Classic-Locked Server?

Good Afternoon and my apologies if this has already been suggested (I was unable to find an example.)

I wonder what the possibility of getting a server which is locked pre-Kunark, which would allow (or possibly force) transfer to another progression server upon reaching max level.

This would allow new/returning players to experience classic - and then move into later content whenever desired.

As an example, roll a new character on this server -> enjoy classic EQ experience -> Now I'm bored -> Transfer to Agnarr (or LJ, Phinny, or live.)

Perhaps you might even force transfer on max-level toons. I realize you could take an xp death to avoid, but that would be a player choice to remain in classic.

I don't know how many times I have to tell people this wouldn't fix the top heavy nature of the game, it would just spread it out over more servers. Your classic locked server would be empty within a month, maybe two, as everyone moved on and people would get to "enjoy classic" all by themselves. It's not the fact that the server moves on that empties classic, it's the fact that the population moves on. Tiered servers will not change that.

0.0 chance

*resets other watch*

This isn't a problem I'm promoting a solution for, not sure how you got there. The intention was a server where you could (at any time) replay in Classic without waiting for a new progression server to launch.

You say this like it is bad thing. I would love that actually. Not sure I'm the only one that feels that way either.

Excellent response. Brevity is the soul of wit.

I personally like this idea. They've released many "classic" servers, why not more interesting concepts. Who cares if it's more "spread out". A hub for classic isn't a bad thing, especially for the few people who truly prefer it.. It's just a stasis point for potential transfers to new progressions.

The biggest issue is its community that binds people to EQ. I don't play for pixels, I play cuz my guildies depend on me. If everyone is leaving to another server in a short amount of time, it'll be hard to keep that. Also, people would farm the server to get gear that doesn't drop on other servers. Also, classic is a brutal time period for melees, it would favor casters forever.

I'm inclined to think its not a good idea.

I like the idea. If anything to make alts so I can get guises on them, enjoy a bit of classic and move on to my home TLP.

Other than keeping everyone on fewer servers, there's ways to work around discontinued items transferring, and POSSIBLY even the effectiveness of meleers' vs' casters'. There's mini-tweaks along certain servers that effect more than you'd imagine. Suppose you could call some of them a "nerf".

If you don't care about playing with others what, precisely, is stopping you from playing through classic, by yourself, on ANY of the servers currently open today? Who cares if it has other things open if you are only playing by yourself. Just confine yourself to classic and play. Classic doesn't go anywhere just because more expansions open. The population moves on, but I assure you, Crushbone is still there and the orcs are still doing their thing.

A classic locked server would be cool if they made it F2P and gave people the option to x-fer off to another TLP or live once they tried it and paid for all access. Might be a good way to get people into progression and maybe drum up new accounts.

A classic lock with no population doesn't really have a point in the sense of business case for them to bother with it.

You can play most of classic on every EQ server pretty much as it is on a fresh progression server. Sure the XP is higher on later-era servers, global drops come in and so on... but very little of classic has actually been totally overwritten as higher level content. It is the stalest content in the entire game, despite some of it being brilliant.

Revamp all of classic to be 85+ on live, and this idea might hold more appeal? (i.e., if the only place you can level 1-75 not using TSS zones is on progression & locked servers you'd narrow the nostalgia-interested into those servers).

Please point me to the server that currently has Ishva Mal splitpaw, Rubicite, Guise, etc.
There IS a difference between pre-Kunark and later servers.

I reject this premise. For some reason, several posters have decided this server would have a low to no population. Where is the actual evidence that the server would lose population? It has never been done (to my knowledge) so there is no actual data that suggests population number trends.

I could as easily say it would remain the most populous TLP simply because it won't advance. No evidence in either direction.

Of course there is not going to be hard data. However, I have played on every single iteration of TLP's. A classic locked server would do okay the first 60 days. After that depending on what other games came out, if people's lives got busy, if blah blah blah happened then the population begins to dip. There is only so much you can do over a given period of time in Classic. If you really want that feel your best bet is to wait on P1999 to do another server because that is about as close to what you want that you will get.

There is plenty of evidence that long unlocks on progression servers kill the population. Have you even played on any of these progression servers?

Also Daybreak isn't going to just let people transfer off the server without buying a transfer token on the marketplace. People aren't going to pay that over and over again to transfer off all their alts.

Plane of Sky forever? ah...... no thanks.

I live in a large city. Some people play sports, some people go gamble at the casino, some people go dancing, some people: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_hobbies. People come together to do things that they have a common interest in doing without bothering those around them. WHAT is stopping YOU from playing "Classic" on any server if it's what you find fun?

If this classic server was open to Silver Players I would LIVE there, really, hands down, all in... you get the idea. just 1 server locked either Classic, Kunark, Velious, or Luclin… anything more would be for transfers. I would Also give away someone else's first born for a Luclin locked server for silver players....

Why in the world would they release a server that will bring them zero money?

Here is an example of your philosophy. A amusement park opens charges $18 for admission fee, $20 to ride the rides, $5 to play the games, $35 to watch the rodeo, and $10 for food and drink.

The town 15 miles away opens the exact same park on the exact same day. $0 for Admission $20 to ride the rides, $5 to play the games, $35 to watch the rodeo, $10 for food and drink...

who will be making the $$$$$ ? Edit: ill be fair all numbers but the admission fee are as is