Population

[Nefarian78]

Additionally, the game is 90% done? What? We still have so many things -- LOTD, city sieges, hell not even all the PQs are fixed! There's still a lot more to enjoy in the game.

He said the main aspect of the game is 90% done (RvR) and he isn't completely wrong. The RvR side of the game IS close to being completed, the only things missing are Fortresses, City Sieges and maybe LOTD. Ofc everything needs to be refined, polished, bugs fixed and all that, but the biggest part is done imo.

On topic. I don't really think the population is decreasing/not increasing because the devs are Tyrants or stuff like that, but more because the WAR community first of all isn't a big community, nowhere near WoW or other popular universes/MMOs around.

Second, because this server is trying to cater to the hardcore playerbase side of MMOs, where a single pieces of BiS gear takes days/weeks to acquire. That playerbase is almost non-existant these days, for various reasons.

Everyone also needs to remember that this is a Private Server, for all we know EA could just wake up one day and all of this will be gone. There aren't many players around willing to spend months of game-time to get BiS gear knowing that all the time they spent here could vanish anyday because EA felt like it.

After having said that, does this server need to revolve around casuals that log in 4hrs a week? not at all, but a middle ground between Hardcore and Moba-Trash needs to be found. Imo, that's the main reason numbers aren't increasing

[saupreusse]

If one of our devs would be saying the rvr part is 90% finished id call em a liar. If one of the players says it its fine because theyve never been inside the server house. It looks like a nice house from outside with a nearly finished fassade but on the inside youll see that the bathroom and the kitchen are one and the toilets are also used as a dishwasher and vice versa. On top of that the windows are only plastic and some of the neighbours are dicks.

[Juppstein]

Sounds like a description of most software products on the market. Especially enterprise grade stuff like ERPs or CRMs. Its sometimes frightening when you start looking behind the curtain. With WAR being a big database and a fancy looking client connecting to it, its not too far away

[Martok]

If one of our devs would be saying the rvr part is 90% finished id call em a liar. If one of the players says it its fine because theyve never been inside the server house. It looks like a nice house from outside with a nearly finished fassade but on the inside youll see that the bathroom and the kitchen are one and the toilets are also used as a dishwasher and vice versa. On top of that the windows are only plastic and some of the neighbours are dicks.

That was brilliant. Cept' I will have a hard time getting that toilet/dishwasher image out of my head.

[Kali14]

Sorry but I can't play 24/h , 7 days in week.

[catholicism198]

You cant keep using "alpha server" or "shadow of WAR" as an excuse tbh.
The main aspect of the game is for 90% done.
People dont play this game for PvE.
And if they do, they are playing the wrong game.

Comments like this make me so glad the player base isn't in charge of overall game design. We will in time restore all aspects of this once great game even if a hive mind of PvP oriented players wish to conform the entire server to their personal preferences. You think dungeons won't ever return? What about more seasonal events that go beyond RvR?

I'm still waiting for the next "dye" event.

[scatterthewinds]

Cant speak for anyone else, but after a bit of time away I made a couple of new characters I wanted to play but got bored in t1/t2. The lower tiers are way too tedious. I log on to forum instead of logging into the game now.

[Afterlife92]

Cant speak for anyone else, but after a bit of time away I made a couple of new characters I wanted to play but got bored in t1/t2. The lower tiers are way too tedious. I log on to forum instead of logging into the game now.

Same, might make a comeback with these t2/t3 sc quests changes.

[Thelen]

Cant speak for anyone else, but after a bit of time away I made a couple of new characters I wanted to play but got bored in t1/t2. The lower tiers are way too tedious. I log on to forum instead of logging into the game now.

I feel the exact opposite. I find t4 tedious and the lower tiers really fun and refreshing. T2/3 fights are great.

[Toonman]

Cant speak for anyone else, but after a bit of time away I made a couple of new characters I wanted to play but got bored in t1/t2. The lower tiers are way too tedious. I log on to forum instead of logging into the game now.

I feel the exact opposite. I find t4 tedious and the lower tiers really fun and refreshing. T2/3 fights are great.

Same as Thelen, current T4 is such a grindy bore. I have way more fun with T3 rvr and sc. The game feels better in T3, just like when T3 was the cap.