sup with red99?

[Toehammer]

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

just came back to check the server and its pretty much dead. where are all the former vz/tz garage box players? i rly dont get this, 20 players? everyone wanted this and noone is playin on it wtf! garage box had 200 (granted, with boxes) ....

ps: no, i dont want to read the whole forum just to get a clue what happened

I will try to be non-annoying like everyone else.

In all seriousness, the server is fun to play on if you solo. I have a 44 mage, working my way up.

But as far as a good, high population server is concerned, it is probably dead. There are 3 reasons why:

1) some big flaws during startup: no guard assist (lost 1/2 population within a week of server launch), resists were messed up, huge exploit problems (redwood wands, mage sword proc rate, pathing) let certain people "level up"

2) some things got fixed (guard assist) but most were ignored so guilds continued to exploit and people got banned (for good reasons)

3) critical mass... people were leaving for blue epics, and the server was getting DDOSed, forum trolls, etc. it just became a crappy community

I still play here, but it is sorta dead.

The unfortunate thing is that everything could have been resolved by a wipe in the first month. Call it Red99 Beta 2.0

People still calling for a wipe are just as delusional as the people saying population will stabilize in triple digits for Kunark.

Basically 1), 2), and 3) caused population to plummet, however the real reason probably has to do with my first sentence "I will try to be non-annoying like everyone else." The majority here are d-bags.

Join the server though, if I see you around I can give you free stuff and maybe even plevel, send pm!