Make Servers with P99-style IP exemptions!

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by Galactuss

Dear future server makers, please make your servers with one player per IP. Not having so ruins the game. Unless you really want your server to be more or less a single-player experience, please consider this. Every server always just devolves into people running around with full groups (sometimes even full raids) and blowing through all the content, while the people who want to play one character might as well not even bother, if they ever want to see 50+. It eliminates all sense of community, other than the very occasional conversation in /ooc. Why play an MMO with no actual multiplayer experience?

I don't understand how this isn't more prevalent of a thing. Is it too hard to code? Do you guys not see the value in it?

It takes more effort to make a single-box server than it does a multibox server.

That's the only reason, coupled with content designers in our community are lazy.

[Galactuss]

Originally Posted by Secrets

It takes more effort to make a single-box server than it does a multibox server.

That's the only reason, coupled with content designers in our community are lazy.

Somehow just noticed your comment. I can understand that to some extent for custom servers. But it's the non-custom servers which completely blow my mind for not having it.

[Secrets]

Originally Posted by Galactuss

Somehow just noticed your comment. I can understand that to some extent for custom servers. But it's the non-custom servers which completely blow my mind for not having it.

Non-custom servers are niche. P99 fills that niche.

There's no need to have another P99, unless you want 'bits of custom design/direction/content' in your server.

If you limit boxing, you can't have a healthy population. Why would anyone play on your classic everquest server over P99? You have to be engaging more than that.

[provocating]

Originally Posted by Secrets

Non-custom servers are niche. P99 fills that niche.

There's no need to have another P99, unless you want 'bits of custom design/direction/content' in your server.

If you limit boxing, you can't have a healthy population. Why would anyone play on your classic everquest server over P99? You have to be engaging more than that.

Okay so McDonalds fills the gap, it is probably the biggest Hamburger fast food chain out there. So since it fills the gap for fast food burgers no one should ever open up?

Wal-Mart is the largest retailer, leading others by nearly triple. So I am guessing your opinion is that Target should just not exist? I get tired of this analogy about p1999 being the only option out there. I personally am not looking for numbers, never have been. I administer and create my servers because I love it. If no one else ever played it will still remain open just because I love what I do. The p1999 argument gets really old though. Sure they are great at what they do but those high numbers also seems to create a hostile community and it appears to be getting worse.

[microlo]

Just to fuel the fire. In 1999 i started a cleric and realized I cant kill anything or do anything without help so a couple weeks later i bought another everquest cd (for codes) and started boxing mage and cleric since 1999. This allowed me to atleast do stuff camp minor quest gain minor experience, and how many groups doesnt want a cleric and mage. The stronger my toons got the better I did too especially having mage pet tank the healer and tank were in cohorts same person. I would of never stuck with everquest for so long if I couldnt do this. Now i absolutely love p99 but i spent 4 years waiting for my epic, and lfg for hours and never getting anything or spending an hour making it to a group for it to fall apart. There is nothing wrong with having a 2 or even 3 box limit, it doesnt change the game, it just gives people options. What american doesn't like options?

[provocating]

Why is this even an argument? There are like 50 servers on the list that allow boxing, bots. Hell many allow both.

[chrsschb]

Originally Posted by Galactuss

Dear future server makers, please make your servers with one player per IP. Not having so ruins the game.

Originally Posted by Secrets

It takes more effort to make a single-box server than it does a multibox server.

That's the only reason, coupled with content designers in our community are lazy.

I highly disagree with both of you. Majority of servers exist with a player-base in the single digits. A lot of those in the 1s and 2s. I'm sure you two are wonderful marketing geniuses with a grand player-base, but that is not a reality for a lot of developers. Thus just being able to experience their content as it was designed is enough.

And no it doesn't take more effort to design a single-box server. Absolutely zero difference in time. Any dev who's doing his work is balancing all content to be as "intended" regardless of for an army of boxes or players.