This game could beneift from a classic server.

[Ris]

Offering a classic server does no harm to players who like the current version and gives players who want it a place to go, best of both worlds.

I have to disagree here...^^; It's true we don't know their exact resource budgets... like others pointed out, slipping dates does make it seem like they're stretched even now. If nekrothing's vision worked out and it really brought in 3 servers worth of players I think it would be great for the game... but I think Square would have done it if they thought that would happen...

With what we know now, I can't really support the idea...

[Natasha]

I have to disagree here...^^; It's true we don't know their exact resource budgets... like others pointed out, slipping dates does make it seem like they're stretched even now. If nekrothing's vision worked out and it really brought in 3 servers worth of players I think it would be great for the game... but I think Square would have done it if they thought that would happen...

With what we know now, I can't really support the idea...

Any game can slip dates regardless of development resources (I mean, look at grand theft auto online, its slipped adding its heist feature for about a year now and they're the highest selling game in history atm I think). Now, im not exactly claiming the devs do not have limits but I do think that players should not be making assumptions as to those limits and only when we have clear feedback from a dev or community rep can we say for certain it is not doable. Believe me I want to do no harm to people who like what they have now and trust me when I say if they added what I wanted to the current game a lot more people would be upset than if they just offered the old school server. If they can't do it then they can't and I have to live with that, making changes in compromise is no solution, I will just have to leave it at that and go on my way.

[Ris]

Well, those are good points... will the devs respond..?

[detlef]

You guys are nuts. Are you gonna play on the classic server for 8 hours a day or are you gonna play casually? The former is what it would take to sustain the game. Otherwise you'll never be able to find enough people online at the same time who want to do the same things as you. Even if you find enough people, don't y'all remember what it was like back then? Remember back in those days you had to dip into a ton of different events all the time in order to gear up. Have fun with your 6-raid-per-week schedule to actually make an progress.

Oh and don't forget how hard it was to level jobs and how nobody is going to want to go BRD. The only thing that classic server will have going for it is low and mid-level XP. If that's what you want to do with your time in 2014 then good luck with that.

[Ris]

You guys are nuts. Are you gonna play on the classic server for 8 hours a day or are you gonna play casually?

I wouldn't play on a classic server, but I do think it's important to respect that not everyone has the same playstyle...

If like Natasha hopes it can be done without making the dev team hurt for time and resources and stuff, or like nekrothing hopes it can bring in lots of players to both server groups, why not let them play as they like?

[detlef]

Also, why couldn't the OP post in the existing thread rather than starting his own?

[Natasha]

You guys are nuts. Are you gonna play on the classic server for 8 hours a day or are you gonna play casually? The former is what it would take to sustain the game. Otherwise you'll never be able to find enough people online at the same time who want to do the same things as you. Even if you find enough people, don't y'all remember what it was like back then? Remember back in those days you had to dip into a ton of different events all the time in order to gear up. Have fun with your 6-raid-per-week schedule to actually make an progress.

Oh and don't forget how hard it was to level jobs and how nobody is going to want to go BRD. The only thing that classic server will have going for it is low and mid-level XP. If that's what you want to do with your time in 2014 then good luck with that.

If they brought a classic server then I would be playing it every day for hours and would in all likeliness play this until the servers rust. Sure I remember the negative, but overwhelmingly it was a positive experience for me, so much so that nothing else has filled its shoes since it was changed. You seem to have not liked it as much as I did, but I can assure you this is how I want to be playing in 2014 and for as long as I can.

I wouldn't play on a classic server, but I do think it's important to respect that not everyone has the same playstyle...

If like Natasha hopes it can be done without making the dev team hurt for time and resources and stuff, or like nekrothing hopes it can bring in lots of players to both server groups, why not let them play as they like?

Thank you for being so respectful in your posts.

[PlumbGame]

You guys are nuts. Are you gonna play on the classic server for 8 hours a day or are you gonna play casually? The former is what it would take to sustain the game. Otherwise you'll never be able to find enough people online at the same time who want to do the same things as you. Even if you find enough people, don't y'all remember what it was like back then? Remember back in those days you had to dip into a ton of different events all the time in order to gear up. Have fun with your 6-raid-per-week schedule to actually make an progress.

Oh and don't forget how hard it was to level jobs and how nobody is going to want to go BRD. The only thing that classic server will have going for it is low and mid-level XP. If that's what you want to do with your time in 2014 then good luck with that.

What does 2014 have to do with anything? I play the same amount of time now that I did then, people who worked 40hrs a week in 2004 still work 40hrs a week.

[detlef]

What does 2014 have to do with anything? I play the same amount of time now that I did then, people who worked 40hrs a week in 2004 still work 40hrs a week.

That's good. Personally my playtime has pretty much stayed constant throughout the years. But a lot of people (not me) play a lot more casually now. In addition to just having more life responsibilities, there are a wealth of competing MMOs and other game alternatives that simply weren't around 5-6 years ago. If you can maintain that play style then bully for you, but do you not agree that as a whole the player base has gotten less hardcore and devotes fewer hours per week than during the game's level 75 cap hey day?

[nekrothing]

Apart from that, you are grosely overestimating the amount of people that would come back for something like this.

Quite the contrary, I believe you're underestimating the amount of interest in a classic server, especially considering the success of classic servers for other online games.

The amount of interest expressed in these forums only represents a small portion of the players who would be in favor of a classic server, and that's saying something, considering a lot of players here are in favor of the idea. Like I mentioned in the other thread, the Japanese community have players who feel exactly the same way we do, and express their views both here and on 2ch on a regular basis. There's no doubt enough interest to sustain a single classic server, if not more.

What does 2014 have to do with anything?

Not a thing. Lineage 2's success has proven how viable pay-to-play classic servers can be in today's market.