it creates is people who have maximum characters on their account on Blue (which is probably relatively few people because most people use a lot of different accounts) and so their Green char can't merge in without deleting a char on Blue, and to be fair this was an issue that was flagged up front before Green launched so if you didn't listen to the staff at that time the fault is on you.

The goal of P99 has always been to do classic progression servers. Blue was the beta and Green was the first true attempt. Why would they suddenly go away from that goal and just keep two PVE servers locked at the same stage of the game forever? Why would they pay for that lol