I played JSRO and sro6 servers, i had a lot of fun and thanks for that.
It was sad you shut them down bcuz of a few players.
I think shutting down the server was not because of bugs, mistakes or end game content, it was because of your kindness. You always wanted to be friends with players as GM but it shouldnt be like that. Players always want more, they always find something to complain. You already know this but couldnt do anything about it. I hope you'll be more careful about it this time.
About botting;
I think botting is part of Silkroad, i can prove it in many ways.
Since many players interested with playing Origin Online, a lot of non-bot server already opened. One of them is running without donations and one of them is coming with sro-r files.
-Origin was successful because it was first to achieve on blocking any kind of bot tool.
-NGE is running without donations and owner took action to block any kind of abuse. He closed the register system and he is giving login id and password himself to players who has phone verified discord. It seems like he is doing his best with less players but strong community.
-Sailor will probably success. I dont even have to explain since it has sro-r files. But anyway, It has in-game bot-ish, a lot of different things to do while playing and etc.
So whats the point of creating this kind of server again?
ADVICE:
I dont know much about coding and i dont know if its possible but what if its possible to combine bot allowed server and non-bot server?
In character creating page there should be a option to define that the character will be a bot char and the char will be tagged with BOT title...
RULE-1) Bot chars cannot wear JOB&PVP suits and cannot join FGW, FW, CTF, BA and others.
RULE-2) Bot chars cannot do quests.
RULE-3) Bot chars cannot do alchemy.
RULE-4) Bot chars only allowed for botting and selling items on stall.
RULE-5) There is a mirror map just for characters which has BOT title and if a char with bot title is botting outside of this mirror map, it'll get banned.
Characters without BOT title:
These type of characters can do normal quests and daily quests to level up. Also it can train in normal maps. You can join any kind of event and activity.
RULE-1) These type of characters cannot enter the mirror map.
RULE-2) If you use bot on this character and a player reports you, you will get banned.
RULE-3) ...
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I hope you wont go for non-bot server. Im pretty sure everyone likes to check bot in the morning if it dropped sox items or other shits.
Why i cant play if im working or i dont have time like no-lifers has? How should i catch no-lifers?
I hope I could explain myself. Sorry for shitty english speaking. I just cant find a server to play and it pisses me off.