So no more 51 50 server but why?Follow

Mayong merged with Tunare on 9/8/2010. See http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=168452 and http://forums.station.sony.com/eq/posts/list.m?topic_id=165388

EDIT: I should of explained it more / better. Tatankaseventh got it pretty well. The only problem you may have is, if Tunare was / is full of characters prior to the merge, you won't see them, and will have to delete one or more of the old characters to see the ones from Mayong. Also of note, Tunare had several merges previously, including: Tunare (E`ci 5/30/05) - The Seventh Hammer (Lanys T'Vyl 4/11/05)

See most, if not all, server mergers at: https://everquest.allakhazam.com/forum.html?forum=1&mid=127717215450603045#3

Yther Ore.



Edited, Oct 26th 2011 2:24pm by Yther

Yeah, when you consider that 51/50 was not targeted at true EQ newbies (they need to learn the game, so starting from 1 makes sense), then you have to look at how long it takes a vet to reach 51/50. In an era of mercs, defiant gear, fellowships, and all the other new features to make the game more enjoyable, it just doesn't take that long to get to 51/50. With the other huge benefit that you can get the new char to 51/50 on your home server, so there are twink and plat sharing benefits as well.

Tat

PS - To answer your other question... your time and money are not wasted. If the server was merged to Tunare, your char will still exist there. And since the only way your char would have been deleted is if it was under level 10, and yours was level 51 right from the start, it should be there. Hope to see you on Tunare :)



Edited, Oct 26th 2011 8:53am by tatankaseventh

I came back (done that a few times) for 51/50 and quit long before it truly died. For the most part it was a "test-drive" server. I only ever found the level 50-65 hotzones busy... and not always.

The concept has some merit:

...51/50 wouldn't unbalance anything as a character-screen creation option --but it would compel me to try some alts on servers I have character slots on.

...75/700 might be a worthwhile special ruleset server to try. Maybe even limit character slots on it (promotes deleting & rerolling) and/or use the FV loot code. (or just give FV creation that option...)