Hey there community - for the past 4 months I've been dealing with some issues regarding client stability for the default CIP client which has lead me to a so-to-speak standstill. I'm at a cross road of either dedicating myself fully to custom client and rendering the default client un-usable or continuing to try and find a fix for my dilemmas. Now I'm a real map 8.6; so it worries me forcing people to use a custom client - even though I have numerous custom areas, as well a full RPG island - plus with this content update that broke the original client; I can easily port in updates from the latest changes with ease. However I want people that play 8.6 religiously not for customized experiences to still be able to easily hop into my server.
Hense, my poll - would you download a custom client for an 8.6 real map server that offers unique gameplay/custom areas or would you write it off pretty quickly?
I ask this knowing servers like SoE, Archlight, etc have been successful; with SoE even being a RL Map with custom features like Im speaking of. So this whole thing is really debatable in my mind, and personally I'll sit here questioning it for years before executing (unless I resolve the current issue with the client).. but until then what do you think as a player? Do you download new server clients frequently, or do you try to avoid that?
Another question I debate, how big is to big for a client; if its over 100MB will you say "Nawh, I'm not downloading that" or do you not care about client size..
Hense, my poll - would you download a custom client for an 8.6 real map server that offers unique gameplay/custom areas or would you write it off pretty quickly?
I ask this knowing servers like SoE, Archlight, etc have been successful; with SoE even being a RL Map with custom features like Im speaking of. So this whole thing is really debatable in my mind, and personally I'll sit here questioning it for years before executing (unless I resolve the current issue with the client).. but until then what do you think as a player? Do you download new server clients frequently, or do you try to avoid that?
Another question I debate, how big is to big for a client; if its over 100MB will you say "Nawh, I'm not downloading that" or do you not care about client size..