What do YOU expect of a MR Server?

[E 40]

Just curious, about the average MR server players general expectations of a server.

Quest Seekers: Do you like long drawn out quests where you have to run around 2-3 maps looking for so and so npc? or do you like simple item farm quests?

Customs: do you prefer a coin system? Or would you prefer a quest of some kind?
How bout Custom mobs? And custom pets? How much is too much, or not enough?
do you prefer custom maps? a mixture? or plain old stock maps?

Donations: What do you expect for donations? Extra commands sound ok?(eg. @moblist, @dance, @font, @size, @identify, @hatch, etc) kro items? maybe a few customs? would you prefer it to be things one can get ingame by tediously farming/hunting? or special items? Pet eggs/pet foods?

@commands: should @warp, @jump, @die, @go, @pettalk, @homtalk, etc be allowed? anything you wouldnt wanna see?(Other then GM/Admin @commands of course)
 
As for V4P system, should there be one, or should it just be left for players who actually care about the server to vote, just like reviews? And if you think it should have a V4P system, just what type of perks would you expect to see in the NPC?
 
What do you expect to see in forms of npcs in main town? warper,jobchanger,stylist,blacksmith,etc?

Any other expectations/suggestions?

[E 40]

BUMP. 18 Views yet no replies.. come on guys help me out a bit please? trying to make a server thats BOSS! one that will fit most of all your needs and/or wants...

[Triper]

Small team quests.
Yes.
Depends if it's nothing stupid that takes like 6 months to be done like I've seen in some servers...
No, most of them suck or are just plain recolors aka sucks.
Can be as long is based on original monsters from the game.
Custom maps if they're well made are fine and a cool fresh air in the game.
Commands? Bye for me for that server, more powers to donators no thx, nobody likes fights in the server between non-donators and donators by who pays more to get more, no thx to ihasmoneyibetterRO[and I don't care about if the commands sucks, it sucks more seeing people q.q because others have something others can't get].
No warp, MR are not HR/SHR servers.
About V4P I would say to not give anything as a reward since it's a reward to the server about being good and players like it but I see that nowadays that's a bit hard so just give something to say thx like a special pet. For reviews no at 100%, that's the best reward a server can get and should be left as that - If your server is good people will start to talk good about him in reviews.

[Foxx]

Quests: i prefer both kinds of quests, though party quests are quite fun (when you can find a party).

Customs: i prefer questing for customs.
custom mobs and pets are kinda useless as Triper has explained.
custom maps are very nice as they bring something new to a very old game.

Donations: donates should be for foods, exp manuals, pet eggs and other things of that nature, no equips at all. and you should never have donate for commands, even if they are the useless ones.

@commands: @go and maybe @storage for PvM only (no PvP or WoE/BG).
 
V4P: should not be used, i vote for servers i like, and i'll do it whether they offer anything or not.
 
NPC: warper (towns, first floor of dungeons and some fields), stylist, maybe jobchanger (sometimes the job quests can be fun).

[yC]

Keep in mind I am thinking of a server that's around 25x~150x:

Quest: Depend on the reward.  I don't mind doing a long quest to get something worth it or do a small quest that give little advantage.  The reward should make me willing to move and do it.

Custom: I don't expect much I actually am fine with the original RO.  It's a mid-rate you are talking about so I guess custom headgears and a few custom maps for event or main town could be used to compete with other servers.  Need to watch out to not to include to many customs, keeping the RO feel is important to me.

Donation: Find with usable items like Foxx said.  Don't have a concept of what to expect on this.  I think it's very easy to tell if a mid-rate server is out to get your money or not.  You can't hide it if you are selling things you shouldn't be selling on a mid-rate.

@commands:  MR shouldn't have powerful @commands at all.  Definitely no @go (fits to use a warper in MR), @warp, @storage, @jump no no no they will just make people lazy and break the "community feel".  On a mid-rate I expect people to interact with each other as much as possible.  @go @warp are for high rate IMHO.

V4P: I don't look at this when I join.  In general it's like collecting 100 stamps to get a free drink.  Not worth the effort so I tend to ignore.  That's just me, there are human on earth that pick up pennies on the street so up to you.

NPC:  Warper, jobchanger, multi-function krafra, stylist is enough.  It's hard to find a server that make you do job quest now unfortunately. 

[E 40]

@ triper alright when you put it that way, @commands for any reason as a donate perk really does look like a bad idea.

@Foxx I agree with your ideas for donation perks, and as i said above with triper.... yea looks like a bad idea.

@ yC My main hopes is to make a server that people actually love, one that is stable for not just a few months, but for as long as possible. If it turns out donations a bad idea, i'll completely scratch that from the server I'm working on, I dont mind paying the bills, and hopefully i can find others that feel the same as me about RO, just currently only mapper i know wants to charge me ;-;
furthermore I dont wanna turn out to be one of those servers that only have 5-10 loyal players... so as I know you see countless servers/server owners come and go.. any useful tips is welcome.


thank you everyone for replying, and sharing your viewpoints.

[yC]

Well like iRO I think having good looking custom headgears with not too good stats (stats comparable to most normal headgears in game) just for the look will not piss people off.  Some people pay for looks, that won't hurt the server does it?

It's nice to have a money source to keep the server going or as a cushion just in case.