Forum activity decreasing?

[Bobo]

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i dont think its the loot system really, people tend to play a game because it entertains them. (...)

True for me, I don't care if I loot something or not (though ofc it's nice to get some legendaries), I play for fun and I know everything comes with time. Though there may be some ppl with less patience, still the game is for fun and as such it should be played. Loots are a welcome addition but not the essential part of it IMHO.

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(...) if you do the same thing over and over again it sucks, as it gets boring, testing your abilities on lets say kiting, gives you and your friends different situations rathe than the static and boring shieldwall. (...) The already  thin community of this mod cant be even more lowered by discriminating kiting!

Yes! And what Woody always (incl. above) says: how does one play behind cades when alone on server (or with 2-3 other players)? I fear you're right guys - recent changes making kiting difficult (or sometimes impossible) on most maps may have the effect that we observe: for AU and NA servers that are less populated than EU we can see ppl giving the game up or moving to EU servers (quite unconvenient for them ofc for ping and time zone reasons) 'cause they have no mates to play with....

link=topic=42735.msg228886#msg228886 date=1429951791]
seeing how every discussing somewhat ends with talking about kiting, it seems this community cares about it alot. Redshirts need someone to look up to, who helps them level up. If you force one gameplay only you make the vets leave and the redshirts quit aswell. I have said it at the beginning and im going to say it again, this mod needs kiting!
I would suggest to change the following:
1. Return to full gold and Xp, even with just 1 player in the server
2. Add some kiting maps, i know this has been brought up countless times, but lets face it, Senni's "The first Defence" was the favourite map for alot of people

I'd say to the Devs: plz get the kiting maps back just for experiment purposes and see if more ppl play then. Many community members expressed their support for kiting as an important (for them) element of the game. I can see ppl (who I know and I like to play with) announcing their leaving, I can see less players on servers, I can see public ragnarok runs seldom these days (though I remember both ragna servers full pretty often evenings 6 months ago)...  Could we maybe make a test for - let's say - 1 month to get the things as they were before and see the community feedback? Perhaps one of the servers in every region could run the old maps, so you can see if it gets players preference (over those running current maps) or not? Could this be a solution?