The last iteration of Terrible was a few months ago and lasted all of 2 weeks before dying so I doubt it.
as a guy who hasn't regularly played this game in about 4 years but who makes an annual comeback effort every summer, i can say that SoD today is virtually unplayable for casuals. Getting ahead in this game is all about pressing the right buttons and having the right friends, in that order. Population is so low these days that it's hard to make friends.
I remember back when I was in Prophecy under Boombap, right about when Ikisith went live, there was always a group in Paw, there was always a group or two in kaladim, there was always a group or two in Lasanth, there were always people killing goblins and robots in heartlands, and elds, rust and mielC were hotly contest. As a POS enchanter I could never even crack a cmal group. Nowadays, these zones are wastelands. I have no idea how anybody who has played regularly since 08/09 can look objectively at the population and say it's not a problem.
Oh im not saying its not a problem. Its a problem 100% but not enough is done to attract new people. I already stated long before that this server doesnt get the movement to have 1 account drive a year. This server needs to have account drives 4 times or more a year to try to get people back over here.
I am one of those lowbie casual players being discussed, so I understand the worry with low population. I was wondering today, is there any reason we are not on the EQemulator.org server list?
SoD is by far the best of 'em....shouldn't we advertise there?
It seems Project 1999 has the numbers, I saw 1025 on tonight - I would think a good number of them would be willing to try a brand new world with no corpse runs
I remember back when I was in Prophecy under Boombap, right about when Ikisith went live, there was always a group in Paw, there was always a group or two in kaladim, there was always a group or two in Lasanth, there were always people killing goblins and robots in heartlands, and elds, rust and mielC were hotly contest. As a POS enchanter I could never even crack a cmal group. Nowadays, these zones are wastelands. I have no idea how anybody who has played regularly since 08/09 can look objectively at the population and say it's not a problem.
If you don't know why, I'm 100% sure you are in high-tier active rading guild.
Yeah this is about right. I remember when I was new there were people all over the popular newbie zones. The problem I guess is almost no one is making alts so the low level population isn't really there now.
For the most part i think people who play p99 want to play p99. I did it for about a year and a half and endedu p leaving. but yeah i agree that would be a great place to get some people
I don't think account drives are the answer. The server is like pouring water into a leaky bucket. As fast as people join the server more are leaving. The issue is keeping people here long enough that they develop the skills to play the game and get hooked. The newbie quests are definitely good but unless you can ensure there are people around to group with then newbies who aren't boxing just won't have any incentive to play beyond level 20.
Finally, at the risk of opening old wounds, getting killed in the MoP because you have a blind as a bat race doesn't encourage you to play on. Don't know what it's like in North America but in the UK server lag doesn't help either.