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In recent days more and more people have either left Prydwen for another server or decided to terminate/deactivate thier accounts. I know I can be a little prone to exaggeration but this week has been a watershed for people's dis-enchantment with the game. The server stats don't lie and Prydwen is around 200 players down for November, the way December has started that trend may well continue and become a flood. Now some people will say 'Alot of those people have gone to Excal' however the figures don't justify that claim. Therefore the vast majority of those no longer on Prydwen are not playing the game for whatever reason. When I see all kinds of people eg. hardcore RvR players, role players and PvE junkies leave the game I can see that we have come a crossroads.
Now onto the reasons. RvR is stale on this server for 1001 reasons, at it's best this was one of the very best RvR servers in the world. Now it is just a pale shadow of it's former self for whatever reason and even with the 1001 problems it is still not justified. Personlly I see the main problem as this, slow patching and poor balancing. Now I am not going to use this post as an attack on GOA, everyone knows my feelings on them and how they operate. This post is about Prydwen and the game itself. Many non-stealthers in Albion have all but given up on RvR for the last couple of months, that has had a knock-on effect with the other realms. Entire guilds have left the server because they felt they cannot compete unless they zerg. Well my answer to that is this, Zerg like mad if you have to and wait for 1.65 to address some balance issues. Don't give up, adapt. If the Mids/Hibs complain then remember this, you pay £8 a month to have fun not to be told by people on another realm that you suck if you run more than 1fg even though you can't compete. Win = fun, do whatever it takes to start winning and see how it feels.
Now a plea to the Guilds, we as a realm/guild/alliances need to start running regular RvR nights again and even if you get your arse handed to you keep going back, as an Avalonian caster I know more than most how hard it can be to keep going back time after time but the alternative is killing mobs night after night for loot you will never use.
That is it really, the whole point is for people to get out there and try make RvR fun again and do whatever it takes to compete. If you need to run 4fg to hold a milegate then do it, don't be unhappy because you have to zerg for a while because you know a patch is on the horizon that will help address some of the problems. The real test is this, all those people who really like this game but are bored to tears need to get out into the frontiers and keep trying no matter what.
Trust me, it is the only way things are going to get any better in the near future.
Now onto the reasons. RvR is stale on this server for 1001 reasons, at it's best this was one of the very best RvR servers in the world. Now it is just a pale shadow of it's former self for whatever reason and even with the 1001 problems it is still not justified. Personlly I see the main problem as this, slow patching and poor balancing. Now I am not going to use this post as an attack on GOA, everyone knows my feelings on them and how they operate. This post is about Prydwen and the game itself. Many non-stealthers in Albion have all but given up on RvR for the last couple of months, that has had a knock-on effect with the other realms. Entire guilds have left the server because they felt they cannot compete unless they zerg. Well my answer to that is this, Zerg like mad if you have to and wait for 1.65 to address some balance issues. Don't give up, adapt. If the Mids/Hibs complain then remember this, you pay £8 a month to have fun not to be told by people on another realm that you suck if you run more than 1fg even though you can't compete. Win = fun, do whatever it takes to start winning and see how it feels.
Now a plea to the Guilds, we as a realm/guild/alliances need to start running regular RvR nights again and even if you get your arse handed to you keep going back, as an Avalonian caster I know more than most how hard it can be to keep going back time after time but the alternative is killing mobs night after night for loot you will never use.
That is it really, the whole point is for people to get out there and try make RvR fun again and do whatever it takes to compete. If you need to run 4fg to hold a milegate then do it, don't be unhappy because you have to zerg for a while because you know a patch is on the horizon that will help address some of the problems. The real test is this, all those people who really like this game but are bored to tears need to get out into the frontiers and keep trying no matter what.
Trust me, it is the only way things are going to get any better in the near future.
