Who would play a 1X1X1X?

Angelic Rose · Sep 11, 2007, 06:03 PM

I agree with most of you in that 1/1/1 would make it a more memorable experience and thus make it more fun to play rather than simply aiming at 99/70 reborn. Making it a free iRO really isn't that bad of an idea but won't work at the same time if you can't get the population to match.

Higher rates = less group work, I mean on a 13/13/5 server I hit reborn before a week was up by playing alone... You lack that connection with people except the random strangers you talk to out of boredom of leveling or some guild connection who forgets about you two days later. 1/1/1 you tend to find people needing a little more help or offering it, one of the key factors I miss from iRO on these servers.

I suppose if you could find the population to kick it off and keep it going without corrupting GM's, ruining the economy or having some other problem destroying the point of it... yeah, I'd join.

Transcend · Sep 13, 2007, 11:12 AM

Quote from: Angelic Rose on Sep 11, 2007, 06:03 PM
I agree with most of you in that 1/1/1 would make it a more memorable experience and thus make it more fun to play rather than simply aiming at 99/70 reborn. Making it a free iRO really isn't that bad of an idea but won't work at the same time if you can't get the population to match.

Higher rates = less group work, I mean on a 13/13/5 server I hit reborn before a week was up by playing alone... You lack that connection with people except the random strangers you talk to out of boredom of leveling or some guild connection who forgets about you two days later. 1/1/1 you tend to find people needing a little more help or offering it, one of the key factors I miss from iRO on these servers.

I suppose if you could find the population to kick it off and keep it going without corrupting GM's, ruining the economy or having some other problem destroying the point of it... yeah, I'd join.

*oki :3

Krystalx · Sep 15, 2007, 09:11 PM

Wouldnt join, 3/3/2 and 5/5/3 are my thing.
Too much time and too much grinding, yeah I know RO is like grind party but not THAT low ....

KunKun · Sep 18, 2007, 12:34 AM

I would play a 1/1/1 if it was done successfully and was Aegis.

I think Ragnarok developers put a lot of thought in drop rates and modified rates change the gameplay in several ways. If the drop rate is too high, its impact on rare drops is substantially higher than on common drops. For example on a 5x rate server a 50% drop jumps to 300% yet you still can only get the drop once so its the same as 2x rate; on the other hand a .01% drop rises the full five times to .05% thus creating an imbalance. If the drop rate is too low compared to the exp rates like a 3/3/2 server then you end up with people leveling quickly but not making much money (since 99.999% of zeny is earned by selling loot) and the economy becomes ridiculous.

The problem with an official rate server is population. There would need to be a very large population and it would have to be there even at the server opening. I don't think that this would ever happen unless every low rate private server died on the same day and this 1/1/1 server opened the next; and even then its success is questionable since there's no was to guarantee longtime stability.

Transcend · Sep 19, 2007, 07:12 PM

How could one guarantee long time stability?
As players,what would be a proff for you.

KunKun · Sep 19, 2007, 07:34 PM

Sorry that was a typo. I meant to say, "no way to guarantee longtime stability", which is a problem that plagues all servers.

In any case it responding to an earlier poster it takes less than an hour to reach 1st class. Simply talk to the 1st NPC you see for exp. Then take the training course for novices. At the personality quiz make sure you answer for "merchant" result. Sell the battle axe[3]. Buy Blade and overup to +7. Go kill Rockers. Should take around 25-30 mins even on 1x rate.

Transcend · Sep 20, 2007, 01:43 PM

I would love if someone answered my question xd
As to playing in a 1x it will be lots of fun x]
Btw : Yes it will be Aegis!

Toztie · Sep 22, 2007, 06:32 AM

id play we there is a decent player amouth

Transcend · Sep 22, 2007, 01:05 PM

Oké
As to longetivity.
The only way i found was to put the finance case online for players to see...

Impulse · Sep 22, 2007, 05:40 PM

I'd play it, but only if it was very well done. Every little thing should be perfect, like website, information, and GMs. And the server owner would have to be very very very dedicated.

Transcend · Sep 29, 2007, 05:34 AM

Well now that it is done what do you think?

Johnny Dangerously · Oct 02, 2007, 06:07 AM

1x/1x and all updates rolled back to before Amatsu and I'd be there so fast you'd find my account name already in the character database when you created the server.

In fact ANY experience rate and rolled back updates I'd be there just as fast, although this update mindset doesn't fit in well with the highrate mentality.

Transcend · Oct 02, 2007, 01:30 PM

well right now for balance reasons we decided to use episode 10.2 +

Raruri · Oct 02, 2007, 02:18 PM

I actually enjoy 1/1/1 servers that are customized, and have good quests and if have donations, the donation gifts aren't broken. (like $5 gets you an OPB and db x3 or w/e)

Though 1/1/1 servers (private) are almost non existent now, and servers that were 1/1/1 have changed their rates to 3/3/3 etc.

Transcend · Oct 03, 2007, 08:28 AM

no there is one :p
and customized how so?