- May 11, 2017
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Wipe and V2! I'd play it 100%. Server had loads of potential and I had alot of fun. Proven yourself as not a cash cow. I doubt you'll be doing this anytime soon. But I definitely reckon a 2nd server from you would be decent.UC Drop reasons:
Early on it was some down to me, some decisions i made may have upset people; due to it being my first server I was learning as I went on, so those UC impacts wouldnt happen again (also certain crashes which is understandable)
Fake Rumours; players would constantly be like "you are favouring this guild, or that guild" "you have given better drop rates to X person/Y guild" - this starts causing rifts internally despite all of it being false (Oh and the main one, that paying players, have an influence over server decisions- when you actually find paying players A) tend to just play the game B) aren't the ones who are the most active. **this 1 was the most frustrating.
Lack of Drops (being a low rate) we wanted a small amount of rarer items coming in, but people are used to getting more quicker.
>Drops were always / will always be crap - as players don't get items, even if others got good items from the same boss, if that player didnt get a good drop its bad drops.
PvP - this is a big one that can cause rifts, I am helping on with a 3 heroes server thats in development, on making sure PvP is well balanced.
Not having good fluid PvP style annoys some players (and it needs to be skill based rather than mainly relying on who has the most stats)
Body Drops need to be better configured so there is a risk to dying without it being absolutely annoying af.
Police Gold Selling:
Its annoying as hell, but finding a way to do this will get rid of the gold farmers most likely but improve the internal economy.
>Keeping the Economy healthy is one of the hardest parts of keeping a server up.
Making sure you tailor to both group and solo
(but be ready for complaints when someone people cant solo a group area!)
Other:
People genuinely don't know what they want from Mir (people contradict themselves from one day to the next), so the best way is do the server in your vision and stick to it (it didnt help that I switched TPR team members around 3 weeks before launch so the team weren't up to speed!)
See, not to be an arse but this is what I mean about fake rumours.
We have very few GS transactions, but I have made sure the funds are there to keep the server running for 12 months even if nothing else was donated.
So no, we don't get much in, but it doesn't mean it will close.
To be fair again, the people who put more in actually don't play as much as the people who complain the most (or ask for the most to be changed) nor is the server tailored around any single (or group) of people.
Anyone who reports something, we investigate it and see if there is any substance to the issue raised (or its a case of they killed a boss, didnt get a drop and wanted a drop)
Goldselling = +1. Noob buying every warrior item that dropped disheartened any other warriors playing the server.
Bodydrops = +1. Body drops werent even in euro unless a mob got last hit or you were red. As much as I love earning items from killing people, and it does give it a more competitive feel. Its a FACT that soooo many players die, drop n quit. Most retarded mechanic in mir in my eyes. (Not a cry I didnt even drop on there and earned massive amount of items from PK)
Fake Rumours = +1. Our guild thought you were helping sausages. Then sausages thought you were helping us. Had people saying there body drops had been upped (even though theyd die 5x a fight then wonder why they dropped)
People always assume gold buyers effect decisions but I never spent a penny and my feedback was taken on board. Probably more-so than people that actually spent.
Had very mixed feelings about TPR. The fact PvP wasn't balanced and that people got to 1-2 shotting each other so quickly annoyed me like fk.
At the same time, look at all these cash cow ****s that couldn't give 2 ****s about their players as long as £££ is rolling in. Then take a look at LB, it's a no brainer, the guy actually offered to pay another servers dedi to help get him started. Personally think a 2nd TPR with a more dynamic team behind the scenes would be a beast.