I think its a bit unfair to say its an out of box C# server, as it really isn't. Huge work went into Archer Class, drops, quests, Monsters health/damage and locations.
Almost all mechanics were adjusted to give new experience with a Euro clone attempt, from refining to crafting to group leveling (which finally a server has got right imo, should be easier leveling with friends and encourage people to make buddies)
Guild also some what was done right with capping at 30 members (but i think can go up to 50 unfortunately, with guild leveling i believe.) With this there is many guilds not just the one or two power horses.
Cant forget this is still supposed to Euro Server like clone, so you cannot expect drastic changes to the base files.
However, the feeling that some people express are very much present. We were informed this was in development for 3 years... what i think happened here was, in year one they worked on it for a coupe of months, then gave up on it and repeated same process for the following two years.
This is seen specially with the quests, balance, bugs and features, it looks like each time they returned to the project, they came back with different views.
The server being untested at launch was a huge mistake, so many bugs, features you would expect to be the first things to be worked into the game just was not completed.
-Pick-axes weren't in shops - in game now (3rd patch i think)
-The mines were not mine-able - in game now(4th patch i think)
-Refine was not in the game - in game now(9th patch)
-Two different Junk NPCs, one only half finished (Collector NPC) which only accepts half the items, the items its dosent accept glitch out in bag causing you to re-log.
-No buy backs from shops, nor no selling items to shops so they can start stocking some gear
-No fishing
-Basic Skills (Skele, fireball, thunderbolt which are just the few obvious ones which were not even looked at) most resolved now, but still heavily imbalanced
-Majority of the maps have glitch spots when you RT, if you dont have a tt or another RT when you land here you are screwed.
-Class balances, this wasn't even touched or looked at prior to launch. Never seen a server (even the small servers) with such an huge imbalance from day one
-Solo play, while it was possible before, with recent changes it has pretty much vanished. No solo-able bosss so will be a leveling simulator for the solo players, nothing more.
-Pet leveling, still pointless to lvl your pets/skele to max as there is no difference from lvl 3 - 7 or at least no noticeable difference
Still many more bugs / missing features i cannot think on hand.
Finally, as mentioned, the massive elephant being the hardcore players. Without a doubt the lads with the biggest wallets and to no surprise always get catered for in every server.
They have their holidays booked or dont work for server launch, pay a crap load on PTW exp pots and bang onto lvl 40+, get all late gear items/spells where they are now able to take on easy/medium boss's with no problem.
They have managed to get everything buffed making it near impossible, unless your character is equipped and leveled like them in an established hardcore guild to be able to kill boss's as a causal.
As you can see immediately since patch 0.7, the user count dropped out by 100 users, at peak times yesterday was hitting 350, instead of the 450 prior to the patch which i imagine will only get worse in the coming week.
The Server owners are great as mentioned, they are listening to the community trying their hardest to please and releasing patches/fixes as much as possible. However, they are businessmen first, and the state of the server from launch shows that none of them played their own server, or quite possibly none of them ever played Mir servers recently...
Current thoughts would suggest this server will not last very long. I could be wrong with all the drastic changes, might have different opinion in a couple of days with next changes but, i think its starting to leave a stale taste for people, well the casuals anyway.
Good if your looking for high user count and a bit of a euro nostalgia trip, but thats about it for now. Honestly, feels a bit like it is a cash grab.
