Agony
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this is a spinoff of my thread of the Rpg and AI suggestions, in which i was told Tim would not have time. The purpose for a normal player is to express their opinion on this and try to suggest more ways to make the server better. The purpose of this thread for mods is solely to get Tim to read and consider what I am saying.
So I began to ask myself why is this server struggling with funding? Then i figured it out: It simply can't compete with things like Hypixel and Mineplex. So I realized that in order to compete with them, you must:
1. have a theme (which we do, lotr),
2. Have a server large enough to support massive crowds and maps to accommodate (75 is a REALLY small number. If the server is full, people aren't likely to wait for a gap. That will drive some away. Also, some people are probably turned off by the fact that the server only supports 75 people, not 22k. Now I know expanding will require immense funding, but that is one of the things that will eventually become a requirement if this server is to GROW. now it doesn't need to grow, but if it doesn't then funding will be less. Also, it doesn't really need 22k, just maybe 500-1000 to show people that it can play in the major league).
3. Have something they don't, which is by far the biggest factor (They have an arcade, they have minigames, they have pvp and archery and large maps, they do Not have rpg as far as I know, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't expand ours). What specifically do I mean by this is AI and Legions/mega rp. If there were AI on siege that would make every map super fun. Now, I know Tim is not that good (he said that not me dun sue me pls) but there are ways around that. Maybe a mod could help with that, or he can try my 2 killer suggestions: 1. Start by programming Legions on RPG so we can actually have large battles, like maybe Ahnafrahman leading his/her army of zombies custom onto Minas Tirith. Ahnaf would have spawned legions, then outfitted the legions with exquisite armor and weapons, then send them on to tirith, then Global Lizard would have to defend, but his army would get wiped by Ahnaf's horde of orcs [zombies]. Coding these legions would be a great start and very good practice. If Tim can't do this or does this but still cannot do AI, he could do a contest where whoever can code a working AI will receive a rank, like Sage or King. That would certainly get people to do it. That is what would definitely set us above even the biggest of the big servers. Also he should really check out my classes suggestion because that too is awesome.
http://www.empirewar.org/forums/m/5312442/viewthread/23921134-class-recommendations-adjustments-20/post/last#last
So I began to ask myself why is this server struggling with funding? Then i figured it out: It simply can't compete with things like Hypixel and Mineplex. So I realized that in order to compete with them, you must:
1. have a theme (which we do, lotr),
2. Have a server large enough to support massive crowds and maps to accommodate (75 is a REALLY small number. If the server is full, people aren't likely to wait for a gap. That will drive some away. Also, some people are probably turned off by the fact that the server only supports 75 people, not 22k. Now I know expanding will require immense funding, but that is one of the things that will eventually become a requirement if this server is to GROW. now it doesn't need to grow, but if it doesn't then funding will be less. Also, it doesn't really need 22k, just maybe 500-1000 to show people that it can play in the major league).
3. Have something they don't, which is by far the biggest factor (They have an arcade, they have minigames, they have pvp and archery and large maps, they do Not have rpg as far as I know, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't expand ours). What specifically do I mean by this is AI and Legions/mega rp. If there were AI on siege that would make every map super fun. Now, I know Tim is not that good (he said that not me dun sue me pls) but there are ways around that. Maybe a mod could help with that, or he can try my 2 killer suggestions: 1. Start by programming Legions on RPG so we can actually have large battles, like maybe Ahnafrahman leading his/her army of zombies custom onto Minas Tirith. Ahnaf would have spawned legions, then outfitted the legions with exquisite armor and weapons, then send them on to tirith, then Global Lizard would have to defend, but his army would get wiped by Ahnaf's horde of orcs [zombies]. Coding these legions would be a great start and very good practice. If Tim can't do this or does this but still cannot do AI, he could do a contest where whoever can code a working AI will receive a rank, like Sage or King. That would certainly get people to do it. That is what would definitely set us above even the biggest of the big servers. Also he should really check out my classes suggestion because that too is awesome.
http://www.empirewar.org/forums/m/5312442/viewthread/23921134-class-recommendations-adjustments-20/post/last#last
