Thorin sat down and started singing about gold. Gandalf entered. Gandalf=20
said "hurry up". After being threatened with a cloven skull, from one=20
well placed blow, sean@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
said...
> After playing the free 14 day trial for a few days and enjoying it
after=
=20
> a few teething troubles :-), Which were soon sorted, thanks to some=20
> really helpful people on here, thanks guys. I decided to take the
plunge=
=20
> and go for the full version.
>=20
> Despite warnings from certain quarters (BB you're welcome to say "I
told=
=20
> you so", if I come on here whining about how crap the servers are ;-)),=
=20
> I decided to go with the UK rather than the US version. Mainly because
I=
=20
> can get it for =A318, I couldn't seem to find it (game + 3 expansions)
fo=
r=20
> anything like that price from the US.
>=20
> I hope it doesn't turn out to be a false economy. The way I looked at=20
> it, the saving I made buying the UK version, should effectively give me=
=20
> three months "free" play. The one month free that comes with the
game,=20
> plus a couple of months subscription, paid for by the difference in=20
> price.
>=20
> Anyone have any good things to say about the Euro servers?
>=20
> If it is as bad as some people say and I'm still playing and enjoying=20
> the game after two or three months, I'll cut my losses and switch to
the=
=20
> US version. So, as the header, are the Euro servers really that bad?
I'd say not at all - otherwise i'd still be playing on Lancelot :)
Populations aren't as high as US servers, but the english server=20
Excalibur still has a decent amount of people on it (unlike Prydwen)
and=20
when the RvR zones are clustered with the other English server Prydwen=20
it should be pretty interesting. :-)
Albion on Excalibur managed to have a battlegroup of 200 players and 50=20
others (200 max amount) - doing a run of Master Levels 1, 2, 3 and 6=20
from 11am on Sunday all wearing silly costumes - of course middies and=20
hibbies used that as an excuse to swipe all but one of the relics while=20
we were doing it :-P
GOA takes a few months longer on updating to latest versions, but they=20
are getting quicker now. Besides it also means that quite a few bugs=20
have been fixed before they reach the GOA servers. Think of Mythic=20
players as Beta testers :-P
Classic servers available on the US aren't really classic. To most=20
people classic could mean either just the old mainland areas, original=20
cl***** and original frontiers or up to the Shrouded Isles expansion.=20
Classic in mythic's eyes includes everything except for Trials Of=20
Atlantis zones and master levels.
Popped onto the classic servers when i had my US account running and it=20
seemed to be full of vampires and warlocks and hardly any albions.
Guess=20
they need to work out how to create a better class balance for=20
"classic" servers that the lack of ToA somehow seems to cause. I've
also=20
noticed that the arrival of these servers had a substantial negative=20
impact on the other servers.
When Mythic was polling players about what kind of new server they=20
wanted GOA also polled its subscribers and they voted for the Home=20
Invasion server suggestion by a long shot over the Classic server. As a=20
result there are no plans for classic server at the moment.
--=20
Mal
- Covenant Of Zak (officer), Albion, Excalibur: Terris the Reaver,
Terrisius the Heretic, Byronis the Friar, Necrolis the Necro
- Ta Mo Bhriste Tri Thine, Hibernia, Prydwen: Terrisius the Vampire
- Bloody Uprising, Albion, Lancelot: Terrius the Heretic
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