01-05-2013, 07:40 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2002
Location: Sweden
Posts: 20,000
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Zone started its very early life as a Classic server but that's not important. What's important is its post-Classic history so I'll just stick to that.
Back then trials would reset everytime they logged onto any Graal server. With that said, they had no restrictions or limitations, so everything was on even grounds. There were no player imbalances in Zone, just weapon meta and player skill. Zone had a good playercount and an active guild community. At some point ET members were hired (I think the first pair were Kevin and Maximus, even tho u guys r noobs olololol <3). Later on we started hosting off weapons, but these were semi-rare and not really overpowered. They were earned through tough conditions aswell, so it was justified.
Then came the trial restrictions. Trials now started at 80hp and couldn't join guilds. This killed off a lot of the guild activity, which took a hit on the guild community. Things weren't too bad though, as there was still a decent playercount and the server was pretty balanced.
Then came Graal v5. When this was released, I pretty much called RIP for Zone. Trials were even more restricted (couldn't play for more than a certain period of time, limited vision through annoying borders) which killed off any trial population Zone had left. v5 meant you had to upgrade regularly to play and introduced stupid **** like the cash shop. It was basically pay to win at this point, buy guns with real money to gain a huge advantage over players. If you weren't upgraded you couldn't play the Commando class, the only useful one on Arctic, so there was really no point to play Zone. The normal shop items (guns etc) were now temporary which was complete bull. People didn't wanna stick around for this, so they quit.
In the past it was great because everybody was on equal ground. The only differing factors were which gun you used (which everyone had access to), what class you used (which everyone had access to), and how good you were at the game. After v5 it became a money game, where none of the above was applicable. |
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