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Originally Posted by Drakiyth
There have been some recent changes lately that I have made that has hurt the population of Varlyndria and I felt it was something I had to do as much as I knew it would piss some people off. Numbers were getting too high for how young the server is, and I had to do something about it. It was a rookie mistake to make things too high in the first place without proper preparation of the source code, this is after all my very first server and I feel I really screwed up on some things. That's going to happen though right? Like when Neo in the Matrix didn't make the jump over the simulated building on his first try.
I please ask that you tell me how you feel on our forums under the Game Polls section because I would really like to read your opinion and how you observe things and possibly take some of that feedback if it's well thought-out and roll with it. If you own a server I don't expect you to help me which I am technically your opponent. I get it. However we are a community here and that should mean we can come out like this and ask for some help when we need it once in a while, yeah? I'm sure I speak for the entire community when I say being a dev can be very stressful sometimes.
Thank you all and I wish the best to all of the devs out there that have gone or will be going through this one day. I've put in thousands of hours into Varlyndria, and I've wanted nothing but the best for it and its players.
I couldn't of done it without your generous donations and help. I really couldn't have and I thank every last person who lent a hand to the cause over all these months since Varlyndria came out last year.
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Drakiyth,
I want to personally thank you for being the first person that 'gets it' when it comes to high and out-of-whack numbers on servers.
Prior to this post, I don't think I have seen a single server besides maybe THF that has not balanced their game properly to fit the source code that they are running and end up using hp/mana/endur/damage reduction as a direct upgrade path. Unfortunately, it takes a bit of learning to understand that, and you have experienced that -- and the best part is you have learned from it by making a decision like this, on your own, without anyone else telling you.
If you feel regret about balancing your server to the point where stats are not out of whack, do not feel that way. You did what is right to make your server stand out from the rest of the crowd... I haven't even played your content recently and I know the fact that you experienced that feeling makes your server stand out from the crowd.
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f you own a server I don't expect you to help me which I am technically your opponent.
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That's the problem with most server owners that come into this community now a days; they regard population as a sacred thing and do not want to help anyone else, and if you do the wrong thing they try and capitalize and make you panic and try and 'hold your population'.
Instead, do not fall victim to this trap, there are plenty of people who develop code and do not host a server that are more than willing to give feedback because they've been in the same boat at some point. Furthermore, if someone is trying to hold population, they are doing that out of fear. Don't be afraid of the community; not all of us are bad apples.
I wish you nothing but luck with your rebalancing, Drakiyth, and I encourage people to play on your server after reading this post to give it a second try. If it is rebalanced to fit the source code, I have no doubts it will be a fun experience.