Fresh meat

I don’t think you’re going to get that many grievances at this point. If you notice, the last string that they got were when the player count was much higher and they were getting new players, because they were advertising.

Most of the players right now are diehards, that won’t be leaving until the game shuts its doors or “new” players. New in this case meaning “I’m a new player, go easy on me! Tee Hee” thing that some players do from time to time.

In other words it’s mostly players that know how to play and are used to how things are.

They probably are making efforts to change how the game is administrated, but the true test will be when they get a large influx of truly new players that don’t know how to play.

A lot has gone on for the past 3 months. Not sure how big of an impact it is. I'm sure some of you saw some of it.

Stuff does happen, but it's hard to see on a greater scope.

Thanks for asking, Monkey. I was thinking about posting something along the lines of a staff report card, given that I still play and it seems that many here do not.

It’s fun to slam the Noted Liar for blowing what was probably his one chance of doing something meaningful in his life, but I’d feel like a jerk if I didn’t give credit where credit is due. Besides, some of you guys don’t play any more so you’re bound to be a bit curious about the situation on the ground.

Some have complained that the game seems empty, but what I see is a game where the Gaj has emptied out and five or six different camps have set up. Maybe a dozen, it’s tough to get an accurate count on that.

There are still maybe only five or six resources that people want, but the groups have split up and there is active trade between the groups to traffic in the resources that people need. While to some, mostly people who haven’t tried the new system, the new classes seem faceless, but what’s happened is that most of the characters now have some crafting ability. This helps to define your place in the group. The result is that pretty much every group has become both a consumer of resources and a producer of finished goods. Little trade routes have sprung up and other groups are ferrying product across the more dangerous parts of the map. Everybody needs something from somebody.

The new clan formation system has driven demand up as well. This is one of the cool things about the game now. Independent characters have become the stars of the show and so now it’s not like everybody is waiting on staff for something. Nearly everyone has something to do.

Role play has gotten better. There has been an exodus of the people whom I thought of as the toxic players. There’s only like one fuckhead that I have a problem with right now, frankly. Everybody else I pretty much get along with at least on an OOG basis. In game the various groups aren’t necessarily friends. With better OOG respect between players, the competition has become more interesting.

What are staff getting right?

New magic system – I’d argue that this was the right decision, even though I think that staff are still terrible about rolling out change. I can write more about this, and probably will.
New Classes – Characters actually seem more diverse. Everyone is good at something. Nobody is good at everything.
Newer Templars Rock – I think that the current set of templars gets what they’re supposed to do.
Nobles are More Aloof – I’d argue that they’re supposed to be. Not everyone
More Diversity of Characters – this is crucial. Everyone seems like they’re playing out a story.
More gangs and independent clans – as mentioned
Expanding options for criminals – I don’t want to leak anything, but I know of at least five criminal groups in game. This is the best I’ve seen it.
Fewer toxic players – They’ve long dragged it down
Staff are showing respect for players who speak up – I had an argument with a staff member last night and they actually backed down. It was a liberating experience, I now have 80% more respect for that staff member.

I think that a lot of the benefit is that fun of playing Arm in 2019 is the diversity of characters. Before you basically had only five types of characters – standard mercenary, basic hunter bro, shitty noble noob, desert elf PK and house Fale staff pet. Now every character seems like they have a story. It’s tough to tell who’s new, and who is an established character under this system.




Yeah, this has been my experience as well. I can pretty much always find something to do. Maybe what Krentakh is commenting on, is that I feel that a lot of the action has shifted away from the GMH and over to independent clans. In a pinch you can always join House Kurac or the Byn. I'd say they're the current default clans, especially if you aren't something of a daffodil about getting your character eaten by any of the various menaces that lurk the wasteland.

armageddonmud.boards.net/thread/69/staff-review-thread


staff report cards here.

They actually executed a noble yesterday. That has been the only “excitement” since the Nilazi subguild.

The game is just lacking those old school world plots...even if they were run by staff.