Is Greece dying or fading away?

supa22 · Post by **supa22** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 5:18 am

Just a few observations as of late. And I kinda feel like less and less people are playing on Greece (and based on some of the posts, clearly other servers as well). Here is what i've noticed:

I haven't had trouble logging on in the middle of the day the past 3 days (It used to take me at leats 5 attempts before I could get in)

The amount of global chat has drastically lowered (no more "WTS" "WTB" globals; I used to have to switch to my guild chat just to get away from all the nonesense).

The amount of stalls in DW and especially Jangan have decreased a lot (It used to be very difficult to get through the cities with all the people in it, now it's not so bad)

Prices have dropped A LOT. I'm actually upset about that. I invested early and now everything is dropping in price. I remember 2 weeks ago a single weapon elixer was averaging 290k, usually closer to 300k. Now they're selling for as low as 150k a piece. I couldn't believe it. My SOS+3 bow was originally selling for 8.5mil, and went up to about 10m, now I can't even sell it for 5.5mil (trust me, i've been trying for the past 3 days). I had a lot of money invested that I'm taking a huge loss on because everything is cheaper. This isn't just the server economy changing, it's a lack of need and competition. I saw some guy selling 3 SOS farming bows for a pretty high price, but still worth it (all of them were SOS +5, full blue, high crits) and he didn't sell one of them in 16 hours. I still don't know if he's sold any yet. But no one's even offering. There's simply no one buying.

I've seen multistar trades from lvl 2x's that make it alone from Jangan to DW. No help at all. And they didn't get attacked by any thieves? What's up with that. Last week I got popped by 4 different thieves doing a 1 star trade. Now no one?

The usual cape fight is now taking place every hour or two instead of being a constant scene.

I don't know if everyone is just higher levels and I don't see them, but it seems like so many people have left. I don't even see a whole lot of bots anymore either. That's nice. I actually got 3 "thank you's" today just for putting up a harmony circle around some guys killing a giant. That never used to happen. It always used to be a bot... or at least some guy with no common courtesy.
I dunno, what do you all think? Does it seem like more people are quitting than are actually joining the game? I know this topic has kinda been brought up before, but not specifically to Greece.

Lemon · Post by **Lemon** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:30 am

answer: pacific

Demarthl · Post by **Demarthl** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:57 am

enjoy it

NinjaNara · Post by **NinjaNara** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:05 am

Dang, wish someone would put up a HTC around me and these giants, got pwned by one and it's normal buddies, then meh Wolfie finished it off. :shock:

But OT: Either Pacific or Alex to answer you question, but yeah. Enjoy it!

truez · Post by **truez** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:08 am

All ur points are true.... other than BOTS.. i can still c a big line standin near the Herbalist ...... :banghead:

UNi · Post by **UNi** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:27 am

know why? everyone is too busy botting to bother actually playing the game.

and a lot went to pacific.
a lot got "hacked"

timtam · Post by **timtam** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:39 am

Yay elixir prices dropped alot in rome!

xzaz · Post by **xzaz** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:40 am

I think your true, only the botters r now at the Ishades. Its a little bit dead now. I like it specialy with the log-in.

XxYODAxX · Post by **XxYODAxX** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 7:59 am

I love these new servers, just what we needed.

xzaz · Post by **xzaz** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:01 am

XxYODAxX wrote:I love these new servers, just what we needed.

Its just a replacement of the problem. All the good guys from Greece are going away or even quit. Look at our union (endless union) pritty dead right now.

XxYODAxX · Post by **XxYODAxX** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 8:03 am

I just started a guild in Greece and i got a SOS bow +2 there and more stuff ...I don't wanna go back now.

Loveis4ever · Post by **Loveis4ever** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 10:13 am

well but then again if everyone is botting, it's finally the right time for you guys who desired all those years to become high lvl traders run 5*, b/c noone will be there to stop you:D.. wanna race who's first to hit lvl 10 trader?

xzaz · Post by **xzaz** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:48 am

The high lvl players botters. :cry:

Well i did a trade Yesterday with a lvl 34 (somthing around that lvl) and we did a 5 star trade. And we made it pritty easly. Was the first time.

StealMySoda · Post by **StealMySoda** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:55 am

I can agree with the # of thieves around, I was hunting last night, and only saw 3 low level noob thieves. Takla is still full of bots with more and more popping up each day, as are the caves.

xzaz · Post by **xzaz** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 11:58 am

welshkorn wrote:I can agree with the # of thieves around, I was hunting last night, and only saw 3 low level noob thieves. Takla is still full of bots with more and more popping up each day, as are the caves.

Indeed, caves lag likes hell right now. Arround 4 sec lag. Not even posible to grind there.

EsQuiRe · Post by **EsQuiRe** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 1:56 pm

The theory that all went to Pacific is so false....I think pacific is the most deserted server ever. During peak times i logged in 1 try and only 2 pages of party match whilst other server might have 4 at that same time period. In conclusion i postulate that silkroad in general is dying!

Loveis4ever · Post by **Loveis4ever** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:06 pm

MADD wrote:The theory that all went to Pacific is so false....I think pacific is the most deserted server ever. During peak times i logged in 1 try and only 2 pages of party match whilst other server might have 4 at that same time period. In conclusion i postulate that silkroad in general is dying!

who cares lol, I'd rather play all alone on a server than with other 300000000000000000001 people in there. And lvled up my way. and then just moved on with trading and it would be prolly sad and boring but then again someone else would join and we might have some fun

that's the basic of playing to have fun and make friends..

unfortunatelly, in the world of hate and where everyone hurry somewhere, they don't have time to stop and be friends ;o

Knoppix · Post by **Knoppix** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:38 pm

I like packed servers.

Long live Venice! When I started and came out to the main area, like 100 people were there... although they were like AFK.

Max players per server?

Dr_Etsh · Post by **Dr_Etsh** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 2:39 pm

true i left greece server a month ago to play on Eldorado

i got sick of Elite_Diebe hackers and stupid Turks and Kuwaits ppls and Guilds

most ppls r inactive and most of my friend already switched to Eldorado &those who resisted r now switching to pacific

Greece will fade and so will be the old servers cuz joymax is continuously adding servers without fixing the old ones' problem

Loveis4ever · Post by **Loveis4ever** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:06 pm

yes ED ftl

supa22 · Post by **supa22** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:24 pm

I noticed a lot of the globals yesterday about the lag. Everyone was complaining saying that the GM's should fix the lag in the caves. But there really aren't a whole lot of people. Last night my friend made a solo trade run from Hotan almost all the way to Jangan without seeing a single thief. She ended up getting torn by a high level thief sitting at the north bridge, but other than that, she saw nothing. She made 3 successful trade runs just before that. The past few days though, I haven't seen a single hunter... not one. I've seen maybe 4 or 5 thieves. And only a few traders have gone by. I was just pounding away at gunpowders and had no problem at all which surprised me. Seeing as there's a 3x repeatable quest for them and I could kill them without being ks'ed or not having any space. I had plenty of room to do what I wanted. I guess we'll all see what happens. I'm staying in Greece cuz all my friends are still there and my guild is slowly working it's way up.

StealMySoda · Post by **StealMySoda** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 3:25 pm

Dr_Etsh wrote:true i left greece server a month ago to play on Eldorado

i got sick of Elite_Diebe hackers and stupid Turks and Kuwaits ppls and Guilds

most ppls r inactive and most of my friend already switched to Eldorado &those who resisted r now switching to pacific

Greece will fade and so will be the old servers cuz joymax is continuously adding servers without fixing the old ones' problem

ROFL ED aren't even half the power they used to be. Poseidon shoulda quit a long time ago while he was on top

Rockshmo · Post by **Rockshmo** » Fri Mar 02, 2007 6:18 pm

Hurray.. maybe Sparta will follow the same path and I can buy that farming bow I've always wanted.

spyfromed · Post by **spyfromed** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:46 am

greece is dead, elite diebe R.I.P they are a dead guild now. D34tH quitted along with Death2all and PoseIdon the hacker. So now we can enjoy the empty boring Greece server which has no fun at all... All the cool high levels also quitted or moved to a diff server.

but to be honest sro sucks better quit then spend 24/7 on another server. + some chinese fat kid died playing online games for 7 days non-stop so watch out fat kids playing sro like crack heads.

FuryAngle · Post by **FuryAngle** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:50 am

D34th and poseidon and SekLexy and 5m0k3 have all been hacked and most other players level 70+ have aswell. Most people are scared to even play there since so many were hacked and their junk taken.....

FuryAngle · Post by **FuryAngle** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 12:51 am

spyfromed wrote:some chinese fat kid died playing online games for 7 days non-stop so watch out fat kids playing sro like crack heads.

OMG there is fat asian people? :shock:

jarrod · Post by **jarrod** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 1:32 am

FuryAngle wrote:D34th and poseidon and SekLexy and 5m0k3 have all been hacked and most other players level 70+ have aswell. Most people are scared to even play there since so many were hacked and their junk taken.....

really????????????????????
really????????????????????? :roll:

PoseIdon · Post by **PoseIdon** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:09 am

Listen retards, no one was hacked.

We went to pacific because Greece was a turk filled lame ass server full of scrubs.

Pacific owns - Greece blows.

end of story, and as for me quitting while i was on top, no one has ever or will ever own a server like I did. and I will log into poseidon right now and knock your face off nub.

you little kids need to quit starting rumors.

and further more, Greece will die without us there, and thats the best thanks we could have ever gotten. As much as you hated us, we made Greece what it was.

you can thank us later.

FuryAngle · Post by **FuryAngle** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:14 am

PoseIdon wrote:Listen retards, no one was hacked.

We went to pacific because Greece was a turk filled lame ass server full of scrubs.

Pacific owns - Greece blows.

end of story, and as for me quitting while i was on top, no one has ever or will ever own a server like I did. and I will log into poseidon right now and knock your face off nub.

you little kids need to quit starting rumors.

and further more, Greece will die without us there, and thats the best thanks we could have ever gotten. As much as you hated us, we made Greece what it was.

you can thank us later.

Do you want me to log on with 5m0k3 and D34th right now and PM you?

ZeFrog · Post by **ZeFrog** » Sat Mar 03, 2007 4:18 am

The game is slowing down when JM doesn't open another server for atleast 6 months. The game is "dying" when JM starts sending you notices to pick your 1-3 favorite chars and which of the few servers they plan to operate on for them to go too so they can save money.