Memories or soon to come?

[TheJames]

Does this server look fun to you? Mind you, we have guns yes. So please don't jump to conclusions. Look at the pictures, we're far from any average modern server :]

[Fulg0reSama]

I won't lie to you, but this looks rather poor in presentation (literally, referring to using jpgs)
Not willing to comment more then that without seeing it for myself.

[Elk]

I never really liked the sprites :/

[Crow]

Default blue GUI stuff doesn't make this look any good.

[NicoX]

Originally Posted by Elk

I never really liked the sprites :/

True. Looks weird.

[Fulg0reSama]

Originally Posted by Elk

I never really liked the sprites :/

Likewise.

[Clockwork]

These screenshots need to be memories... Please, you should move past this.

[xXziroXx]

Originally Posted by TheJames

Does this server look fun to you?

Not one bit.

[fowlplay4]

The only thing Atrius succeeded in was pissing people off by replacing default heads.

[TSAdmin]

g15.jpg makes me wanna gauge my eyes out, to be perfectly honest with you. The particles don't match the level they're in, for starters. Not to mention there doesn't appear to be any discernible reason for there to be particles in that level to begin with. If there's any alpha filtering on them, it's set far too high.

I'm in agreement with the sprites stance mentioned above.

g10.jpg has a non-default GUI that should trend throughout the server's interfaces. g6.jpg is just a shamble.

Tileset isn't appeasing. There's too much dark, even the hospital looks like a funeral home... although, even funeral homes have more colour than that.

[MattKan]

The problem is that, from my standpoint, having never played the server before, it looks decent.

But there's already a modern server filling the niche on Graal, and there's no need for another one, so you really shouldn't bother.

[callimuc]

Also never played the server, but I somehow like it.
Things I like:
- Quests which kind of look nice
- Your ideas. Like changing the cars colors instead of buying a new one

Things I´d change:
- Don´t go too far into the Era/Zone style (Zone: Style of characters; Era: the tileset pretty much looks like it)
- Make some new stuff, which havn´t been seen on Graal or just very randomly.
- Fix some graphics, like the tanks.
- Fix the blue GUIs. Doesn´t seem to fit the server.

[fowlplay4]

Originally Posted by MattKan

But there's already a modern server filling the niche on Graal, and there's no need for another one, so you really shouldn't bother.

Just because Era is around doesn't mean it's pointless to try and create a modern server.

It is pointless to re-create a modern server using the same Era formula while bringing nothing relatively new to the table.

[Elk]

wud u plai dis? wip spots

[Stephen]

I kind of thought it was pictures of Era from 2006. Not even joking.

[Emera]

Default blue GUI stuff doesn't make this look any good.

Ditto. It would have looked way nicer if the default GUI bitmap didn't catch my eye first.

[TheJames]

Thanks everyone for your input. I guess i'll just retire Atrius.. Even though it's hard as hell to build a server and it has gotten so far.. But then again, I see alot of you reading this and hardly any of you play client? Atleast I don't see you on.

Anyways, I plan on merging systems and content on Era from Atrius so we can conjoin forces and get the best of both worlds. Like the one guy mentioned, there's not enough room for another modern server, let alone any classic server :[ playercount needs to go up.

Thanks for your input.

[Arch_Angel]

[Fulg0reSama]

Personally, I think the part about there being no more room for classic servers and modern servers is 100% right, which is why I believe we need to really try moving onto different forms of servers.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Fulg0reSama

Personally, I think the part about there being no more room for classic servers and modern servers is 100% right, which is why I believe we need to really try moving onto different forms of servers.

Let's say you and I decide to open a specialized widget shop. We sell widgets in a large variety of colors - to suit nearly any preference.

Regardless of our widget selection there will be only so many customers... which we will have effectively spread across the entire range of colors. Let's say there's 50 colors and 500 customers. On average we would expect each color to have 10 regular customers.

However, that's not the reality of color preference. There will be a huge majority which prefer red, then another percentage of our customer base will want black. Smaller still, some will want white. But ultimately, the majority of our colors will go ignored.

What I'm saying here is that we don't need a wide spectrum of server styles. In fact, it's my belief that we need fewer player worlds at this point to focus the creative talent left in the community.

A few good servers with a great deal of creative talent will regularly produce high quality content... which is just fun to play. TheJames' plan to merge content with Era is very promising. Era is a pretty good concept but the quality of the material has been poor from day one. Zodiac is another good example - their concept is great but the demand for content often cannot be met with quality material (visually).

[ff7chocoboknight]

No, make your own server.

Originally Posted by Elk

wud u plai dis? wip spots

God, yes.

[TheJames]

Originally Posted by Stephen

TheJames' plan to merge content with Era is very promising. Era is a pretty good concept but the quality of the material has been poor from day one.

Thank you for your support Stephen.. I figured since there is such a low player count I might as well put all of my work of over 4 years into a server like Era instead of competing. I'm grateful working for Era finally so we can work together and improve Era to it's fullest potential.. It's going to be a really awesome server when completed. Era Dev is looking beautiful. I'm excited for everyone to see it :]

[NicoX]

Originally Posted by ff7chocoboknight

God, yes.

Yeah

[alskdjfhg]

Keep that Atrius garbage off Era, thank you very much.

[ff7chocoboknight]

Keep that Era garbage off Graal, thank you very much.

[Draenin]

It's a decent start. And yes, I know you've been working on it for a while, but I think some things would need to be seriously improved if you think it might be worthwhile to continue it. I am not so negative as to say you should quit, but it might not hurt to take it in a new direction that won't require you to scrap everything.

[Stephen]

Originally Posted by Draenin

It's a decent start. And yes, I know you've been working on it for a while, but I think some things would need to be seriously improved if you think it might be worthwhile to continue it. I am not so negative as to say you should quit, but it might not hurt to take it in a new direction that won't require you to scrap everything.

I'm not really sure there's many different directions with a shooter server. I can't think of any, can you think of some? Maybe some great NPC AI would give the server an edge but beyond that I'm at a loss.

[Supaman771]

Looks like the same old Atrius.
By same old, I mean the last 6 times.

Sure at one point, Atrius was a contending server, but I think you've beat the dead horse enough.
And if I see any of those grotesque custom bodies on Era, I will murder you.

As far as gun servers go, I liked how SoG and Sage's Zombie server broke the mold. Too bad they didn't stick around or get completed. But I don't know what much else you can do with Guns that hasn't been done yet (Zone, Era, Ol'West, SoG, Necro).

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Supaman771

As far as gun servers go, I liked how SoG and Sage's Zombie server broke the mold. Too bad they didn't stick around or get completed. But I don't know what much else you can do with Guns that hasn't been done yet (Zone, Era, Ol'West, SoG, Necro).

What are you on about? SoG was nothing original, it was basically Zone in a WW2 environment. Hell, the people behind it were cute little Zone nooblets iirc.

[Clockwork]

Originally Posted by Crono

What are you on about? SoG was nothing original, it was basically Zone in a WW2 environment. Hell, the people behind it were cute little Zone nooblets iirc.

;_; SoG was more fast paced and even a bit more stragetic with the crowded/small maps. Reminds me more of CoD or TF2 rather than how zone reminds me of battlefield.

[Fulg0reSama]

Originally Posted by Clockwork

;_;