WarMachine wrote:"NewRaja" was "CK's Server"
NR was Zypern Pride's server.
As for why the server is losing so many players?
1. old players quit because of the lag. DR is a game where lag will kill players easily. Even the smallest amount of lag can make the game unplayable. Also, players turn into ghosts and must run back to town/temple to res. There's no easy "revive" button like in many modern mmo's to make lag death less annoying
2. Many of the most important things in DR (dual class maze quests, wars, and sc quest) are areas where if you DC or lose connection, you lose all of your work. DR isn't for the casual gamer that can play 1 - 2 hours a day only. It's also not for those that dc very often. From what I've heard, the GM's service at teleporting people back into quest isn't great. And there's no compensation for DCing in sc or in war. Players also feel as if these DC are not their fault and it's the server's fault.
3. new players are not drawn into the game. The presentation that Mistralis have given is HORRIBLE. When a new player finds the game, the first thing they do is look at the main webpage. There is ONE screenshot on the http://www.dr-int.com webpage and that SS is tiny and no link to a larger version. There a NO gameplay videos. Half of the links on the webpage don't work. The "contact us" button doesn't work. Gameplay explanation is all text-based so new payers most likely won't read it and if they do, it doesn't give them an idea of how the game works. Why would anyone download the game when half of the website doesn't work and there's no indication of how the game is? Face it, most of the payers who first find a game and also most of the players that play a game DON'T check the forums.
4. learning curve. DR's learning curve is huge. There's really no good tutorial or way to learn the game's mechanics. For those new players that do try DR by chance, the steep learning curse usually turns them off.
5. crappy community. Most people in DR are assholes. I'll be blunt about it. The DR community as a whole give out a horrible hateful vibe. People are racist, selfish, and/or just plain egoistical. Most people act as if they're the most important person in the world and the best DR player of all time. DR players are generally not friendly to new players. We steal from our "friends" and flame our enemies. We're rude to one another and most of the time just plain down nasty. The forum is filled with flame wars that bury any useful information a new player would want. (and yes, I did say "we" and include myself in this generalization)
6. balance of power. DR is a game of "nations warring" but the balance of power in DR is so very important. The stronger nation/players are able to stop the progress of the weaker nations. Of course, this is true for most MMO's but the thing about DR is that the community is so small. In other MMO's there's usually multiple servers for the game where a different nation/faction dominates each server. In DR, either you're always on the losing side or you join the stronger side. If you're on the losing side, you're frustrated that you can never advance. If you're on the winning side, you advance but soon it gets boring because those on the losing sides all quit and there's no one to pk.
7. lack of professionalism. GMs that argue with players and get into flame wars with players. Lack of a "contact us" with information about the server the Mistralis. That doesn't make me want to trust a company with my money.
but I'm sure someone else could write an even better one though. So this is definitely doable in terms of a guide. But yea the learning curve is still huge I agree.
