Since DBG can't conduct polls correctly...

Since DBG can't conduct polls correctly, how about contacting the guild leaders and getting some advice before putting up a horrible poll? That six week nonsense was just not appropriate for anyone. No wonder that poll failed.

But this thread is about seeking out guidance from guild leaders on future polls. Guild leaders can probably do a better job wording polls to effectively get the TRUE opinions of the server.

You know, just care enough to put a little effort in it for goodness sake.

How are guildleaders any more qualified than Daybreak? The guildleaders are just going to push their own agenda.

Exactly, guild leaders will have their guilds in mind, which is more than we are getting now. Who was asking for six week expac releases in the future? Where did that come from?

DBG qualified in conducting TLP polls? When have they proved that?

That's what the majority voted for way back before these servers ever launched. Stop beating a dead horse. The majority has spoken.

No matter how much the guildleaders sucks, they cant possibly do worse than dbg. So this is a win

They just need to make a new vote, and have it clear cut.
a) Unlock after 3 months
b) Unlock after 6 months
c) I don't care.

The previous wording was just way off. I think it was
a) keep it the same
b) I don't care
c) Unlock 3 months, then 6 weeks at GoD (wtf is this?)

Essentially if you think "Keep it the same" since kunark unlocked after 3 months, that's keeping it the same. There was no mention at all about this 6 month option anymore. This is really going to hurt the server and game as a whole.

Guild leaders only represent a small portion of the population at a time - and while larger, still likely not a majority of the population even assuming all guild leaders agreed.

How is that difficult to understand? I don't play on your server and even I can understand what the voting options mean.

The wording was bad. Aristo did post that DBG would explore after Kunark was released whether to return RF to a 6 month schedule or adjust to a faster track. So keep it the same was never defined as a 3 month or 6 month option as far as I know.

https://forums.daybreakgames.com/eq/index.php?threads/ragefire-lockjaw-kunark-poll-results.224474/

considering you guys were on a 6 months , with an early voting option going on; it doesnt seem all that confusing to understand that the vote was 6months (keep it the same) , I dont care , unlock votes every 3 months until GoD and every 6 weeks GoD and beyond.

The post above yours literally points you to the confusing language that describes "say the same" as a 3 month option, it even includes a link and everything.

a "return to 6 month" and a "adjust it to a faster track" is clearly ambiguous language but leans towards people thinking we were already on a 3 months expansion track.

you realize you are talking about ragefire correct? Because i am only talking about Lockjaw.

Well yeah I am, because this thread is about ragefire, and this thread is discussing the ragefire vote..

The 1st post you quoted was talking about ragefire

Why is that? EQ is relatively bug free at this point (there's some but few enough that anything serious effects a minor amount of stuff) - and beyond bugs players on current servers [primarily instanced] rarely need to reach out for CS to help out with things.

I'm sure there will be occasional hiccups, but that's just going to be a matter of a miss getting fixed after a bit (which they've tended to be pretty quick with fixing, contrary to your implication - even things that were thought to be "impossible" like queues were fixed quickly).

I suppose it is, however it was an easy mistake since the OP didn't specify. Both servers had voting going on at the same time.

They are doing and offering precisely what they said they would all along.

Both servers are operating according to the "maximum nostalgia" timeline which is generally 6 months for big expansions till GoD, then 3 months each after.

There was a poll for one-time early Kunark--which failed--but they decided to do it anyway on Ragefire only. At that time they also said they would offer an option to accelerate unlocks on ragefire which is the current poll.

The current, i.e. Maximum Nostalgia, schedule is 6 months per expansion till GoD, then 3 months per expansion.

The poll offered double speed: 3 months per big expansion till GoD, then approximately 1.5 months (i.e. 6 weeks) per expansion after that. It failed meaning Ragefire still chose the maximum nostalgia track instead and the one-off of kunark really was just a one-time early unlock.

This doesn't mean their business model for these servers should not change (regardless of whether or not they were awful from the start). Business models change to be aligned with the economy. When clients start leaving in droves, it typically means somethings wrong and it should be immediately rectified.

The irony of saying this immediately after critiquing the NoBox/Instanced concept.... my sides...