AnimaRO - Great server or GREATEST server?

[AxeGunner]

Honestly now.  There's crap coming from both ends.  My question to you, the community, is whether or not you've even played the NEW AnimaRO server having been after the split with BlackTalon.  All I ever see from this site is s*** flying every which way, and I'd like to know if you've even given the new GMs a new try, or are just following the fanboieeez of some other server.

Inb4Harken'sDog

I currently play 4 different servers, each equally.  I am in no way trying to make AnimaRO to seem like a now GREAT server without having you play it again first, that'd just be my own opinion.  I'm wondering if you've played with our (again, in my opinion) fantastic new GMs.  Sure, there's a lot of crap that they ban randomly, but every single one of my friends still play, BECAUSE THEY READ AND FOLLOWED THE RULES.  It's not that hard to not get banned.  Honestly.

Inb4B&
Inb4lurkmoar
Inb4Asskisser

Also, I can't stop laughing at the title.

[SurgicalStrike]

No replies = Sage by default. D:

[BRabbit]

OK, let's see... AnimaRO donation rewards page...

MVP card and 10 OPBs for 27$...
Lord Kaho's Horns for 100$...
130$ to hide the fact that you wear Lord Kaho's horns...
Sleipnir for 30$...


Conclusion: the server is crap. You can't play in it if you don't donate.

[AxeGunner]

OK, let's see... AnimaRO donation rewards page...

MVP card and 10 OPBs for 27$...
Lord Kaho's Horns for 100$...
130$ to hide the fact that you wear Lord Kaho's horns...
Sleipnir for 30$...


Conclusion: the server is crap. You can't play in it if you don't donate.

The fact of whether you want to donate or not is purely driven by you.  Also, the ad system on there works fairly well, granted you're of legal age / have permissions to do them.  Total potential credit: $18.80 for the free ads right now, and if you spend a little bit and do the paid offers, you're getting way more than you spent.  Even if the support tickets are backlogged (They ARE working through it, answers are coming a bit faster and faster each time), they'll try to make sure that you get your credit, provided that you show proof that you did the offers.

Most servers HAVE donations up, which people usually contribute to, and you wouldn't be donating much more/less IMO by doing this.  It'd just be a bit more concentrated.

Also, there's no NEED to donate in the first place.  I've done minimal offers and donations (I'm a cheap bastard, I hate spending money), and I find myself fairly well off being more than a year later on that server.

Also, sleipnirs are easier than that to get, you just need to do the quest.

[BRabbit]

The fact of whether you want to donate or not is purely driven by you. 

You can't have a PvP fight with anyone, because of the donation rewards. Donators have MVP cards... and oh, the LORD KAHO'S HORNS.

Also, the ad system on there works fairly well, granted you're of legal age / have permissions to do them.  Total potential credit: $18.80 for the free ads right now

So that's free $18,80. Not enough. You'll have to pay the ads and/or donate. Either way, you must spend money to get items in order to have a chance.

Most servers HAVE donations up, which people usually contribute to, and you wouldn't be donating much more/less IMO by doing this.  It'd just be a bit more concentrated.

Most servers also give little reward (name changes, statless look items and the like). Not MVP CARDS.....

Also, there's no NEED to donate in the first place. 

Yes, there is, for the reasons above.

I've done minimal offers and donations (I'm a cheap bastard, I hate spending money), and I find myself fairly well off being more than a year later on that server.

Got tired of getting totally raped by people with Lord Kaho's Horns?

Also, sleipnirs are easier than that to get, you just need to do the quest.

Oh, I wasn't aware. Is there a quest for Lord Kaho's Horns?

[Illisuun]

Uh, to clarify, all of the items on the donation page (except visually customized items with no difference in in-game stats) including Lord Kaho Horns are all available in-game. You can get items and zeny and make Lord Kaho Horns. Most people just don't, because with the current availability of donation reward points, it's cheaper to buy donation points from other players (there is a full system for securely doing so) and "donate" for them. Or you can just buy any of the donation items from player vends with zeny.

It certainly takes less time to just pour real life money into the game, but don't make it out like you'd never be able to compete without donating. I know too many people who compete just fine and haven't donated anything. And they don't get beaten down by players with Kaho Horns because they have them, too.

[ArcAngelArtemis]

Haha, great or greatest. Thats real funny. Yes Ive taken the time to "try" the "new" AnimaRo. As others have said. Crap.

Not only did you state it yourself that they ban randomly, but your also saying you have to pretend your in a freaking concentration camp so the Nazi Admins dont kill you, a.k.a ban you.

And who are you kidding? MVP cards? LAWL. Yea they have to pay ads, blah blah. Cant you see when someone is taking your money, and actually using it on something else. You know, I think all you are is some newly appointed gm. What are you in charge of spreading bullsh*** everywhere? Is that how you get paid?

[Slaw]

Even though I agree with most anti-AnimaRO comments in this thread, I do have to tell you guys to lay off the personal insults.

[Jayne Cobb]

put me down for greatest.

EDIT: and it seems arcangelartemis doesn't know what she is talking about...again

 "Even though I agree with most anti-AnimaRO comments in this thread, I do have to tell you guys to lay off the personal insults." LISTEN.

[BRabbit]

130$ to hide the fact that you wear Lord Kaho's horns...

Yeah, you can change the sprite to any other headgear. +$30 if it's already implemented, +$40 if it's not yet implemented. I just included the $100 price in it.

Uh, to clarify, all of the items on the donation page (except visually customized items with no difference in in-game stats) including Lord Kaho Horns are all available in-game.

MVP cards are available from MVPs, 0.02%. Have fun hunting for at least three of them so you can have a chance...

[SurgicalStrike]

MVP cards are available from MVPs, 0.02%. Have fun hunting for at least three of them so you can have a chance...

Welcome to the wonderful world of online gaming.

Way to go for farming $$$ out of kids' e-penisland...

no comment.

Isn't that a little contradictory?

You know, I think all you are is some newly appointed gm. What are you in charge of spreading bullsh*** everywhere? Is that how you get paid?

Axe wouldn't make it 2 days as a GM, and Illisuun more or less stays out of everyone's way, save during WoE.

[Emeralda]

C'mon, it doesn't suck that badly. It would be bad if only couple elitists had those mvp cards and kaho horns but it's about half of the server that has those (or at least couple mvp cards) so it ain't that unequal for everyone. Only the people who are just starting are at disadvantage because the ads price went up (it was once 1$ per 300k but not anymore).

[kopono]

You should never judge a server by it's way of getting donations. No matter how much $ they can get thru their methods.
AnimaRO is not only a Private Server, it's a Business. GMs get paid $1k+ every month and the server itself receives more than $20,000 each month. All I have to say is... "SO WHAT?".

What you should judge a server on is by how well they put together a game which appeals to a majority of people. I have NEVER played AnimaRO, and all I can say is that people love drama. Drama draws everyone closer, and it definitely draws attention.

If you want to talk about exploiting, I would say the Anima Truth people are the ones who are exploiting the methods of drawing attention. Because look at the majority of you, 80% of you probably have never played AnimaRO more than a week and yet you take other people's words for how much AnimaRO sucks.

Look behind the so-called "Truth" and make your own "Truth".

[Transcend]

my second server was anima it WAS CHOCKING
i moved from the lovely,sexy,no donation,fair ,low rate Dark alpha RO to THE M%
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M¨ANIMA D; (TERRIBLE CHOCK)
You aren t suposed to BUY ITEMS WITH $$ but with ZENY or efforts
those guys are simply exploiting poor souls and minds.

[Krystalx]

Well Emmie even if a lot of people have MVP cards that doesnt make it good, so just 'coz every sinx got 8 mvp cards between 2 daggers and 5 mvp cards in the rest of their stuff it's better ??
Nah, it was meant to be like 5 mvp cards per server.