Sebastian

Have to admit, having by butler flairs back would definitely increase my presence. Old forums were a heck ton of fun because of avatars and titles. Also made everyone a lot more identifiable. Now it's Nao #241 or Cichol #422 with an occasional Fleta.

Magic all the way, but I'm biased because I loathe chain slasher.

Just rebirth into a male and become a trap. Ez

Past me, very frequently. At least $3000 into the game.

Nowadays I make much better choices. I'm a recovered gachaholic.

Lokitin wrote: »

I didn’t say Alexina is getting, or going to get, more popular. I was saying that if Alexina needed 10 channels, we would get it. It’s not a benefit limited to Nao. As I explained earlier, Nao is getting an influx of players right now due to people wanting to check out the new server, revisit old charas, etc. Once the hype dies down, 10 channels may even seem overkill.

Yes I well understood that, but the point is nothing is going to warrant that in the near future, therefore, by elimination, it is currently a benefit limited to Nao. But the new channels themselves aren't really the benefit we're discussing here, it's having significantly more players to even warrant new channels.

Lokitin wrote: »

Alexina has always been the most popular server up to now. Most players have sunk years—up to a decade—into their characters. I doubt people will be permanently abandoning all those pets, skills, advancements, friends, time spent etc. to start from scratch on a server that has nothing new to offer, other than new people.

People from the Heroes servers switched to Alexina when Alexina was first created (which, as you stated for this case, also had nothing new to offer other than new people). The only difference this time is that, by creating a new character on the same profile and utilizing the Master Plan buffs to their fullest, they promptly enter the new server with an adequate amount of AP to level essentially every important skill. Most of the other things you listed (time spent, advancements, etc) are all solved by the overkill Master Plan event, honestly, except for pets. But that never stopped the Heroes servers, so why would it stop Alexinians?

Lokitin wrote: »

Yes, Alexina has been getting quieter, long before the server merge. That’s a symptom of a dying game, overall. Although it’s far too premature to say Alexina (or Mabi, for that matter) is dead.

I do not disagree with the fact that it's a symptom of a dying game, but I don't think it's any secret that that's what this merge was meant to combat in the first place. By leaving Alexina out it only continues to leave it with the same issues that the merge (seemingly, for now) fixed for the Heroes servers. Also I wouldn't say it's too premature to argue that Alexina is dying when you said yourself it has been getting quieter. Could this all be because of hype? Probably. But nobody should ever let their guard down while the pot slowly heats up and boils us alive.

Edit: Pet correction