UnholyCzars wrote:
My hardest core gamer son said to me about 3 yrs ago, "I'd like to come back to EQ but there's nobody there!"
Well Said!
It has taken me some time to come up with a possible solution or alternative, just in case merging servers is not possible due to conflicts with titles, names, server locations (EU) or any other dilema SOE can think of. It is time to think outside of the box.... and come into the house for dinner. Yes that is correct, this is not a new concept I'm about to throw out but here it is. Get rid of the concept of players PAYING for the program. Make it FREE. They can't play it on their PC without a subscription anyway. You already have zone restrictions on trial accounts so that will eliminate the bazaar bums from utilizing trial accounts. Now you are wondering where you make your money? From the monthly fees of course.
EQ is competing with games with better AI engines, graphics, player populations, UI layouts and less restrictive when it comes to accommodating players needs in terms of bank space, bag space, quest flagging instead of carrying around quest items, content, zoning, logging in, customer service.... blah blah blah....... Ok so now what? Try to level the playing field and do what they do, make the game FREE to download. Get rid of that 15 year old concept that people pay for programs and accept the idea that people will pay to use that program instead. You can no longer have your cake and eat it too... The cake is gone now... time to make a new cake.
I might be off base here but hey I'm not the one in the rubber raft floating out to sea watching the sinking ship vanish am I? Not really, I can always find another MMO before lunch.