1. Advertisement Campaign
A healthy server not only serves current players, but also brings in new blood. As you have noticed, we haven't mounted an advertisement campaign and there are several reasons for that. The biggest reason why we haven't mounted an advertisement campaign is because of how unfriendly the beginning stages are to new players. There's no point in advertising and having a low retention rate because of various issues with the game. We have a number of strategies to deal with this.
A. Help files: We are in the process of completely overhauling the help files so that they are more informative, easy to read, and most of all, helpful.
Completed. In the future may add more pages, more complete and better quality information.
B. Combat skill overhaul for lower level players: We are in the process of figuring out what the numbers are for lowering combat skill requirements. You have all noticed the dreadful early levels, where all you do is auto attack (for combat skill classes) until you pick up a combat skill. Even then, you have no CP regeneration and you can only use it for a limited amount of time. We plan to change this. We see no reason to have new players go through hell and quit without seeing our skills! We are also planning on boosting holy light for priests by lowering the requirements and giving the skill a little boost.
C. Global chat: Ever noticed how hard it is to get a party going? We plan on implementing a global chat so new players can ask questions in it as well as search for a party. Global chat would also facilitate trade in game and help even higher levels find a party! Kills two birds with one stone.
D. Newbie town: We find that the newbie town gives off a bad vibe for new players, as it is empty and does nothing to help new players. We don't have any concrete plans on this, so we are seeking your input on what to do with the newbie town.
When all of the above are accomplished, only then will we mount a massive campaign to advertise for new players.
2. Nation Imbalance
We have two quick fixes for nation imbalance. First, we are moving the guild Zero Tolerance to Vyseus. Second, we are removing the nation transfer item in the item mall. Nation transfers will only be done via the ticket system. If approved, the person willing to transfer will pay 750 RE (same price as nation transfer item).
We realize this is a quick fix and there might be some questions about moving Zero Tolerance to Vyseus. We assure you this was done in order to balance nations for the time being. Our long term solution for nation imbalance is still a work in progress so we would greatly appreciate your patience while we sort things out. In the mean time, the quick fix should alleviate some problems with nation imbalance.
3. Local War Overhaul[semi-completed]
[Completed]
Point displayer Equal ways to receive points for attacking stone Points for buffs and resses for priests/mages Defeated will not lose everything upon end of war[In-process]
Better points for defenders Better system for things such as not requiring to gain a minimum amount of points between stone kills, remove delay for buff points, etc.4. Leveling quests
Currently GMSignPainter is working on fixing bigmaze and getting it up and running. Afterwards, a quest editor will be completed which will be used on leveling quests. ETA: unknown until bigmaze is fixed.
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