Listen, it comes down to 2 main problems.
1.) The people that have been grinding since the earliest of lvl caps will have accomplished what exactly? They beat the first “version” of Arcane Legends? What would be the point in starting a new server where you do the exact same sequence, leading to a similar ending? As for the hardcore mode that was mentioned, how do you make gold on hardcore mode? (Hence, the bringing up of platcore mode) As much as I would love to go back and reminisce about lock farming in brackenridge or farming malison eggs, the past is the past. Reliving it would kinda take away the glory of that age now wouldn’t it? Sorry some of you didn’t get to experience the glory years but life works that way sometimes.
2.) The player base has dwindled significantly since the launch and its peak performance. If another server were to be incorporated, even losing a couple hundred players over this split would be a harsh repercussion, therefore making the already semi-barren server utilized currently and absolute wasteland.
In my opinion, the only way for this idea to work (unrealistic) would be to host a poll and have at least 95% acceptance of a new server or game restart, which would never, ever happen. I dont think that some people that have commented thus far realize that there are players who have spent well into the 10s of thousands of dollars on this game (me un-included for clarification), and even more valuable than that, a significant time investment. Now if you want to talk about making the game more like the old, og days, then thats fairly simple. Make a significant gold drain (an item bound to the character that is deemed necessary for endgame in general), utilize it as a crucial part of the new cap (lvl 81), then make the item(s) or set stack, so that buying multiple gives a benefit of some sort, or any other idea for a massive gold drain. Once that gold is out of the game, gold loot farming would have to be nerfed, and any other easy mode gold farm. Afterwards, the new cap could incorporate locked grand farming or whatever you’d like to see return, revamped with new loot tables. But even this is unreasonable.
The conclusion: the game is as it is. Just have to accept it. Its still an awesome game.
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