Server lag/delay

[noisestorm]

Its not about 'must be' run or the likes of.. Its about managing the whole Community and Server in a way everyone profits from. I was just showing an example of how it could look like, nothing else.

I simply dont think it is a good idea, to have the game Devs do the job of community managers as well. Why should they need to moderate the forums or deal with InGame hooligans at all?

[Morf]

Huge ass problems ... lag spikes vary from 2 to 4 minutes... small bugs which could easily get fixed are ignored , etc.
That is so unacceptable. Even more that none of the staff which is able to restart the server isn't around.
You got like what? 12 staff members? Yet none is ever around to keep an eye on the server.
Why aren't there GMs online? You got Devs that are supposed to deal with hackers? Why not have GameMasters? Devs are supposed to be coding/fixing stuff, not banning people and check for hackers...I know you all do this because you want to and you gain nothing from it , but please don't do something just to have it done. Put some heart in it.
I have been trying so hard for the last 4 months to see any kind of Management of the server and staff but i fail to see any...it's pretty much like everybody does what he/she wants. W/o a well set base there cannot be an order in anything.

Wish you would consider the idea that a server is not just about coding and fixing. The community is the very big part of it. And at this point the community of this server is quite annoyed by all this.Your loyal players turned to other games because hell ... WAR ain't the only game out there... it ain't the best one... there are so many new games to attend to. Should take that into consideration.
Server's player numbers dropped from about 130 online daily to what ... 70 - 80? It is sad( in weekends...) People are patient but not for ever. They wanna see improvements, progress, support. In all honesty and you can hate my guts for saying this but none of those were shown lately.

I do respect everyone working on this server, spending their free time so that we can enjoy playing this game, but i see all these colored names in the staff yet i have no idea why, we have so much staff working on this , we don't really see anything going on. (not to mention that about 60% of them aren't even active as i saw for the past 4 months , also would love the idea of getting some feedback from staff on what they working and such - i.e. videos Luth took, awesome)

You got so many applications from people that are willing to help ... you encourage everyone to apply but never pick anyone ... i myself wanted to apply for a GM position as i am online everyday and enjoy helping people (was in server management for more than 3 years, Staff manager , GM , HGM) but when all i see is ignorance ... meh. People offering their time and skills to help and none cares...

Do not get me wrong , as i said, i respect and thank all of you for working on this , for spending your free time on us basically.... but come on, don't make fun of us. We , the players are actually what make the server.

With respect and thank you all for your work, Ley.

P.S. For how much longer you gonna let those abusers play freely? Just a reminder ... they screwed up the game for all of us.

Calm down dear !

[noisestorm]

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Calm down dear !

And why should she? Is there any reason to not show some sort of discontent from time to time? Like mentioned people are indeed happy to have what we've got atm, but in reverse that does not mean, that we should stay calm at all times.

[Azarael]

Its not about 'must be' run or the likes of.. Its about managing the whole Community and Server in a way everyone profits from. I was just showing an example of how it could look like, nothing else.

I simply dont think it is a good idea, to have the game Devs do the job of community managers as well. Why should they need to moderate the forums or deal with InGame hooligans at all?

I figure that this situation comes about from the current state of the game. We have quite a small community and team here, so there is a lot of potential for team members to fulfill multiple roles rather than sticking to one. I imagine that if and when the community grows larger, separation into roles will be much more strongly enforced simply because of the necessity of having such a well-defined staff when dealing with a much larger community.

[noisestorm]

I am more wondering about if you Guys feel obliged to actually do this kind of stuff/work. I myself wouldnt want to be bothered with such concerns like IG bullies or handling of Exploiters, when i actually signed up as Scripter. You know how i mean that?

But dont get me wrong! If you're fine with doing these things, i am the last one to stop you from doing so

[Azarael]

No obligations are made. Everyone does what they do because they want to.

[noisestorm]

Nice to hear that at least
But still i'd think some Law-Enforcer Role wouldnt be out of place nowadays.
Alone the stuff i read Today in advice again.. someone crying over getting repeatedly every Mob stolen he hit down to a few % by some griefer. Its stuff like that, which should somehow get rebuked, so simply people know that someone is always watching. A lil more control wouldnt hurt - thats what im saying. Now burn me for that