| Moving to a player run shard even just for events seems like a very very big mistake to me.
Firstly, doing it just for events.. surely holding events on Eurpoa is the best way to get new blood? Holding them on a player run shard where next to noone that isn't part of the event can wander through? What'd be the point? Really, why not just focus on doing more with our current shard?
Secondly, moving their permanently would just split the community even further. A big proportion of players wouldn't want to leave Europa, so those that go lose them and those that stay lose those that go. Also, as someone else pointed out, where would you get new recruits from? You'd be reliant on the current players staying active at all times.
The other negative to a permanent move is you'd have to decide whether to move everyone as a 'fresh'. As in wipe everyones history/towns and such, or to move exactly as we are. If we move as we are, then we'd be in exactly the same situation as now. RP being spread very thinly over.
The only benefit to a player run shard that I see, is it's free. (Oh and you could make it all back to AoS etcetera). |