I wish I could develop like a lot of the smart, talented people here. Graal has come a long way, mostly due to the community. Lets face it the game wouldn't make it without the players, and it wouldn't even have the content necessary to keep it running.
Today I write this about the dire state of classic, most of you probably don't even care about the server and why should you it is in the worst state it has ever been in.
I know, I haven't been around much in years. Times have changed and its time for the old generation to step aside and let the new players develop the new Graal. Unfortunately now Graal isn't one of the few MMOs out there and there is much much more competition around and the industry is in the billions of dollars of revenue. I commend Stefan and Unixmad for staying in the business for so long, I really sometimes question how they make ends meet with such a low player-base.
I didn't hear much about the new Graal 3D, but maybe thats a bad thing? There is little to no Hype for it outside of the Graal community, which is very sad.
What I would like to see happen is getting this list:
http://statistics.graal.us/server/list
down to 1 server.
THATS INSANE!, You're retarded first came to my own mind when I thought of this but I always end up wining in my mind so I continued on.
Who here remembers Graal 1.3.0+? Most of you probably have heard of it from 3rd party Gservers but thats not what I am getting at. The best part about it was the start of Playerworlds, basically when you warp from one level to the next your players statistics were different as if you were connected to another server. There were two servers at the time, I hate forgetting the RPG one but who can forget Maloria; Stefans playground where you could grow plants that turn into hearts (which was like OMG!!11) back then.
I would like to believe that if there was a centralized login location or world people can span off to from there that this game would seem more populated.
Say you login and there are 30 people lounging around talking and say hey lets all go to the GTA Type server and head out walking around the start world and reach the Era warp.
I think that the Server list IN THE LONG RUN crippled the game, along with p2p (yeah that horse is dead right?).
I also believe the trial system has put people off the game I don't think I've ever tested an MMO where my screen size has been restricted and I was forced to wait a certain time viewing an annoying trial message before I could continue playing. Give the players 10 day trial to make their decision, and if they want to continue purchase the game and let them continue on seamlessly.
What Graal needs to do is come up with a server that follows a lot of things from todays successful MMOs out there with 2D graphics.
2D Isn't dead people and if Graal was to produce a server with awesome 2D graphics I think it would be a lot of coverage on it, of course there would need to be a Beta sign-up of it on popular game sites; because who doesn't flock to test Beta MMOs?
But then again it is up to the Management to want these things, the formula is there, its up to them to use it. I understand Stefan is old school and works on things that he enjoys, thats the way it has always been. But maybe its time for players that pay for the game to get what they want out of it, or of course move on which many seem to be doing.
Customer Surveys, Customer Feedback, even outsiders would be useful to boost the game a bit.
I thank you all for reading my rant, and praise those who didn't skip all the way to the bottom
. I myself aren't one to read long winded posts
04-05-2008, 01:47 AM
I basically summed his whole post up by saying "Hub World".
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