Runes of Magic US / AU

if everyone upgrades to the new gear then they will sell or trade down to us lower level people that are not top tier...and for me that's a good thing.

i dont think many will be upgrading from pomh set this chapter if they have full set, i think only people with bela gear might be upgrading, if there is anything worthwhile to upgrade to.
No offense to any but doesnt it seem that pom events kill servors? lol I swear everytime there is a pom event , people go crazy playing, then after its over they disappear...like they get burned out or something idk
Between players being nonexistent and summertime finally here and now news of new content already.... might be coming for another 6 month hiatus soon lol...
Dont want to, but logging in and staring at screen isnt exactly enticing!
DO SERVOR MERGE BEFORE NEW CONTENT NOBODY CARES ABOUT NEW CONTENT.... YET

Since Reni has barely cleared CoE.. new zone is definitely not wanted. They didn't even release the instance that went with the current cap until just recently.

Not to mention all those +20 jewels people have spent thousands of diamonds obtaining are about to become useless with a new level cap.

still wearing my Tatha set and some 77 POM accessories, just not worth upgrading for the cost. I want the merge to be able to run stuff with new people and DKjester ;-). Too many people worry about their level 80+ gear and think since level 92 will be here, we need to redo all our gear LOL.

I am sorry but if you can't go and clear lower level instances ( TOSH/GCH/Beth), why upgrade the gear and waste your money, learn your class and learn to run with people who can help you and clear stuff people ;-)

I think some people will be leaving the game to wait for the merge even more, we all know you can get your 6 classes to level 92 just on dailies within an hour or so. Happy to get new seed/recipes but would have loved the merge.

Aqualink, we know what you mean, we know you don't have more info for us, we are just voicing our opinions ;-) nothing personal against the TEAM.

Also didn't we used to get like 4 level cap every year and now we only get 3, so they are not rushing the content ;-)

I think FarmerTom et all are on the right track here. Don't know why folks are worried about level 92 gear and/or gear mods. Very few people if any will upgrade from 90 to 92. Even those who are behind may only consider it if it's a significant upgrade. Not to mention it can take months to get the stats needed to stat correctly for most players who aren't sitting on a ton of gold. It was the same at 72 and 82, the demand just wasn't really there then and it won't be at 92.

Back to OP, I have to agree that even though they can work on the merger and release new content simultaneously it seems like a waste of time to put out new content when so many have either stopped playing or are just sitting on the fence waiting for the servers to merge. I myself recently "temporarily" retired my Reni toons because it's been like a ghost server for the past two weeks. What we have seen from past new level increases is a flurry of activity for about a week then back to nothing. Hardly a game changer.

Moving forward, we need to get people together and get them motivated to play again. Putting out a new level cap with a single new instance that is almost guaranteed to be delayed (based on the past few updates) is really just more of the same. Albert Einstein said it best: The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.

I love people who say "I am not playing because my server is underpopulated". Guess what, you not playing is the reason why it is underpopulated.

Cause and effect friend. Not the cause just the effect.

There is so much that needs to be fixed in this game merger or new content isn't the real question, The real question is when are the Scouts going to be fixed?

Quoted from "aardvark3"

There is so much that needs to be fixed in this game merger or new content isn't the real question, The real question is when are the Scouts going to be fixed?

never!!

To the point of new zone vs. server merge, I think all new content should be put aside until merge is done. Just because Runewaker releases a new zone and level cap, does NOT mean you have to implement it right away. Does it? All of that should be worked around the merge, and not the other way around. IMO.

Quoted from "vfwiffo"

I love people who say "I am not playing because my server is underpopulated". Guess what, you not playing is the reason why it is underpopulated.

I never said I'm not playing, just not playing on reni right now except for some occasional dailies. Check the sig m8, you'll see I have plenty of toons on Govinda to keep me busy. Still way too expensive on Govinda but at least there's activity lol.