What happened to this server?

[Flash]

I played this server the first day it launched. After a couple days I got fed up with the lack of town safety and quit.

The server was loaded with players then.

[bakkily]

absolutely true skorge! but i came to red because i enjoy pvp, good combat v.s enemy guilds...ect, but also most peeps are at blue because for one the servers been out for awhile, and someone new can get free gear, help ect, or they work hard on their char and join a guild by the time they're lvl 20 and recieve help

on red, its a bit diffrent because its still a new server, durring christmas break, i got 3 weeks off from work, and grinded the shit out of lvls 6-19 solo, sometimes i found groups, but for the most part ive been doing all my lvling solo, and thats the other problem on our server, ive seen enough mages, necros, shamans (reason i play this class because i enjoy it the most), bards, pretty much i see most of the server playing solo classes, then tanks, rogs ect, though when kunark comes out, itll even out the server, because for one way better gear, and two better spots to xp at, but the biggest thing this server needs to show, is kindness to the newcomers

[Bkab]

Originally Posted by Gongshow [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The trident: Poseidon, God of the Oceans' weapon of choice. Ancient mermen used to use this weapon in battle to fight against the crustacean armies and all the shrimps and jellyfish in the sea. I often come out here to this abandoned cement factory to harness its power. Learn its secrets. Think about life. Think about the game. They're the same thing you know.

didn't read this thread/don't care to, stumbled upon this post and had to quote it.

[heartbrand]

Originally Posted by Reikerz [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Casual players: left because the grind took way too long. It was okay in the beginning but as the population trickled down, having no one to play with in a group-oriented game had a domino effect.

Hardcore players: essentially unintentionally griefed themselves and everyone else at the high end off with the stupid arms race that occurred 40+. Guild A with 6 lost to Guild B with 10, so Guild A recruited 10 more. Guild B with 10 lost to Guild A with 16, so Guild B recruited 10 more, and so on. This meant both guilds were forced to play with shitty people they didn't like. It also meant that eventually one guild had a huge numbers advantage over the other and there was no one else left to recruit, resulting in the death of meaningful PvP.

If people were intelligent and kept things lean and evenly splintered among numerous rival guilds, the server could have been made fun and enjoyable for everyone. But intelligence isn't a common quality found among PvP players unfortunately.

Reiker was only one who really hit the nail on the head in this thread

[Slave]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0l3QWUXVho

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[Humerox]

Originally Posted by Flash [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I played this server the first day it launched. After a couple days I got fed up with the lack of town safety and quit.

Personally I think this is what lost red the largest number of players. Nothing can be done to bring anyone back imho.

Except...and this isn't a troll.

1. Start over. Put all the fixes in a huge post (guard assist, exploits fixed, yadda-yadda).

2. Put in global OOC.

3. Get some more damn volunteers to moderate both the forums and the game.

4. Implement at least 10X xp for the first two weeks.

[Slathar]

Originally Posted by Humerox [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Personally I think this is what lost red the largest number of players. Nothing can be done to bring anyone back imho.

Except...and this isn't a troll.

1. Start over. Put all the fixes in a huge post (guard assist, exploits fixed, yadda-yadda).

2. Put in global OOC.

3. Get some more damn volunteers to moderate both the forums and the game.

4. Implement at least 10X xp for the first two weeks.

Pretty much this.

[Nirgon]

Start over, same thing happens

[heartbrand]

It takes literally 8 hours to get to level 35 with a simple druid PL, this server doesn't need a wipe.

[oldfish]

Originally Posted by Humerox [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Personally I think this is what lost red the largest number of players. Nothing can be done to bring anyone back imho.

Except...and this isn't a troll.

1. Start over. Put all the fixes in a huge post (guard assist, exploits fixed, yadda-yadda).

2. Put in global OOC.

3. Get some more damn volunteers to moderate both the forums and the game.

4. Implement at least 10X xp for the first two weeks.

Lawl no

How many new players you think we would get vs the ones wed lose already here that arent willing to grind another character AGAIN to 50? I wouldnt start over, id quit.

Most new players dont know about the dragon shit exploit and dont care, I know about it and dont care.

The new guys just come and roll a toon IMO, not sure how wiping would help, more like kill the pop for good.