Server Review: Down of Midgard RO

[hyde89]

Im an old timer that play a lot of pvt server before so my honest review bout this server

First Impression Phase:

When I saw there were like 500+ player i was hype and exited to play on a server that have active community and yes im a pre-renewal server lover so I think DoMRO would be ideal server for me 

Ingame Phase:

It's like 500+ people online yet i saw to many AFKer and when i ask someone to party with me they just ignore me and then I realize that DoMRO have multi client feature  I was like no wonder there no interaction between player most player leech their charcter with multi login so i guess there no purpose to party with other here coz you can party with your self on the same PC 

Ending Phase:

Play like 2 weeks and getting bored coz of no interaction between player, too many vending char , AFKer and leeching char, a 500+ player count is a lie I would say the real online player is less than 100 (after minus Vending, AFK and leecher)  ...

[Zinnia]

What you say isn't true. We have between 2200 and 2400 different players who login a day. We track unique MAC login and there's about 1000 to 1100 players online at peak hours.

If you haven't found a party or somebody to play with you, its because you didn't look for it. You can use the forum & discord to do so.

[Scytheart]

I think you logged in on the wrong timezone lol. when i log in mornings i see more than 1k OL and leveling spots full. later in the afternoon it slowly goes down to 800 till at least 600. AFK vendors not counted in OL population.

[Styx]

So far I can track it goes up and down from 500 to 1200 atm. Possible they are all unique MAC, I don't know but I doubt it can be true even over whole day but I don't know this. I do know it isn't that easy to get a party on this server. It depends on the class, probably only a mobber has always good prospects.
Using a forum or discord for a party isn't a solution for many players. How many are really active on the forum in relation to your player base for instance?

[Playtester]

Well the number of autovendors is fairly static regardless of time so if the population goes from 500 to 1200, it will actually be 300+1000. And certainly many people multiclient on this server, so it's probably just 150-500 actually different players at the same time. As there are people from all kinds of different time zones playing, I say it's quite believable that there are 2200-2400 different people logging in per day. Not everyone who logs in actually parties up, though. And DoM is quite solo friendly, so the percentage of solo players is probably much higher than on other servers. There are almost always people looking for a party, though.

[Styx]

If you say so that about the numbers I will take that as possible true. Sure the solo gameplay will still be very high and that is something to consider, why is it like that? This server has an insane tap bonus of 25%. On mid or high rate it doesn't have much influence but on low rate it does contain a deceptive punch. Looking for a party isn't an issue, getting a party probably neither but getting an efficient party to exploit this 25% tab bonus and raise the rate to lvl to even midrate isn't that easy. Beside that kind of party gameplay is pretty boring in common. Small party's like a leech, priest, sniper and some other char or similar aren't very efficient in this setting, at 7x rate they will have progress maybe at 2 or 3x rate, solo play is even better. That is the weak point, the tap bonus is depending on high skilled gameplay and that makes the difference bigger between high, average and under-average larger. Minsoo Lee would never encourage it, he would like to design that any player could experience entertainment playing Ragnarok on the long run.  It is a game, not a sport, it isn't even possible to make it fair at all. Only entertainment is what matters. For instance, I have currently more fun replaying Dragon Quest III 1996! then this server has to offer me in entertainment. I got a headache from the tweaks and restrictions, I just want to play the game as it was. I don't care about cheaters, nobody will remember them on the long run and they wouldn't spoil my fun.  Stupid players, who will remember you within 10-50 years? Exceptional maybe even more as 1000 years but is nothing in history a few million years is just a breath in time, nobody will remember them. I accept them as part of the game, the stupid peasants who can't think beyond and can't be avoided, just as it is in real life and I want them to live, no matter what they do.

[Yuzo]

^can you please format your post I want to read it but its a big wall of text