I want to explain the Nature that is Private Server – this is the method of a person obtaining the files in order to run a MMORPG Server which you normally have to pay for on a home computer running 24/7 and people (normally Friends and Family) play this game with of course Limited Numbers and many bugs compared to the real thing. What can happen (and does happen) is the person running it stops, the number dwindle to Zero or the database gets wiped and in turn all the time and effort spent playing is wasted.
The way I look at it is basically te first bit of “Wasted” time is download the client, this can often be very large spanning 2 DVD’s for example. Due to Lack of players, this can loose the interaction required and is also the MMO part of the title – it can get boring running about on your own. Bugs are a big problem and the server crashing, Quests not working, no mobs about and so forth only serves to highlight why it is not a good idea to play on these things.
Now the people writing the Server files and populating the database to match as close as possible the real thing does not charge any money an do so in there own free time, it advances as quick or slow as they dictate and the people who submit various code to fix things. It can happen quote often that something worked in one version, a change happens (such as going up to next major version) and this is now broke. I lost track of the number of times “Tame Beast” got broken. As the “Host” – I cannot play every single Class and type out there and cannot see any LAG that may be happened de to my crappy upload speed or if my line gets Throttled for example. I normally do not make a Games Master type char (God if you like) as I ant to be running about myself playing on a normal “none helped” Toon.
They say “you cannot please all of the people, all of the time” and this is very true indeed which I found when I used to run a Lineage 2 Server – the ex-WoW people hated this game and gave it no chance. Much is now the same as this Rappelz Player who fails to see the game as any good and gets bored within 10 minutes – such a shame.
I wish though to put out a statement:-
I am updating the server as required and can offer no assurance that it will be online at any given time due to me working of course and it may well crash. It is running from a Laptop and is left on 24/7 for all those that do play. I am not going to go out of my way to convince people that is it worth playing, they either want to play or do not want, not my concern if they feel the game is “boring”.
