Silkroad died or not yet? Let's talk.

[mitmitice1]

every server is infected with trojan ..... sure it is.

[burak4434]

my answer is: not yet

[leo2111]

Originally Posted by mitmitice1

every server is infected with trojan ..... sure it is.

you remind me of a dude, CR7 xd

not every server is infected with trojan my friend, your windows defender is just dumb, windows developers are just dumbs.

Most of silkroad servers, beside the EXE files, contain some extra .dll files which gets attached to the executable files, what is the role of a .dll ? it's to inject custom code to the main executable, manipulate the functions of the original code which has been dumped into .exe, now this being said, your windows defender cannot read what the .dll contains, so it simply throwing the error " oh dude, protect your bank account, you got infected with a trojan " and deletes the file.
Don't trust windows defender bullshit, if you really wanna make sure you got infected with a trojan, download IDA and check what's inside the dll, exe w.e

[Possessive]

just grind 12000 coins bro

just farm same FGW 3000 times bro

just kill same uniques 7000 bro

just pigeon hole entire server into dmg build because you need to farm CTF / uniques bro

just be forced to have several bot chars and play bot manager online to stay relevant on your main char bro

you don't have to donate, you can get everything for FREE, just hop into the hyperbolic timechamber and grind 32 hrs/day to be on par with donators bro

gm friends are just lucky bro

From the top of my head.

But, biggest reason (IMO) is, you're forcing players ingame to do stuff they might not want (or doesn't fit their build/char) because of "muh activity based". It creates environment where 10% of addicts will jump through all of your hoops and be "pros". Over time, the rest of 90% aka "plebs" will come into contact with "pros" and think to themselves:

yeah, fuck that, I'm not doing all of that, cya

Eventually plebs leave, then there's no one for "pros" to shit on, so they leave too and server dies.
For 12 years entire dev "community" is basically catering to the addicts and disregarding plebs (majority of players). On top of that, player base is shrinking as people get older and no one is willing to put their limited free time into the game to make +7 set, only to be a punching bag for +12 "pros". People are moving on with their life.

Also, most of the new "content" that I saw being added ends up being nothing more than a chore.

wow look at this new cool arena we created, now go grind it 6000 times for ur item bro

Entire game is designed as a gigantic time sink, where the top of the pyramid is so far ahead, that the bottom of the pyramid can't deal with it, so entire thing collapses.

Sometimes I wish I could code, I've had a couple of ideas for this game over the years...