grizzlybear
Dalayan Beginner
I have not been part of the community for long, so I don't really know anybody. But, maybe this will help someone at sometime, whether a new player or the people running it.
Speaking as a new player, there are a lot of negative aspects that need to be overlooked to play the game; especially if you don't like boxing, like me.
Thank you to the one person who took that time to come and speak with me and really talk to me about some of the differences between what I'm familiar with and the SoD server. I really appreciate your time.
This server seems like such a nice concept, that I was excited to try it. But it sounds like some internal logistics need straightened out. I'm not deleting my characters, because I hope to check back on and off to see how it's going. Good luck in the future.
Speaking as a new player, there are a lot of negative aspects that need to be overlooked to play the game; especially if you don't like boxing, like me.
- First, the wiki information is not always accurate. With such massive changes to an established game, it's hard to get around in the world without a solid wiki or information system
- Getting around the game world is pure pain; as in 1999/2000 level pain - I don't even know if there are boats or other methods, but, getting from Halas to another level 1 area, such as Greenmist, was impossible; when I asked, nobody really responded except with "Portals" and "Learn the system to survive"; why remove the PoK and make it hard for people to connect?
- I saw precisely one other level 1 character in the last week and they logged fairly quickly after me logging in, other than that, it was me, by myself and looked to be that way until I reached 65; that's not fun
- Rules - there a lot of them, which wouldn't be concerning if they were fairly and equally applied
- But damn, the drama I've read in the forums is concerning; looking for content to help me understand the server and seeing post after post about GMs/Staff arbitrarily enforcing rules and the way they interact on discord, etc. is concerning, to say the least; EQ is a time sink and learning a new version of EQ, such as SoD ,is even more time consuming; so why would I want to put in all my time to incur the wrath of a staff member and lose everything? At least, that's how it seems will happen from the posts
- I met 3 people on the server, 2 of whom were 65 and who answered some of my questions; thank you for that! Outside of that, there was little to no interaction in the channels I have access to as a new player
Thank you to the one person who took that time to come and speak with me and really talk to me about some of the differences between what I'm familiar with and the SoD server. I really appreciate your time.
This server seems like such a nice concept, that I was excited to try it. But it sounds like some internal logistics need straightened out. I'm not deleting my characters, because I hope to check back on and off to see how it's going. Good luck in the future.