Ot's are f%"#! or is it me?

[Andy Man]

Well, I remember back days you searched for a server, it was awesome, they had they're own map and nowdays server's are just Download & Run, and they're all full of donations.
I mean if you don't have donations in the server you can't even kill people, are people just interested in money now?

 

[Wavoz]

yes

 

[Quaro]

yes, the owners don't care about the servers. They just create the server to earn money lol...

 

[Shockah]

As long as people make money off them, people will continue to do so unfortunately.

 

[walkingdragon]

Thus why only awesome people get together to make awesome OT's that soon fall apart afterwards because someone quits.

 

[Vightrain]

Isn't it kinda obvious that owners are only interested in money lol? This thread is kinda retarded.

 

[jpghard]

Yes, OTs are kinda crappy now, but they weren't that great back then either. Most of them had a lot of flaws that they don't have now (downtime, for example). And a lot of them had a lot of overpowered donations too. The main problem right now I don't think is the developers, but rather, the players: back then, people were a lot more dedicated and cared more about the game than they do now. Right now a lot of the players just "log in, buy items, bot until high level, kill everyone, and then when the server shuts down one week later repeat on other server" and of course developers are going to download-and-run, why wouldn't they? They can make a lot of money off retards without any effort.

 

[Blez]

Its just you, now quit complaining and the stupid threads kkthanksbye.

 

[Ingens]

Before.. There were no donations at all. I played OT non-stop and all the greatest server I played was the ones before donation system was "invented". I haven't played a single server that matches the ones before that.

 

[jpghard]

Before.. There were no donations at all. I played OT non-stop and all the greatest server I played was the ones before donation system was "invented". I haven't played a single server that matches the ones before that.

That's hilariously wrong.

 

[Ninja]

Stop living in the past, a lot of things has changed during the years.

 

[Ingens]

That's hilariously wrong.

<_<

no comment

 

[Records070]

Otchaos used to have donations 7.6 ;P Same goes for otmadness if im correct, but yeah I'd like to see servs like that back.. but yeah what can u do about the fact that theres money :<

 

[Synthetic_]

Otchaos used to have donations 7.6 ;P Same goes for otmadness if im correct, but yeah I'd like to see servs like that back.. but yeah what can u do about the fact that theres money :<

I think chaos worked out fine because it was still 100% playable, due to the fact it was a very simple server. Basically, there were two sets; Blue Set & Oblivion Set, and they both gave a lot of benefits, however oblivion set was roughly 2x stronger then blue set. But, a lot of people sold Ob Sets ingame for a fairly cheap price. I played multiple eras of chaos and had full ob set every era because I'd save up cash and buy them in-game. But the problem with OT's nowadays is the obvious difference between not donating & donating. There are so many servers now that have exclusive items that can only be obtained ingame, and they're usually the strongest possible. Donations like "Donator Armor (strongest armor ingame!)" is a problem. Why should someone who played a server for a year not be able to obtain an equivalent item in-game? Thats why I refuse to have donation items only in my DeathZot project, because 'donation only' items are the reason open-tibia is slowly dying, imo.

 

[testaa]

A server owner named 'Fare' has ran a server called 'Ascalon' untill it closed a few weeks ago.

The server was 100% custom, amazingly scripted and just plain fun. There was no donation EQ. That server was as close to a non-profit quality custom OT server as you are ever going to get. The server had to close because of the lack of players at a certain point, the cost were just to high to keep the server running. Iam pretty sure that in the five months that the server ran, it has cost Fare money instaid of earning him money.

I dont think its fair to say that OT owners are the problem, when such a amazing ot has been online for five months, and the owner was let down by the players of OT's.

So if OT's are fucked, its because of the players, not because of the owners.

 

[poopsiedoodle]

Yup. People just bot and pk. That's it. Real map servers aren't really fun because there's usually nothing new, and you can get donors and kill all the people with no money. It's rather unfair to the people who don't pay. That's why I'm not making it possible to pay for donors. Instead, I'm making them obtainable in game by beating an extremely hard boss.

 

[walkingdragon]

I've tried running a few ot's (they did get popular) back in 8.6 when they were everywhere but I had to close them down due to certain conditions (boss was mad with me) and the only thing I had for donations was if you wanted to donate so I could upgrade to like a dedicated server, etc. I never have and never will like VIP or donation items, if you want to donate then donate for server upgrades, don't donate for items, this isn't custom WoW servers...

 

[Ingens]

A server owner named 'Fare' has ran a server called 'Ascalon' untill it closed a few weeks ago.

The server was 100% custom, amazingly scripted and just plain fun. There was no donation EQ. That server was as close to a non-profit quality custom OT server as you are ever going to get. The server had to close because of the lack of players at a certain point, the cost were just to high to keep the server running. Iam pretty sure that in the five months that the server ran, it has cost Fare money instaid of earning him money.

I dont think its fair to say that OT owners are the problem, when such a amazing ot has been online for five months, and the owner was let down by the players of OT's.

So if OT's are fucked, its because of the players, not because of the owners.

Using an OT with a donation system which was about 5x more pricy than the average donation system server is just dumb. He should've cut the prices a lot so that people would actually buy something.

 

[Simoria]

Full donation set 3 euro and skill+ set to 1 more then some quest item or somthing is nice ^^ thihi

 

[testaa]

Using an OT with a donation system which was about 5x more pricy than the average donation system server is just dumb. He should've cut the prices a lot so that people would actually buy something.

The server was not closed because of a lack of sells in the donation page, but because of a lack of players. If you have 6 players left, it has no use making the premium cost less. If they would all buy a premium scroll at a 5x lower price, it would in no way come close to the server upkeep cost.

This was a high quality custom server, and the reason it closed was because botters were banned and for some reason others did not feel like trying it/learing about it. The problem obviously lies with the players, not the owners.