Amistr.Net

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Annihilate

Amistr.Net
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Amistr.Net Website: Amistr.net

After a very long time of searching for a decent server, I think I've finally landed on one.

NOTE: I edited this review to reflect the new changes in the server within the past 2-3 weeks. I wrote the first version on Aug 29, and I am rewriting the review today, Sept 18 2009.



GAMEPLAY - 9/10

Leveling is average, as you can always leech your own characters in Anubis, or do iRO-official repeatable exp quests [10x on this server] so mindless grinding isnt necessary all throughout the leveling process. There are no customs except for statless hats, which is good because from experience, no matter how well-meaning a server developer is as far as "balancing" custom items, the results often go awry.

Partying is kinda average. This server is a offshoot of Crescendo-RO, a low-rate no-customs server [5/5/3] which went defunct for quite some time. Most of the guilds from that server chose to go back to Amistr and start anew. Because of this, most big parties are limited into intra-guild parties. But then, it is not very difficult to get a non-guildie party over main chat.

Partying has greatly improved. I usually level with people not just from my guild but also rival/neutral guilds as well. We go to abbeiy03 [necros], Lighthalzen Biolabs, Endless or even Thanatos Tower. Its all about the willingness to be nice when talking to people in main chat.

The guilds here are quite organized. More organized that anything ive ever seen in any non-LR server. Mostly because most of them are seasoned RO players. Battlegrounds is a lot of fun, and there will also be mini-WoE, where players defend a castle for Prizes, much like regular WoE FE, but played as a warm-up event prior to the actual WoE. WoE times are still being discussed at the moment, but competition in WoE will not be boring as there are at least 3 well-organised guilds existing.

MiniWoe has been cancelled in view of a suggestion to put up a different woe for asian/EU timezones. WoE on the other hand has been implemented for the past two weeks. The community response was very good, and WoE is very heated, with over 60+ players participating actively, spread over 4-5 major guilds. WoE SE has been implemented to, and participation in both versions is really good.  And the forum e-drama ensuing after every woe is also something to look forward to. Haha.

The server is just 2 weeks old and yet there is almost always 60-100 people online plus autotrade merches.

The server is now about 1 month old and there is about 60-130 people online at any time. There has been talks of various guilds from other servers like dRO who will transfer here within the next week, although it has not been confirmed. The server admin does not pirate people from other servers, its all about word of mouth(yes, like what im doing right now).


Class Balance is what you would expect in an official RO server because there are no actual modifications of game mechanics. The only changes in the server which are not present in iRO is a resetter, warper, and all those basic eAthena npcs.  

The Economy is doing well for a server of this age. I am very lazy with item hunting, and yet I was able to complete my WoE stuff just by trading. The prices are controlled by simple supply-and-demand, so that the overpricers are forced to lower their prices because no one will buy from them.




SERVER - 8/10

Currently, the server is experiencing occasional position lag, and there have been changes which are implemented server-side to mitigate it. The owner says he is very willing to change hosts if the problem persists. He has already changed hosts once, and says he will not hesitate to do it again if needed. Otherwise, there are no other major issues in lagging. It is hosted on a dedicated server so we need not worry about the hardware side.

The server has moved to a new and better host in Dallas TX after a poll on the forums via pings. This has been found to be the best place for most IP addresses. So far, position lag is very minimal if not non-existent.




COMMUNITY - 9/10

The community is quite friendly with a little sprinkling of jerks here and there.
I think its normal. I was able to be in a guild on my 1st day and they helped me out a lot. @Main chat can also be very animated at times. I normally pass my time just by talking in main chat, and it normally is enough to shoo my boredom away. There are a lot of smart guys in this server, those that know things other than just Ragnarok online.

Some guilds are nicer than others, and some are total pricks. Pretty normal for any server. The nice thing though is, you got options on which kind of people you wanna hang out with, because theres a lot of guilds now.

Oh, the community speaks decent english, and those who tend to be abusive get dealt with quickly.




GAME MASTERS - 9/10

Theres always at least 2 GM's online at any time, and you can just talk to them via PM or @request. You can also use @whogm to check who is online. They answer questions and resolve issues very quickly, and are quite considerate. I remember a time when a player was actually verbally abusing them but they still kept their cool. I myself do not agree to that much patience, but seeing that they practice it is cool, knowing that these Admin people are not egotistical maniacs.

Events currently are underway, and there has been some events which were already staged. Most of the people atm are preoccupied with dressing up their characters for WoE so events are a little seldom atm.


Events are being held regularly. Novice PvP / Treasure Hunts are so much fun. Haha.

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Finale:

Amistr.Net is something that I have been looking for for a very long time. Knowledgeable GMs,a reasonably-behaved and mostly-friendly community, and customs which do not make me raise my eyebrows to any height greater than normal.


And it still holds true up to now. :D

uannaka

your review makes me wanna try the server.. I'm downloading it now ^.^

Annihilate

Quote from: uannaka on Aug 29, 2009, 07:55 PM
your review makes me wanna try the server.. I'm downloading it now ^.^

I saw your post. Yeah please try it. :D
Posted on: Aug 29, 2009, 03:41 pm
*bump*

I edited this review after 2-3 weeks of play. A lot has changed, and Im quite happy.

fluidin

what i'm interested in is "asian woe". do update me if that ever gets implemented. I'll try it out for sure.
Quote from: Jeon on Jun 04, 2009, 12:02 PM
XileRo is the only HR I know that has a reasonable PvP system. I did watch the RWC like you said, all I see is people spamming the room like every other gang fight there is in RO.

Brian

#4
Edit: WoE population is decreasing rapidly which makes this server a lot less attractive.

Edit2: Read my new comments/review on this failing server down below.
currently playing at raijero

Broken Moon

They seem awesome. I might give this server another try... last time I did, I had some weird problem with the files and my weird habits.

I hope it grows a lot.

Annihilate

Quote from: Broken Moon on Sep 20, 2009, 02:38 PM
They seem awesome. I might give this server another try... last time I did, I had some weird problem with the files and my weird habits.

I hope it grows a lot.

are u the guy who didnt wanna DL Ragray0624?

Detached

Nice, simple and clean.
After reading your review, can't wait to try it.
Especially hope they adjust WoE to cater to Asians.

Annihilate

Quote from: Detached on Sep 22, 2009, 04:02 AM
Nice, simple and clean.
After reading your review, can't wait to try it.
Especially hope they adjust WoE to cater to Asians.

Well the server is just waiting for Asians to come in and they'll adjust/add more woe times. I am asian and I've been hoping that more asians will play too.

Brian

WoE has become basically dead with all the mayor guilds leaving/quitting. So if you are into WoE, this server might not be what you are looking for.
currently playing at raijero

Annihilate

#10
Quote from: Brian on Sep 27, 2009, 06:38 AM
WoE has become basically dead with all the mayor guilds leaving/quitting. So if you are into WoE, this server might not be what you are looking for.

Well this is basically what happened last week. Avalon[a major guild] had major problems from the inside, mostly due to bad administration on the GuildMaster's part. Their guild died. GTFOKTHX's [another major guild] GuildMaster quit for 2 months and the guild merged with DevilTools. STFUTHX's guild is growing and very much alive. GoCryPlease,Behemoth, and StarCandies are still gearing up because they  started in the server just 2 weeks ago.

In short, the server's population are basically on the starting stage again. I'd like to see this as an opportunity for those who discovered amistr.net a little late. Though woe may be arguably not as jam-packed as 1/2 weeks ago, participation has gone down only by about 30% [avalon's numbers] and it will be pretty much compensated in a week or 2 when GoCryPlease[the guild from DestinaRO] finishes gearing themselves up, and the other new guild that came from DestinaRO too [ i forgot their name cos I was too busy with work this week so I havent been online as often as before]

Tbh im happy that avalon left. XD~ They were the pricks i was talking about. Good riddance.


This was how last sunday's woe went, quoting Koma, the server admin:



Quote14:00: The War Of Emperium: First Edition has begun!
14:02: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [Devil Tools] guild.
14:06: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [STFUKTHX] guild.
14:12: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [Devil Tools] guild.
14:15: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [STFUKTHX] guild.
14:18: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [Devil Tools] guild.
14:21: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [STFUKTHX] guild.
14:31: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [Devil Tools] guild.
14:34: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [STFUKTHX] guild.
14:40: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [Devil Tools] guild.
14:43: The [ADB1 - Neuschwanstein] castle has been conquered by the [STFUKTHX] guild.
15:00: The War Of Emperium: First Edition is over!

As far as the "another guild" quit topic goes, so far, Avalon has quit for their own reasons and GTFOKTHX has quit due to lack of members from server transitions/moves/school/life (and the @go/@storage thread blocking a majority). Parts of the previous two are now scattered into other guilds or forming new guilds too.

Two to three (possibly more) completely new guilds replace the one that "quit" this time. Similar to when STFUKTHX replaced another. In talks with the GL of Devil Tools, they won't be leaving ever.

Source: http://forums.amistr.net/viewtopic.php?f=50&p=3230#p3230

Brian

#11
STFUKTHX guild quit the server (most of them already quit that is why Devil Tools was taking the castle today), so did GTFOKTHX and Avalon. Which pretty much leaves 1 noob zerg guild on the server, you can tell from the quote above. Starcandles has been in the server for a pretty long time, maybe 1 month. I'm pretty sure they are not planning on WoEing, that guild is more like a social guild than a woe guild.

There is nothing special about this server. Maybe the custom hats but I also seen most of them on other private servers. And tbh, the GM team is not professional. Jekyll is the event gm and all his events are poorly organized. He also does not know how to speak proper english. Most of his sentences have either spelling or grammar errors (sometimes I can't even understand what he is trying to say). Kiana (co-owner) does not have a lot of knowledge on ragnarok. I asked her simple ragnarok questions and her responses were "I'm not sure". Sometimes I believe that she only got the GM position because she is the server's owner fiance. Talking about the server's owner, he is bit ignorant. He would sometimes ignored you and keep on talking about why your suggestion is garbage. The whole GM Staff is inexperience.

Sadly to say, but I'm just waiting for RaijeRO to open up before I quit this server too.
currently playing at raijero

Relics

And that's pretty much the line on how far it's going to go in this thread for the insults.

To everyone who feels the need to respond, try to express yourself in a normal, constructed manner.

Brian

#13
I'm guessing all these off topic posts are pretty much going to get deleted so why bother feeding all you arrogant fools.

I can share my thoughts on a server; that's why we have this forum section. If you don't agree with me, then don't take it personal and start getting mad.
currently playing at raijero

Eviscerate

Yo, I enjoy AmistrRO a lot, but sadly from what i see there is no growth in the population. In fact today i was randomly whispered by the owner of another guild on the server. (don't remember the persons name, nor did they tell there guild name.) Claiming there guild will quit unless another guild joins WoE soon.
Then he/she proceeded to say that my guild needs to hurry up and compete in WoE. Which we cannot do because we have 4 mains out of 22 members, The other members are alts of people who already are in guilds.

Finding new people is impossible imo, i even pm'ed new people and told them how i need there help to join our guild and the servers woe situation. They are usually alt's or not interested in WoE. Also i was apart of starcandies guild and the guild leader himself said "we are a social guild, not a woe guild"