Posted by twilit

Thats my point. iPhones were able to access the "facebook server" and PCs could access "iPhone server" with VIP; it made no sense really. And besides, to this day, there are still significantly more iDevice players than PC, so even if there was a strict division between devices, it wouldnt work.

I don't think you understand. It's not a forced split. You can log onto the pking server, or the rp server, whichever you prefer. It's not based on your device like it used to be. The amount of players that prefer pking vs the amount of players that prefer roleplaying is roughly even, so I think both servers would have a large playercount.  

where are the best spots to roleplay  

Posted by Thallen

where are the best spots to roleplay

People like to roleplay pretty much anywhere. Generallu pk zones are avoided because pf potential to be interrupted. Imo burger refuge is the most popular place, but i see it everywhere  

US, EU and SEA channels pls.  

Posted by Rufus

US, EU and SEA channels pls.

France, Texas, Japan.

g0  

Posted by Rufus

US, EU and SEA channels pls.

I'm sure there could be a away to split the server to reduce the player count and help cut down on lag.

What about a server that houses sparring and shops? I don't see how those 2 things would be dependent on other stuff. You say one of the major issues is releasing new items aka adding new hats or opening Nexus or Rev for the weekend. So why not make a 2nd server where those would be located. Maybe even make it so you have to go on this 2nd server to enter player and guild houses.

Maybe you could make a 2nd server by combining Balamb and Air Asia into 1 big island and move some stuff there from the main map like the Battle arena (thus moving sparring), the generic starter mount stable with the Horse race track, Angel Clan, Oasis (VIP Island) , Day care center,ect.

My point is that you should be able to take somethings and move them to a 2nd server,and allow players to jump back and forth between servers. Thus moving at least a small portion of the player count off the main server reducing lag. I wasn't trying to pick on sparring or anything mearly trying to throw out some suggestions of things that could possible get relocated that wouldn't hurt the flow of game play.  

Someone brought up an idea to me earlier today and I think it might be something that could be pursued. In Graal's history, Classic was a server that focused on simple fun, player killing, sparring, guilds and quests. A few years after that the next official server was released called Graal2001. We have a lot of things that Graal2001 had on Classic at the moment, such as the draisine and the crappy chair lift at Belle Island. Zone currently uses one of its main features, Bomy Pets, and players used to be able to actually BE a Bomy.

Anyway, the idea that was proposed meant that Graal2001 (also known as Bomy Lands or Bomy Island) would be developed as a 'new' server. It would be its own application, but connected to Classic in a way that the Facebook server used to be. Classic would then focus heavily on competitive activities, guilds and quests (but it would not lose its furniture and hat updates, things like that) while Bomy Island would place emphasis on roleplaying and a Harvest Moon-like job economy in a persistent world.

With Classic using a lot of the 2k1 content already there would be a lot of room for crossovers. For example, Classic uses draisines on railroads which are in caves, while 2k1 uses railroads on the overworld with trains that provide a means of travel. Other examples include a SINGLE house which is shared between the two servers, bugs for bug catching on Bomy Island and vice-versa.

It is a rough idea, I don't know if it will be pursued, but I think that I like it a lot.  

Posted by Rufus

It is a rough idea, I don't know if it will be pursued, but I think that I like it a lot.

Wow, this sounds like an amazing idea. Bomy islands looked like such an amazing server, I would love to see this happen.  

Here are some G2K1 screenshots for you newbies:

http://graalonline.com/community/g-files/Graal2001//screen_full_20010303.gif (Unsupported image host)
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http://graalonline.com/community/g-files/Graal2001//bomything.png (Unsupported image host)
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http://graalonline.com/community/g-files/Graal2001//happygraal2001.jpg (Unsupported image host)  

Ya so um Stefan liked the idea and it's going to be done lol.  

Posted by Rufus

Ya so um Stefan liked the idea and it's going to be done lol.

Wow, that sounds great. Always wished I was around back then to play it. Can't wait :0 Although I expect it might be a while.  

Why are you even making this sound like it's new x.x

This was already planned long ago. Doesn't matter but atleast the public knows now :p  

Will the server be exactly the same? MoD fort on a role playing server? uh  

Posted by WarrLordd

Why are you even making this sound like it's new x.x

This was already planned long ago. Doesn't matter but atleast the public knows now :p

By saying it's been planned for a while does that mean it's being made or is it still in the planning stages?  

Posted by Rufus

Ya so um Stefan liked the idea and it's going to be done lol.

Which idea specifically? Splitting server in general (how is to be determined still), or specifically the activity vs roleplaying split?

My idea for premises of server split: server 1 = all players under 750hours; server 2 = everyone else.