Yes, it's a big wall of text, I know. I'm not flaming or bashing anything, but after trying out many servers, I've never found myself satisfied in them. I'm not here to complain, but I just had to say this to all private servers to help them give more to players.
Personally, I like a server where it's not hard to level, but it's not pointless to level. When exp rates are 500x-1000x, I find that really enjoyable in my opinion. What's the use of getting level 200+ when there's nothing to aim for (besides battle power and few k hp)? I once found myself stuck 4 hours in the level 4 labyrinth leveling to get level 200 with many leveling bugs along the way. I've never been so bored, seeing that they only put 1 mob of that level in 1 map, and over and over and over I did the same thing to get level 200. There are other maps that aren't filled up, and a change in monsters with different stats and levels would entertain me. I've never had that feeling where "Oh crap, it's a strong mob my level. I might die. I should get a lot of pots." Mobs are simply too weak and boring to level on due to the roids given by players from the server. PvE isn't a challenge (at your current level), making it very easy to level, resulting in boredom.
Items are a big issue that affect me. While servers like to add new, BA, and overpowered items, I find myself kinda disappointed in the servers not giving each class or every weapon a share of fairness. What I'm saying is, "Look! A level 150 blade with 65k attack! But where's a level 150 armor/necklace/headgear/shield that can withstand that? Hey, why can't all the 1h and 2h weapons levels go that high?" This gives me a sense of incompleteness in the server, and this shoves all the other classes away when the Trojan class can obtain level 150 things that Archers and Tao's can't. Constantly, I see new swords, blades, clubs, and rings throwing off the balance of the game. Dagger/scepter/axe/unique users are forced to be similar to them to become strong. When's the last you've seen a 2h PKer, or an FBing Warrior?
+ values also disappoint me. As the gap between attack and defense get even further, the HP can't live up to that and everyone gets 1 hit. +12, truly, is the limit before things get off-balanced. Sometimes, servers randomly scribble + values such as 2500 or 10,000 , not taking time to notice and calculate the attack:defense ratio...
Defense is an issue to me. I personally love playing as a warrior (especially on a 5065 server) -
- Having medium attack and high defense, the warrior can take on EVERY class and mob without the fear of being killed (or being killed as easily.) With the shield and high defensive stats, Trojans find their 43k damage frustratingly being reduced to the 10ks. Implementing STGs, the warrior can easily take on the Trojan and overpower him if skill pulls through. Higher leveled-archers cringed in fear, seeing their arrows being deflected by their big shield. Taoists struggle to overtake the Warrior when the combination of ears, armor, and shield are in place for maximum magic reduction. Meleers find themselves unable to 1 hit through the armor of a Warrior. Higher leveled mobs run when they find themselves unable to overtake the Warrior's defense and Superman skill. They are invincible war machines 2/5 of the time to physical PK when their XP shield is activated. Female warriors gain an exponential speed boost, giving them an advantage on the PKing field. And because no one cares to realize these things, Warriors (along with other classes) are simply shoved aside while Trojans reign in glory from all the unfair benefits of the server. This loses the player's ability to be different, and I like being known as that "really tough warrior to take on".
The 5095+ patches cause trouble to me, seeing how talismans do not balance out and frustrated Trojans rely on zapping weaker players. The ninja is overkill and ruins the balance of the game in PvP. The new jump disturbs the balance of Fb/Ssers and meleers. No server really takes the time to notice these things or attempt to fix them, and this will leave some players excruciatingly thinking, "Why am I still playing this server?"
3rd+ reborns? Really? How many skills will be borrowed from other classes now? Why take the time to go through it all again, even harder to level up? If each class gets more skills taken away, we'll all end up as a Trojan with Superman, Scatter, Stig, and Toxic Fog (for those ninja servers). Weee! I'm an Archer with Superman, Scatter, Stig, and Toxic Fog. Look, I'm a Water with... you know what I mean. As a player who wants to PK with a thrill, and level up intensely with strong mobs, I don't have 24/7 to get 3rd reborn... a 2nd reborn server is as good as it gets to me.
The reason most private servers are here is to get away from the bulkers and foreign invaders of CO. Well, nothing's changed. "Donators" receive immeasurable benefits from the "Owners" that players who work hard can't ever get. "Here, you can buy level 255 for $10." The fair player says, "I've worked 3 hours to get to the maximum level of 200, WTH?" Foreigners, not putting anyone down, are constantly disrespected here and there. How to solve it? Donations could get you where a player can get close to the maximum strength a player can get, (like a shortcut.) That way, "hard workers" still have a chance to get that level or past it. As for the foreign problem, it really can't be controlled if a curious Egyptian who just wants to play, finds your server. Everyone (hopefully) is a reasonable person, and I guess we'll always have that problem.
CP drops? Though it seems tempting, the servers make composing and special items too hard and overpriced, unless you happen to have 6 hours of freetime and no life to stay at home. The Shopping mall is literally a freebie mall, but I guess I could say I enjoy that...
Well, as I keep looking for servers, I hope to find a regular 5065 server, easy but not pointless leveling rates, no new items added, +12 and level 137 max, maybe a 100cp drop/1-10m money drop is fine... I just wished there were server owners who take time to think about their server's balance and players. I've posted many deep topics and suggestions for servers (in some forums of theirs, I am the AsianAssassin), but none of them have taken anything in consideration. Ehh, I will quit private servers sooner or later, but if I do quit, I want to leave this message to all servers behind from a thoughtful player. Feel free to disagree, discuss, and say anything. I also hope this is the right forum to put it in... >.<
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