Make it non-gold

[Enfernal]

(Unfortunately, I have been unable to talk about anything due to the horrible construction of this website, it says nowhere that you must use your in-game password until AFTER you start trying to find out what is happening. If, say, you try to set your own password, it simply says the passwords don't match, try again. I ended up just accepting I couldn't post here)

Hello. Yes, quite.

Coming from an inside look at Zodiac (As one of its staff members. Minor, but staff nonetheless) I have to admit it is nothing special. The levels are horrible, the server goes through dozens of staff members because it fails at checking the capabilities of them before hiring them, the economy isn't always stable, and recent run-ins with issues brought down by the Graal system itself has took a toll on us.

However, I will not admit to our server being a run-down piece of (Crap? Don't know the rules yet). Certainly Zodiac's playercount says otherwise. It is probably the most active server on Graal, and if I don't see a update in a month, I start worrying. It is simply that Zodiac is continually offering something new to spice up the server, and we are doing it in a simple manner. We are also providing to the right crowd - this would never happen if Zodiac was gold. Gold standards are not only immensely higher then the current state of Zodiac, but they deter players from joining in. Sure, galat-switchover victims can experience it for a while, but if anything changes in the system, that tiny vessel of new players breaks, and gold starts to die.

Which, of course, is unfortunate. I would certainly never let a ORPG fall into a state of decay, and right now it seems overwhelming. Graal in general needs to do something, Cyberjoures (?) needs to either step up to the challenge of looking at their own community, or they need to pass it down to someone more able.

Just my two cents on things. Hope you guys aren't too harsh on forum newbies, but I'll but on my flame retardant anyway.

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[Crono]

Originally Posted by Enfernal

However, I will not admit to our server being a run-down piece of (Crap? Don't know the rules yet). Certainly Zodiac's playercount says otherwise. It is probably the most active server on Graal, and if I don't see a update in a month, I start worrying. It is simply that Zodiac is continually offering something new to spice up the server, and we are doing it in a simple manner. We are also providing to the right crowd...

Zodiac is "a piece of crap". It's quality in every aspect of development (save possibly scripting because I haven't seen them nor would I be able to judge them due to my lack of scripting knowledge) is awful. However, it caters to the "right" crowd.

In 2003 Graal did not have an RPG playerworld. Valikorlia decided to use a level-up RPG system common to other MMORPG's (leveling up, weapons, etc) but they didn't really expand on it. They had stats you leveled up yourself but it didn't really do much from what I remember as it was never fully implemented.

When Valikorlia changed it's system back to it's normal RP, Maloria decided to make it's move and take advantage of the new lack of RPG's. By 2006 Maloria was dead, and that's when Zodiac began rising. It's now obvious to see why Zodiac actually has players; those of us who like RPG systems dont really have a choice.

Zodiac's gameplay isnt bad at all, but it's quality is garbage.