Renzadic Posted August 27, 2014 Group: Members Topic Count: 9 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 35 Reputation: 25 Joined: 08/18/14 Last Seen: February 17 Share Posted August 27, 2014 Hey, probably alot of threads like this oh well. I wanted to open the discussion that it seems that these forums have been pretty much dead. Its been 3 years since I've hosted a ragnarok server or even played on one at that. A week ago i opened a newly ran server with everything people would want. Years ago it would have grown to have atleast 30-40 players. Now it seems not many people even join even with reviews and voting systems in place. Is this because ragnarok died over the last few years or is it maybe since the gaming development has come such a long way a new emulation of a new game has risen? Also in my prior paragraph about the forums being dead, Years ago on eAthena people were always on such as 100-400 people or even more. Not only that but it seems every given day there was a new script released or source edit that had the population turning heads. Now its barely that you even see any of those and i cant even say the word barely more like never. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Euphy Posted August 27, 2014 Group: Members Topic Count: 72 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2997 Reputation: 1130 Joined: 05/27/12 Last Seen: June 1, 2017 Share Posted August 27, 2014 I really don't know where you're looking, since there are some 500 users online each day and things are being released at least every week or so. I don't think that qualifies as "dead" (see: eAthena). On the other hand, you're right that interest in RO has decreased; most of the old players/developers have moved on, and 2D MMOs aren't exactly in demand anymore. But your server more likely isn't attracting players because people expect more innovative ideas than before (given that all the creative events, etc. are now pretty much standard), and what attracted people years ago isn't necessarily what people want to see now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azura Skyy Posted August 27, 2014 Group: Members Topic Count: 49 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 545 Reputation: 220 Joined: 03/01/13 Last Seen: January 2, 2023 Share Posted August 27, 2014 To elaborate on some of what Euphy said, you likely won't see new source edits and scripts being released, partially due to the decline in interest in such an old MMORPG (and MMORPGs as a genre) but also because a lot of the innovation has happened. It can't hurt to throw out a source/script request you think would be new and unique should you think of one. I'm sure rAthena would love to see it's community contributing more.Regards,~Azura Skyy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diconfrost VaNz Posted September 25, 2014 Group: Members Topic Count: 50 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 974 Reputation: 41 Joined: 11/13/11 Last Seen: December 20, 2023 Share Posted September 25, 2014 Well, there's the fact that the other old players learned how to make their own servers and run their own shits. the funny thing is they just make their own servers for their own desires. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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