[Smackethdn]

From someone that has played this game for many years all on free shards and have seen quite a few strong ones come and go, I find this has very little to do with Staff and more to do with the way this server is portrayed. I honestly feel that throwing free skills at noobies is a mistake. I've been here for a month and I've already seen so many people come in go in a matter of days/weeks because every server I've played on that magically makes players into viable PvP and even decent PvM characters caters to the wrong type of player. The player I'm talking about is the griever, someone who just comes to the shard to **** around, be a pain in the ass and then leave when their short attention span is fulfilled. Honestly on paper, with the exception of that one fatal flaw, this shard seems perfect to me. I started playing this game in the late 90's and I love the retro feel this server brings. Basically there needs to be more of a catering to the hardcore player and not the casual crowd. The casual crowd are fickle and will be the first to complain about any little thing. I honestly feel that all this negativity is making recruiting new players very difficult, and while I normally do not support censorship, I feel whomever the moderator of the forum is should delete these threads the instant they pop up. It makes the shard and staff look bad, and that isn't fair. While I mainly macro and mine lately, even I notice there is an obscene number of events taking place. So there can be no complaints regarding staff not being active. The only slight gripe I have about these events are the fact that they almost always revolve around PvP. Alittle originality goes a long way. Scavenger hunts in which the players get a few clues as to where a specially made monster with unique loot is and such are always relatively simple and easy to get an entire server envolved instead of just the PvP crowd. Anyway, I know this was a long post but I just wanted to put my two cents in. The server and staff are great. The problem is the players. It almost appears to me the server's hardcore population is incredibly low and steps need to be taken to get those types in. Not the here one week gone the next type.