I'm a bit disappointed that the staff @ EME decided against creating at least one RP-PvP server at launch ... really neglecting a decent size portion of players by not including this.

Valley of Titans, much like it's beta server, will be flooded with large zerg guilds from WoW, 4chan, Aion and Rift. Jagged Coast was a server better suited for smaller guilds and roaming PvP. Why not make that last server a RP-PvP server as it will more than likely be neglected due to the other 2 options being more established since they were beta servers?

I remember you guys were hesitant because you didn't want to create a server that didn't have a community large enough to support it. I honestly think that with only 3 options and 1 of them being RP-PvP, you wouldn't have to worry about that server not filling up.

Quote: raza on 04/09/2012, 09:36 PM - view

Im a bit disappointing that your intelligence is lacking. Unfortunately, there is not enough support for an RP-PvP server. Sure, it may fill up, and wont be as much as VoT. But it wont even be enough to pay the server fees for it. There is no interest, there is no server. Move on.

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I highly doubt there will be so many people in the RP server to warrant having a PvP server. I think even the RP server will be pretty empty. Could you imagine splitting so few people across two servers? IMO, RP comes before PvP.

just wait they will introduce it months later when people are established on other servers and don't want to switch >_>

That would be one hell of a funny server for gankers.

So on an RP-PVP server... do people... gank like a sir? O:

Quote: JVirus on 04/09/2012, 10:09 PM - view
Plenty of other games have RP populations more than healthy enough to fill out multiple RP servers; what makes you think TERA will be any different?

I think that PvPers would clash with the RP server rules. One of the RP server rules is 'Don't be a troll.'

I think hiding under the bridge out of lumbertown and ganking lowbies is quite literally behaving like a troll.

Its more odd that there is even a RP-PvE server. PvE rule sets kinda break RP, at least in online games. Most RP'ers are well behaved and would not go around attacking other players without reason, but RP with no chance of player conflict in the story is quite boring and lacking.

Its much like any of the RP servers for games like say Never Winter Nights. They always had full PvP, harsh death systems, and many other evil things. All for the sake of RP, and it worked well. Like the server i played back when lvl cap was 20 in NwN. One player on the server made it to lvl 18 after 7 months of play and he was like a god. Most other players were between lvl 10-15. The kicker was, if ya died on that server, you lose a whole level, which could be very hard to get back. also after lvl 5 you could not self res, soooo if someone didn't bring you back to life, you were perma-dead, oh, and all your gear dropped on death too.

Though all that spawned more RP then one could ever think possible. The world felt alive, everything ya did had meaning and your chars had a bond with other ones. As it was never about getting max level, getting fat loots, and killing players. Oh well, they don't make games like that anymore sadly.

PvE------------------ PvP--------------- RP-PvE
Arachnaea------ Basilisk Crag------Celestial Hills
Blightwood------Jagged Coast
Dragonfall ------ Valley of Titans
Freeholds
Frost Reach
Serpentis Isle



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