IceCrash wrote:you know, those EXP hours at GMT +3 are useless for American folks and Europeans from Portugal to Italy to Germany and England, so yeah
i think Silkroad's evolved a bit, i'm into the long term server but it's not well done imo
wanna make it grindy? at least make it a pleasure, offer at the very least sos weapons until the last degree, offer some sp so no sp farming has to be done, things like that
we're older now, i'm not looking towards sitting on my chair just to get one level in 3h's, specially when the reward (community and server growth) simply won't match
besides all this stuff that i pointed out, i am a fan of the server, but i'm not gonna grind on those rates with npc stuff, sorry
give people sos wep + enchanted equips with blues and the whole experience would be different
Sox Weapons & Equipment do drop more than normal on the server. We definitely are older and don't have the time to grind for hours for levels. Most people do 1 level a day after 56 (3 hours grind questing). The timing for the exp event does suck for us in Canada/USA; but I doubt they'll change that or improve it.
SP farming is not necessary on the server, going 9 gap all out and such. Most people run with 2-3 gap depending on their skills/build. There are bonus SP Quests (basically finish the pre-requisite quests) and the Bonus SP Quests are going from the Potion seller to the Blacksmith.
Bonus SP Quest Levels: 10, 20, 30, 40 (if you're CHN, you can do yours and EU & vice versa). 50, 60, 65, 70, 75, 80, 85, 90.
About the NPC stuff - we all pimp our equipment up and it's not that hard. Most people share SOX drops or other drops.. Even in rival guilds/unions. Stones, Tablets, Elixirs, Weapons, Accessories & Equipment. I would say now we are all friends on the server (except the few in OldSchool that no one sees except during Fortress War).

You could +5 items easily without prem or lucky dress. The blue stuff is you and your luck :p
There is no market for Rubins aka Silk Items - I'm setting precedent with those depending on what each person offers for them. Trade runs are common and Jangan > Const takes 55 minutes to complete without disconnects. Turn 2.3m into 12m.

Pandora boxes could be bought using Job Points. Monster Scrolls were dropping, they disabled them, then enabled them and now they are disabled again.
Most people will offer Plevels at Ongs & Penons to boost group levels. We're starting to form a solid group of people in our union around the same range of levels. Parties are becoming frequent.
Hope this helps whoever is considering coming into the server. I'm personally enjoying it - I stopped playing the game back in 2014.