These are the moments I love that I'm a Zone player.
Went to deadWood, some crypt club opened, and it was so laggy. But it didn't matter, because I was soon soon banned! YES!  

Posted by twilit

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.

Basically 1 "pro" server and 1 "noob" server? I dont think that would go over well.

Just put graal city in its on server that would take care of all the lag.  

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Posted by twilit

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

*Anyone AFK longer than 15min warped to server 1.

That takes care of 99% of Graal City and gets rid of the annoying noobs.  

Posted by twilit

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That takes care of 99% of Graal City and gets rid of the annoying noobs.

looks good but I think 15 mins of afk time is to long drop it down to like 10.  

What if;

Both servers had different functions and different accounts.

This meaning you have an account on both servers, and yes this may sound bad but let me elaborate.

Obviously a normal server would record kills/baddy kills/spar/hours/Gralats.

However a role-play server would require only hours/Gralats.

The reason I think they should be different accounts is because having 2 servers leaves you with endless possibilities for example; Role-Playing Server not only allows role play through text/actions but the sever structure it's self is built around role-play, meaning players could get jobs and such which pay and the items sold on the servers would be different.

Since the normal server stays the same I won't talk about possibilities for it yet but here's a few ideas I had for a role play server.

- Server Connected Items: Player A achieves 50,000 kills on Normal Server so he would obtain an item on Role-Play Server which shows this or something around that area(50.000 kills was just an example)

- Jobs: Players can obtain certain jobs on the Role-Play Server and/or the server will have trading adding a more economic approach to it (which makes the role-play deeper)

Houses - Houses would consist in tiers(Tier 1, Tier 2, etc.) Each Tier must be bought with in-game Gralats and houses could serve function.

Jail - Make jail more than just an AFK place, if a player is jailed he must perform a task which makes it more like real-life.

Family - Like the normal server has guilds the role-play server could contain Families instead.

Player Owned Shops - Players can buy custom shops (the levels for the shops would be pre-made) in which they can sell items/customs they contain/made. Players can upgrade shop size and be able to hold more stock.

Bank - A working bank with interest.

Most of these ideas are rough and yes some may have flaws and all that but these are just things I've thought of on the top of my head, the possibilities for a server like this are endless.

Last note, sorry for any grammatical/spelling/layout issues with this comment I am writing it on an iDevice.  

bumpi  

Classic +
And Classic -  

there should be a bump policy

proper bumps=gj
improper/pointless bumps= ban hammer  

Posted by GOAT

there should be a bump policy

proper bumps=gj
improper/pointless bumps= ban hammer

We need a ban hammer for admins who make Flugly ass hats like the new ones just released in Mirth.  

Just put graal city as a pk area again so when we go through that damn town we don't lag horribly!
No need to put more then 1 server... If you try on facebook it will be super laggy in graal city but hardcore lag actually would be better. On iDevice it's not a big problem.
But still though they should really do something about graal city because you have to:
1-Go on railroads to get in without getting pked.
2-Become a saint just to get in.
3-Unstick.
4-Die 1 million times.
And the people in it aren't all around it, they are all around one spot.
So even if Facebook server and iDevice server might have been bad it still makes a difference!(A HUUUGE difference)  

Posted by eevee2

Just put graal city as a pk area again so when we go through that damn town we don't lag horribly!
No need to put more then 1 server... If you try on facebook it will be super laggy in graal city but hardcore lag actually would be better. On iDevice it's not a big problem.
But still though they should really do something about graal city because you have to:
1-Go on railroads to get in without getting pked.
2-Become a saint just to get in.
3-Unstick.
4-Die 1 million times.
And the people in it aren't all around it, they are all around one spot.
So even if Facebook server and iDevice server might have been bad it still makes a difference!(A HUUUGE difference)

I'm assuming your talking about entering Graal city from the south which is usually clogged up because of ppl non stop pking the ppl coming and going from graal city causing pk wars constantly. I agree its annoying and a problem that should be looked at and addressed by the admins to make sure ppl aren't just sitting around there pking. That are gaining easy pks or "boosting" from the large pk wars that break out frequently. Is that not also Game disruption? which is are violations that usually result in a bans? I really don't get why they don't do anything about it,yet I have friends who have gotten bans for starting pk wars on the bridge for causing that same GAME DISRUPTION.

I have suggested before that they at least remove things from that area,and maybe even widen the south entrance for that very reason.

Either way I can't see them caring enough to do much about it unless large amounts of ppl constantly feed back complaints about it in game.

As far as the idling goes. I don't know that making the city all pk is the right solution either. I don't have a problem with the people that are sitting around and just having conversations with friends. They are not hurting anything or any one. What I have a problem with are the ones clustering up the city with shield codes promoting there "code shops" to sucker ppl into farming for them earning free gralats. All though I guess you could say that ppl could go sit in one of the many buildings to conversate with out the worry of being pk'd.

Just an idea: What if they reduce the idle time to say like 10-15 seconds. Then after that a warning in red writing appears that gives you notice to move or be warped and disconnected thats right in the middle of your screen with a count down timer that goes from 10-0 that warps you for idling when the timer hits zero.

The simplest solution would be for the staff to designate gp's to do patrol's of the city that would warn,warp and flag idlers, then if they return to the city and are caught idling they get banned. But we know that wont happen.  

I was wondering would it be possible or even plausible to change say Air Asia that they want to scrap anyways into a larger second continent instead of making a second server?

I was just thinking if you did that,and you made at least one large-ish city say almost the size of Graal city. Then make like 2 or 3 other smaller city or town areas with shops and a couple more towers. Add in a few towers and shops. I think it would draw a good portion of players constantly and help spread players out. Not only would that give players more stuff to do,but spreading players out would reduce lag.

If you wanted to I suppose you could make it all Pk and no pools of water to hide/Idle in to keep ppl from clustering and sitting around advertising in areas all day to also reduce lag.  

Dunno why some people still don't understand that nobody who matters gives a **** about Air Asia island, and as such, suggesting ideas other than 'delete it' is a waste of time.  

I really like Air Asia Island. For me its like a picnic area. I may sound like I'm too attached to Graal or whatever, but I used to dress up as a farmer and have pretend picnics with my friends near the fountain. I used to have picnics in Deadwood but they closed off the area. I actually met Xor and HomelessWitch a few times, pretty cool tbh.


if you're all concerned about over population, then we can just start banning noobs. sounds harsh, but its for da best. gotta save the Graal community, yo!

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k, I dont wanna sound mean, but I really hate these people. They are the worst idlers IMO. I dont mind if you afk, but at least remove those annoying shields.

 

Posted by iChronic

k, I dont wanna sound mean, but I really hate these people. They are the worst idlers IMO. I dont mind if you afk, but at least remove those annoying shields.

I like it like that better. I don't have to see their code shop advertisement in Battle Arena or Adopting Center. Right?