Mykel you have a good point, and all of this has been considered. This is why were are trying to do away with centering a server on that gangster shoot-em-up theme. I know a good portion of the graal population is attracted to the non pk servers, and Atrius will be both.
As far as battles go, on Atrius you can seriously destroy someone with some sort of melee weapon even if they are using guns. This isn't like era where you can keep shooting infinite bullets until everyone is dead. You carry clips, which you have to load yourself, and if you cant hit the person enough then its time to switch over to melee.
Atrius will have as strong as a PK environment as Era, but enough activities, jobs, and quests to keep the non-pk population very occupied as well. We are planning out a full housing system, a business system where players must aquire many different thinsg to open a business, dozens of jobs, numerous quests, and countless hangout environments where players can just relax and chat, or RP if they wish. (and yes, we will have openings for RP staff) Paintball is going to be our server-wide sport, with different leagues, teams, tournaments, and stat tracking. Theres going to be many other activities like clubbing (you will have to learn different dance moves), bowling, building your house up, etc etc. Trust me, it won't be another noob PK waste.

EDIT: I might as well put the word out now, I am hiring an RP Admin to help us mold our systems to make way for RPers. Basically, this job will require someone that knows the ropes of RP and can come up with ideas to develop the RP side of the server. Stop by if your interested.

Although I dislike gun servers, I WHOLE HEARTILY disagree with Mykel. I don't want to see any more Lord of the ring type servers. NO. Think of something NEW. NEWNEWNEWNEWNEW!!!

I watch a great deal of animation. Just about every animation I watch is very original from the others I watch... Why can't the same be here? Why can't we come up with new ideas? There is soo much stuff to come up with; it is the main reason I never finish a project. I have one great idea, then I come up with another great idea, then another....why do you people do the same things over and over again?

PLEASE come up with something new. The server looks nice but the concept sucks balls. Guns aren't the issue here - the THEME is the issue here. I could create a game with a LOTR type theme, yet people use guns and there are some other differences. Why do guns ALWAYS have to go with a modern theme? Come up with an alternate reality. Create something that is different then what they should go with. Mix and match. But don't - I repeat, DON'T - do the theme you're using.

Of course, you won't listen. No one ever does. But at least think about it.

screens4u. I started one of the subdivisions today. These are the prebuilt, prefurnished houses that, of course, cost more because everything is already purchased and built. Players will be able to design their own too. :) Probably wouldn't want these guys hanging around your house...

im loving the diagonal tiles.

The bodies need some working on... they walk very un-naturally. The tiles, although I dislike these types of servers, are nice.

the gk bodies walk strangely as well :\

What are you talking about, I think your brain walks strangely..

Maybe guns arnt the centeral core of the server? Maybe there is other content? maybe people like to pk but it would be retarded to have them swinging swords in a modern world?

::edit:: yah the bodys do look kinda zombified

and kuji stop complaining becuse your era exact clone sucks imoh.

The GK bodies look fluent. Some of the stages of Atrius' bodies do not.

thanks so much stefan, I am glad somebody around here appreciates our work, and wouldn't you know it, he's more important than all these people who are flaming.

I see what you mean, yea there is a lack of arm sprites, also the walking down on atrius is not so great. Madj will soon have a lot of time for atrius though, which means plenty of time to fine tune the bodies sprites.

Gman, they're saying they don't like it. Learn to take it.
Not everyone likes Era. Hell, we didn't care. We cared about the people who did care.
The house tiles look pretty good. But the graphics need to be done alot better.
Nice idea on the diagonal tiles, they need to look better though.

They look fine..

Btw Mac10 is ganiied and ingame now, ill be handing them out some time today if you decide to stop by. not dualable yet :\

fix the knees on the legs it like it looks like they duck walk but other then that

The way I see it, 90% of the servers are using a body where two little balls are haphazardly swinging below a chubby little torso, with an oversized head. The reason we aren't critical of it is because we don't pay attention to it. People now are so used to fluid movements and don't look back on the old days where games had two different walking sprites. These actually have the same amount as the classic body. These bods were made for the sole purpose of custom looks, and to go back now would require revamping the hundreds of clothes sprites. It can be done, but only if it really matters.