A New Red Players Observation to Red99

[Vladigan]

Just wanted to offer feedback.

The XP bonus I think was a nice idea to try and bring the population back up. However, it may end up being one of those "too little, too late" situations.

Here has been my experience so far:

As a new melee, you are almost screwed. There is almost no one around to bind you so you are limited to where you can hunt in the beginning, and after a few deaths out in the wilderness followed by an hour run, I can see it being unbearably frustrating.

As any other non-solo based character, you may get by till your teens soloing, but eventually your cracked staff and full suit of leather armor not going to be enough to solo.

Conclusion:

The server pop is so low, we have to think outside the box. This is a "classic experience" not actual classic. I'd love to re-live being 16 again, but its not going to happen.

If we want to keep these servers alive we are going to have to consider adding some features that are less than classic, or else the population will have nowhere else to go but down.

Here are my temporary suggestions: (at least until population grows again to be able to sustain itself again)

Soul Binder (Major cities only)
This is not going to impact game play, but will offer melee's more chance to exp and less time waiting for days (I am not kidding about that) for a bind after a boat ride.


Global chat (Needed for LFG, esp. on red where everyone is /role or /anon)
I have read concerns about r&f in global chat. The community can police itself. That is why we can /ignore. If people develop a bad enough reputation they will have no one to talk to since no one will see their chat [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Continue Exp Bonus
This may still encourage more people to try read, but lets remember this is still mostly PVE with some PVP here and there. We need a community to have any PVP, so you die hard "non-blubies" need to remember that before you try and push away people who want to PVE here. The PVP will only exist if their are people here to PVP.

I think we can bring this server back to life, but we HAVE to open our minds to alternatives, or else we risk the chance of failing and making this entire project a waste of everyone's time.

I open this now to any other constructive thoughts on the matter...