Wednesday Night: 2/22/06: 9pm EST

[Signe]

I am rolling a Shadowknight on one of the RP servers.  Not sure which one yet, working on his looks now.  Everyone is welcome to join me.

The one that starts with an L.

[HaemishM]

Lucan is the RP server SPT is on, BTW. I made a Human Evil Shadowknight on there last night to help her and her MMO Radio buddies get a guild.

[Cheddar]

Lucan is the RP server SPT is on, BTW. I made a Human Evil Shadowknight on there last night to help her and her MMO Radio buddies get a guild.

I am there now.  This may be permanent.  Oasis has disapointed me.

[Velorath]

At this point I'm just going to ride it out.  There's been server mergers and an expansion so I'm not really surprised by the downtime.  The time for permanent moves was when server transfers were free.  As I recall, at the time we didn't take advantage of it largely because it could have a negative impact on the guild.  Talking about permanent moves now risks a much larger split since it means everyone would have to start new characters.

[Cheddar]

At this point I'm just going to ride it out.  There's been server mergers and an expansion so I'm not really surprised by the downtime.  The time for permanent moves was when server transfers were free.  As I recall, at the time we didn't take advantage of it largely because it could have a negative impact on the guild.  Talking about permanent moves now risks a much larger split since it means everyone would have to start new characters.

I am 95% sure that I am moving.  I did a few hours in the new server, and it feels more like home.  The downtimes did not really kick in until the free move was over.  For now BC can stay on Oasis, we have plenty of people in control.  If need be I will pass reigns to someone who will be staying.  Stay tuned as I make a lengthy post about my thoughs and such later tomorrow.

[Surlyboi]

I have four toons on Oasis now. Two of which I transferred from my ex's account and which I will not let go, more or less in honor of her. So, if people are going to move to Lucan, I'm gonna have to make some hard decisions.

[Cheddar]

By lengthy I meant short and to the point.  But anyway.   

[Signe]

Someone posted this on the official boards.  As you can see, Oasis really did get a big chunk of people.  It's a dire situation in many respects.  I suggest we sulk and give SOE a sad, pouty look.

EQ2census.com reports it as follows:

Query executed in 1.504 seconds. Showing 23 rows (500 max)
server            count
Guk                  62899
Najena             69450
Blackburrow    63234
Antonia Bayle  95203
Unrest             61931
Kithicor            56176
Nektulos         57400
Butcherblock   54135
Lucan DLere   70039
Everfrost         64367
The Bazaar    7539
Befallen           66660
Permafrost      59697
Crushbone      104476
Runnyeye        69349
Mistmoore       67162
Oasis              99928
Innovation        50359
Valor                52323
Storms            50923
Splitpaw          61065
Sebilis             34110
Veksar             39301

[Velorath]

I am 95% sure that I am moving.  I did a few hours in the new server, and it feels more like home.

And you got that from just a few hours of playing huh?

Can't you just say you want to follow SPT around and be done with it?  :-D

[Cheddar]

Someone posted this on the official boards.  As you can see, Oasis really did get a big chunk of people.  It's a dire situation in many respects.  I suggest we sulk and give SOE a sad, pouty look.

EQ2census.com reports it as follows:

Query executed in 1.504 seconds. Showing 23 rows (500 max)
server            count
Guk                  62899
Najena             69450
Blackburrow    63234
Antonia Bayle  95203
Unrest             61931
Kithicor            56176
Nektulos         57400
Butcherblock   54135
Lucan DLere   70039
Everfrost         64367
The Bazaar    7539
Befallen           66660
Permafrost      59697
Crushbone      104476
Runnyeye        69349
Mistmoore       67162
Oasis              99928
Innovation        50359
Valor                52323
Storms            50923
Splitpaw          61065
Sebilis             34110
Veksar             39301

Exactly.

Actually Velorath, it was someone elses idea.  But sure, I have the hots for SPT.  Who wouldn't?

[Venkman]

It sucks, but it was predictable, both in terms of server populations and the number of people at certain levels thereon.

I think we chose Oasis for the right reasons, and any hasty decision we make now is only going to guarantee an un-fun guild fracturing.

Can we discuss first please?

[Miasma]

That's kind of funny considering how we seem to have more population than Antonia Bayle whose population was already so high that they weren't allowing transfers to it.

Clever shading of the high population servers to match the EQ2 con system.

[Signe]

I did that! Excited  Someone called me clever!  Excited sounding expletive happens here!

[Velorath]

That list of numbers is a count of characters and not players if I'm not mistaken.  Already established as the biggest packrats in the game, I wouldn't be surprised if people on Steamfront had the most alts too.  Making a character last night, the server load appeared to be heavy on every single server.

[Soln]

/groan

so people are moving? 


if so, can we get a roster of Freeport-to-betray people?  Wanna keep my mouse

oh wait, they're changing the betrayal quest too?  another variable

time is still a tough commodity for me, advise we group up to grind newbs

[tazelbain]

/groan

so people are moving? 


if so, can we get a roster of Freeport-to-betray people?  Wanna keep my mouse

oh wait, they're changing the betrayal quest too?  another variable

time is still a tough commodity for me, advise we group up to grind newbs

Only a few are moving.  Most of us are staying.

[HaemishM]

I would rather be stabbed in the face repeatedly than have to level up another assassin.

That said, I did get a Shadowknight up to 7 on Lucan D'Lere, mainly to help SPT and her buddies form a guild.

My biggest problem is that most of you motherfuckers seem to be Qeynosian, and I'm in Freeport. I'm running up against the "there are too many fucking heroic mob quests" problem.

[Venkman]

/groan

so people are moving? 

Not really. Some made alts on Lucan, but we're all active on Oasis still. It's a good server as any if you wanted alts and are not already spoken for by other groups.

[Sky]

That was my take on it. If you get fed up with Oasis, or if Oasis is down or whatever, it's nice to have an 'official' second home. Especially seeing that I already had half my characters there :P