Why 99.8% of PSRO Servers Fail!

[TheSocialAnomaly]

My Findings ~

No matter how many special features they have, "Coins System", "Job Area", "Alchemy Rates", "Titles", etc. They will not survive no matter how good the system is.

In the many servers i have played, the past couple of months. I have found that the servers which fail 99.8%, seemingly have either 1 or more of the below.

Failed Marketing.

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It is the difference between a populated server and an empty server.

If you did not know this was important, then please do not even attempt to contemplate the idea of opening up a server.

This is by far the utmost important factor to anything... Market your server correctly and you will maintain the longevity as promised of your server.

Population does not come from the service itself(It just maintains the population.)

Population comes from marketing the server right.

Admins Offline/AFK

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A server with no Game Moderators, Event Managers, ETC.

Is a failed server, this shows that the admins don't even care enough to physically be at his desk to play SRO yet alone host servers and manage an economy.

I am not saying you should be online 24/7, but you should dedicate most of your time on the maintenance of the population on the server. Especially at the opening of the server, preferably 2-4 weeks.

I have seen many failed servers open and to leave a [BOT] handle all the events, etc. It is not bad but at the same time you need to be online along side the [BOT] and handle the human interactions in the background.

The reason players join a populated server is not because of the economy and system, but simply because it is populated and where population exists people will stay. We are social creatures after all.

Look what i can do in a server with AFK Admins, been standing here for 3hours waiting for someone to do something. (IP LIMIT:3)

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False Advertisement

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Simply, a PvP server claiming to be PvE.

A good sign it is PvP.

Easy to obtain anything.

~Alchemy Rates High. (3-7Days Most Players Have +9Set Which Is Almost Max Plus)
~Drop Rates High. (So Much Item Drops That You Barely Pick Up Any Items Unless You Want It For Alchemy)
~SoX Rate High. (RARE: But Usually Coin System Which Is Super Easy. SoX in Couple Of Days.. Definitely PvP Server)
~EXP Rates High. (Is this even PvE?.. Because high EXP Rates means less monster hunting. and less monster hunting usually means more PvP..)

With the above being ticked off, i can safely say that you my kind and gentle sir.. are in a PvP server. It is usually noob mistakes that Server Administrators make.

Bad Protection/ Servers

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Simply Put: People who purchase cheap protection for their servers or just cheap servers in general.

Failed Server Starts ~ Loss of players

Plenty of Disconnections ~ Loss of players

Fortress War Disconnections ~ Loss of players.

Plenty of Bugs ~ Loss of players.

The Secret To Success ~

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You do not have to re-invent the wheel.

Just look at the servers that have been running well, such as:

Skalidor ~

Elite SRO ~

Marketing > BETA Phase > Marketing > Excellent Protection > Server Start > Manual Events > ETC.

Theirs a reason to why those two were so successful in launch then maintenance of population.

If you could barely read any of the texts above then you probably shouldn't open up a server nor respond. If you see anything above that you would like to debate, please so kindly respond below.

These are my findings and they are true to me as i have played on dozens of PServers to see the flow of population come and go.

[InZiDeR]

And even skalidor had BIIIIGG Problems at the beginning but still succeed like NO OTHER Private server. I don't really know what bring skalidor to fail at.

[Coyrud]

EliteSro

[iNhaLaToR]

Less population is not always the result of failed marketing. The most pservers are made to get as much money as possible. In that case I agree.. But some are made just for fun, for a smaller group of players (like non botters). Those totally cant have a big amount of players but those exist for many years without problems

[Al3xX]

I think you are absolutely 100% right.
Some dude a few weeks ago opened a thread here saying that he is about to
open a new server, and he wants to hear the community.
I wrote a long *** post, explaining what is WRONG in all of the servers currently -
My true sincere opinion. Most of the things i wrote actually were involved around what u wrote.

I got ignored ofc.
All i can wish to the new server owners is good luck.

I really think that before openning a server (Serious server ofc), the server owner should
recruit a team, that her job would be "Investigating" the market (AKA the forums here, or any other private server forums).

I've played a few dozens of private servers in the last summer and now i'm back.
Most of the servers were "ok", but nothing special.
There was only 1 server that i enjoyed playing

[TheSocialAnomaly]

Originally Posted by iNhaLaToR

Less population is not always the result of failed marketing. The most pservers are made to get as much money as possible. In that case I agree.. But some are made just for fun, for a smaller group of players (like non botters). Those totally cant have a big amount of players but those exist for many years without problems

I agree with you, some servers are made just for the few who like certain aspects of the said server.

But in this case, i am referring to the larger community.

Originally Posted by Al3xX

I think you are absolutely 100% right.
Some dude a few weeks ago opened a thread here saying that he is about to
open a new server, and he wants to hear the community.
I wrote a long ass post, explaining what is WRONG in all of the servers currently -
My true sincere opinion. Most of the things i wrote actually were involved around what u wrote.

I got ignored ofc.
All i can wish to the new server owners is good luck.

I really think that before openning a server (Serious server ofc), the server owner should
recruit a team, that her job would be "Investigating" the market (AKA the forums here, or any other private server forums).

I've played a few dozens of private servers in the last summer and now i'm back.
Most of the servers were "ok", but nothing special.
There was only 1 server that i enjoyed playing

Very true, majority of the players in the Private Server Scene are ignored, mostly because the Server Owners do not know what they are doing. Only the small amount which is 0.2% of the Server Owners which do listen and create accordingly.

Most Server Owners come into this without knowing anything, that is probably why we have an abundance of failed servers. At least do some research and as you said, recruit team members who will collaborate effectively to produce a server comparable to EliteSRO or other successful PSRO Servers.

[Callum]

Marketing > BETA Phase > Marketing > Excellent Protection > Server Start > Manual Events > ETC.

I'm pretty sure Skalidor's first events were automatic (to test the [BOT])

[Al3xX]

Originally Posted by TheSocialAnomaly

I agree with you, some servers are made just for the few who like certain aspects of the said server.

But in this case, i am referring to the larger community.



Very true, majority of the players in the Private Server Scene are ignored, mostly because the Server Owners do not know what they are doing. Only the small amount which is 0.2% of the Server Owners which do listen and create accordingly.

Most Server Owners come into this without knowing anything, that is probably why we have an abundance of failed servers. At least do some research and as you said, recruit team members who will collaborate effectively to produce a server comparable to EliteSRO or other successful PSRO Servers.

One more thing,
I don't know if you've noticed, But even the Server owners that want to hear the community- I think they're doing it in the wrong way.
Most of them ask "What extra features do you want to see in my server?"
I think, the question should be: "Why do you love Silkroad Online?".
I think successful private server should first fix the basics attributes of Sro (According to logic and according to what the players want and love), And only then you should add extra features that would make the gameplay more special.

I thought about it for some time when I stopped playing private servers last summer (Cuz of school) , And if i had the extra money and extra time i would have gathered my own team, and would open a private server.
But being a Server owner is a lot of commitment and hard work, and i don't want to disapoint myself and the players.

[dubzy]

I beg to differ about the GM's being online, take a look at isro. You never saw GMs online doing unique events and spawning krall mobs for all the little kids.. people should be just fine without a gm being online...

[Royalblade*]

Just look at the people that create those servers.

They are simply idiots. That's the best explanation for it.

[Spidy.]

Originally Posted by dubzy

I beg to differ about the GM's being online, take a look at isro. You never saw GMs online doing unique events and spawning krall mobs for all the little kids.. people should be just fine without a gm being online...

Disagree with you.. You can't compare isro GMs with a private server one They're totally different just following the rules however it should be rare to see a GM on isro and it always happens in the christmas^^

[Tustin1337]

Well, i totally agree with you guys. Some new rules to be applied in psro advertising section would be good enough, of course it will not solve the problem completely but at least we will get rid of those dumb owners.

[MeiMei*]

In one word;EGYPTIANS.

[Xardoo]

Originally Posted by InZiDeR

And even skalidor had BIIIIGG Problems at the beginning but still succeed like NO OTHER Private server. I don't really know what bring skalidor to fail at.

Skalidor were ruined by bugs, one of my friend left skalidor(he failed items), then after one day he did 100b n he ain't get a ban, pff, he sold some gold for real money..

Also, if one guy did +9, people are frustrated why they can't do same.. So they trying and trying to get this fckin +9 and what? They're posting globals with words like this "**** server bad gm bb all" and they're quitting 10hours and also blaming other people ingame.


There is really a handful of people which are patient, well, some of sro players now has never played on isro, where to get something you had to play and play for few months to get a simply grab pet.

[pushipu]

In most cases people like this make a server to fail, because they KNOW what others need. When you know, do it.
It's not possible to do something good, without earning cash and spending all your time... for what? for arrogant players lol... they do not deserve this