Lawnmower
Fledgling Freddie
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- May 15, 2004
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So I was feeling very nostagic and sick of the fact that there are 0 MMORPGS that do it for me today and im having to resort to Faith PVP...Decided to post this on DAoC FB page. Any constructive criticism would be appreciated!
Dear Daoc/Mythic/All Concerned.
I am writing to ask, no endear you, please make even the smallest of efforts to get Mordred back on it's feet!
I came from the Euro servers so missed the death of Mordred (all the cheating etc).
Playing DAoC pvp servers, Mordred/Andred early days then Camlann was deffinitely the highlight of my gaming career and it saddens me to see only remaining pvp server completely dead!
I know on the Euro servers they had a Project Camlann at one point which briefly revived the server, which was quite fun and I enjoyed!
Now I can't speak for the general DAoc population but i'm going to hazard at a guess at why nobody will play the server now...
1) There is a small amount of players who are fully temped in full ML10 gear at high RR who make things impossible for new players (inevitable but stil)
2) The population was dead - around 4/5 per day - when I last checked, making there no incentive for new players to log on.
3) There is too much bad blood from the destruction of the server (the money cheat or something I believe it was).
What I Propose To Alter The Current State;
1) Wipe the character base and server completely and get rid of the /level 40 stupidness.
Obviously a lot of people will speak out against this and label it ridiculous, but if you really think about what are you going to lose? As it stands nobody plays the server and you can't enjoy it yourself. If the server was wiped and everybody started afresh, it would give you a chance to re-form old guilds and friendships for one last run (for nostalgia even) before the playerbase finally dies (if it ever does)!
No matter what you possessed in terms of 100s of plat, ML10 weps RPS etc, as it stands, they are useless.
How To Achieve This;
Simple - post a simple Poll on Camelotherald and IGN forums. Two SIMPLE answers to one SIMPLE question.
1) If Mordred were to undergo a complete server wipe back to it's original state, including the removal of the /level 40 ability, would you return to play?
YES
or
NO
Arguments Against;
1) Now i'm not up to date by any means on the current consensus of the DAoC playerbase, but I can imagine they would go something like this;
- It would split the playerbase too much and we don't want to do that
(The playerbase currently sits at 2k. There are up to 1k players at primetime currently on Uthgard, and 100-200 who shift from pvp shard to pvp shard. Lets apply a law of averages here and say even 400-500 from freeshards try out Mordred, that has already resulted in 400-500 new subscription renewals = profit to continue investing in a rapidly dwindling player base)
- What about the players on Ywain? It might ruin the rvr there!
Again im no expert, but I played Ywain a few months ago and from what I saw/heard yes the people enjoy the rvr occasionally... But, a vast majority of the community seem to constantly leave and return periodically due to boredom and nostalgia/love of the game. Once back, they soon become frustrated with the ridiculous 2/3 buffbot running/zerg riding madness/dragon farming nonsense that is today's DAoC.
From this we have to again take into account the fact that probably half the pop will flock to Mordred if its successful in the first week. From there half will then return to RvR as it's what they know and love. So thats 500 people. Again i'm just pulling wild figures from my head, im sure somebody else could do the math a lot better.
So worst case scenario;
1) The server fails after a few months, the players from Ywain return to Ywain, believe me, they aren't going to leave after 10 years if they are still there now, they are the core players who will fight on till the end.
2) You gain 500 or so more players - lets be honest probably a LOT more if it's succesfuly marketed, if only for a few months even if only 100-200 of these nostalgia renews stay on to play Camelot full-time, you've injected life into the playerbase and done something pro-active rather than sitting back and watch the playerbase dwindle and fail.
COST TO IMPLEMENT - 0
COS TO MARKET - 0, it will market itself I assure you.
A lot more I could add.. but i'm not sure if this will be ignored/flamed (probably). But hell, I miss my damn PvP server! DAoC FTW!
Dear Daoc/Mythic/All Concerned.
I am writing to ask, no endear you, please make even the smallest of efforts to get Mordred back on it's feet!
I came from the Euro servers so missed the death of Mordred (all the cheating etc).
Playing DAoC pvp servers, Mordred/Andred early days then Camlann was deffinitely the highlight of my gaming career and it saddens me to see only remaining pvp server completely dead!
I know on the Euro servers they had a Project Camlann at one point which briefly revived the server, which was quite fun and I enjoyed!
Now I can't speak for the general DAoc population but i'm going to hazard at a guess at why nobody will play the server now...
1) There is a small amount of players who are fully temped in full ML10 gear at high RR who make things impossible for new players (inevitable but stil)
2) The population was dead - around 4/5 per day - when I last checked, making there no incentive for new players to log on.
3) There is too much bad blood from the destruction of the server (the money cheat or something I believe it was).
What I Propose To Alter The Current State;
1) Wipe the character base and server completely and get rid of the /level 40 stupidness.
Obviously a lot of people will speak out against this and label it ridiculous, but if you really think about what are you going to lose? As it stands nobody plays the server and you can't enjoy it yourself. If the server was wiped and everybody started afresh, it would give you a chance to re-form old guilds and friendships for one last run (for nostalgia even) before the playerbase finally dies (if it ever does)!
No matter what you possessed in terms of 100s of plat, ML10 weps RPS etc, as it stands, they are useless.
How To Achieve This;
Simple - post a simple Poll on Camelotherald and IGN forums. Two SIMPLE answers to one SIMPLE question.
1) If Mordred were to undergo a complete server wipe back to it's original state, including the removal of the /level 40 ability, would you return to play?
YES
or
NO
Arguments Against;
1) Now i'm not up to date by any means on the current consensus of the DAoC playerbase, but I can imagine they would go something like this;
- It would split the playerbase too much and we don't want to do that
(The playerbase currently sits at 2k. There are up to 1k players at primetime currently on Uthgard, and 100-200 who shift from pvp shard to pvp shard. Lets apply a law of averages here and say even 400-500 from freeshards try out Mordred, that has already resulted in 400-500 new subscription renewals = profit to continue investing in a rapidly dwindling player base)
- What about the players on Ywain? It might ruin the rvr there!
Again im no expert, but I played Ywain a few months ago and from what I saw/heard yes the people enjoy the rvr occasionally... But, a vast majority of the community seem to constantly leave and return periodically due to boredom and nostalgia/love of the game. Once back, they soon become frustrated with the ridiculous 2/3 buffbot running/zerg riding madness/dragon farming nonsense that is today's DAoC.
From this we have to again take into account the fact that probably half the pop will flock to Mordred if its successful in the first week. From there half will then return to RvR as it's what they know and love. So thats 500 people. Again i'm just pulling wild figures from my head, im sure somebody else could do the math a lot better.
So worst case scenario;
1) The server fails after a few months, the players from Ywain return to Ywain, believe me, they aren't going to leave after 10 years if they are still there now, they are the core players who will fight on till the end.
2) You gain 500 or so more players - lets be honest probably a LOT more if it's succesfuly marketed, if only for a few months even if only 100-200 of these nostalgia renews stay on to play Camelot full-time, you've injected life into the playerbase and done something pro-active rather than sitting back and watch the playerbase dwindle and fail.
COST TO IMPLEMENT - 0
COS TO MARKET - 0, it will market itself I assure you.
A lot more I could add.. but i'm not sure if this will be ignored/flamed (probably). But hell, I miss my damn PvP server! DAoC FTW!