I read the stickies that I had been told to be relevant, considering this question I wanted to make for a while now.. my conclusion was that the only area I could post this, was right here. If I'm wrong, I'd like to be redirected or something. Because I did search, and couldn't find out where I was supposed to post.
There are a lot of private servers out there. Different from back then, they're actually playable, with most of the features apparently working... I know that's somehow bad, since players spread to different servers, and it becomes difficult to keep a big community (number wise), but I'm not going to be another one discussing that. I'm not a developer. I don't own a server either, and I don't want to. I'm a player. And my opinion as a player is that I kinda like the way it is now, better. Not meaning to disrespect anyone. But I like it better because I don't really like big populations in the privates I play.. the way it is, I can always find a good private, with its population not being as huge and (IMO) annoying as fame was when it was still THE ONLY good private.
Sure there are a lot of servers out there, with similar features that are said 'custom'. But their staff still differs. I think that's another good point. Now the players aren't forced to stay in a private with a staff they're not happy with, because they have the choice of moving to another one.
Anyway, I'm not touching the devs point of view. Just my, PLAYER point of view. Hope that's clear by now.
Well, but after playing several privates, I kinda got tired of all the over-customized stuff. Custom shops, rates, success/failure, drops, etc.. that's all okay and all. But what people have been doing lately, messing (the already messed) skills and their effects, custom areas, overpowered sets with promise of balancing pvp... it's been making me distance from privates. I miss the time when they didn't go that far. I know you're gonna tell me to quit privates and go back to the official servers. But I don't want to. I'd rather not play the game than play in the officials now. Flyff's upgrade system fails majorly. Having to spend a buttload of cash for it is just stupid. And I don't want to have to spend a lot of time to actually enjoy the high level content. I don't have the free time I used to, and I don't want to spend that time I used to, either.
If people prefer to come up with a lot of custom stuff, editing skills to favor their favorite classes and builds, etc. I can't and won't do anything about it. But I've been just wondering.. I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one who would love to see a private server, with the necessary CS sold in-game, with not-so-high rates, with custom events but without the whole custom map, skills, gear, etc that influence the gameplay so much.. only following the official updates, be them crappy or not.
Aeonsoft makes a lot of weird and stupid changes, but I like their updates more than the custom stuff. =/ I'm satisfied with the official version updates, regardless of the ridiculous nerfs that may come with them. But like I said, I don't want to go back to the official servers, take months to reach Lv100+, spend billions in scrolls that will fail 90% of the time, etc...
TL;DR version:
I like how Flyff private servers evolved and spread. But I'm unhappy with the custom stuff, except for the no D/C/2/3% cards dropping. And I was wondering if anyone did/ever will make a private that follows the official updates: Keeps necessary CS (scrolls, tickets, etc) sold in-game, rates higher than the official, but don't touch the nerfs, skill changes, pvp changes, equipments, don't try to create new maps, monsters or gears, etc.
I like Flyff with all its original content and all its original failures except the exhagerated CS emphasys and upgrade system. I totally doubt I'm the only one too.
PS: I probably made mistakes while typing. But it doesn't makes my post any less clear than it is. So just give me a break...
Originally Posted by apixen
