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Hello, guys:
I 'd like to get some opinions on JoyMax, please help me here if you have something about this company
1. how are they doing on anti-hacking for silkroad
2. are premium items overpriced overall ?
3. How's the server connection from EST timezone area?
4. is this company taking silkroad and treating players seriously
that'd be all atm, I may add some more question in replies.
thank you for your time
Comments
1. I'm not sure how thke anti hacking for silkroad is, i havn't tried to hack lately lol jk jk
2. I never buy the premium stuff i acctually do think that they are rip offs but i do like the idea of pigs ^_^
3. I'm in the Eastern Standard Time timezone area and the connection is great my friend has dial up and he got the update in an hour when normaly he can't down load anything over 8 mb and we are seeing if it lags at all tonight when i get back from school which i'm at right now
4. I think that they are acctually taking their players seriously because they have made tons of servers so that not just one is being too crowded with all the players
I love these types of forums because it acctually gets me to type alot and i like to thanks
Your reply is really confusing -_-
1. They just use nPort developed GameGuard ( http://eng.nprotect.com/nprotect_gameguard.htm ) which like i heard rumors easy hack SRO bot;
2. Prices i think maybye a bit to hight, because they not so much have to offer, only fight, fight and fight! not matter what you do in game you all the time must fight monsters (for lvlup) or players (PK, PVP, ClanWars, Caravans & Thieving...), no other activity like in WoW or RuneScape (some peacefull activity like woodcutting or smithing or etc..) - almost people said then if we mix Silkroad graphic and Runescape idea we can get perfect game
3. Not matter from which zone you connect, much more important server load at this time, lags from server side and then connection i think not less then 64kbps (typical for counter strike, i using 256kbps then have no problems), but if you spent a lot of time at city better to have better connection i think, because they have no any solution about trading system (for example possibility to trade items in web and some idle disconnect from server feature then, for example after 5 mins idle you disconnecting freeing slots for other players and same happen to others if they AFK - they need to kick OFF AFK'ers ant BOT'ers at all!);
4. Joymax mistate is Ignoring players suggestions about AFK'ers (idle staying ppl) tolerating on servers & then they don't kick bots if with this char player bought some silk, then ppl play with 2 characters at once! 1st stay in city - trading, with 2nd he lvlup or just use bot in this way taking server slots from other players!
They need to do some trading solution like possibility to bought items from other players on the web:
WTS: Just you go to web, logging in, chosing what your items you want to sell, setting prices and thats all and then completelly remove trade in game.
WTB: Guy logging on site searching for some item with some properties or price filter and then can buy that item, when he buy some item player just receive in Bank money or get some message, for example: your sword was sold for 200k
Then just they need to fight with boters, but i don't understand why all work do GM's why not to do like in Runescape, just need improvement about abuse report system, just when some player see bot just report him with example 1 min of playtime (similar like in Runescape), then GM just need to check this.
Good luck,
An old SRO player played from Beta 2 testing (atm i not playing SRO about year).
Joymax is very lax in there anti cheat.I don't play the game anymore but every single day there was gold sellers announcing there website right on /shout for the whole server to see.Other games they keep it off the game or PM you,but in silkroad its right out in the open,so it shows they have no fear from joymax[well free accounts helps lol].The only reason joymax brought in the check program was they needed some sorta security to coincide with the exact same time there virtual market opened up.
Premium items are extremely over priced,wich shows how much illegal gold sales are going on and how much farming by rmt is going on.
The game surprisingly plays decent for est time zones but can lag in staggering amounts at times.I think it was more a case of getting used to it where it didnt bother me as much as when i first played the game during the first week.
Id say they take the game very seriously as it was in a sorta beta form for years.I would also say there marketing team did alot of research and are very smart when comes to making the game a finacial success.They open up new servers on a fairly regualr basis,why?well it's very simple really.90% of the players on new servers are players hopping from other servers.So by adding new servers they will spark new interest to players wanting to be kings of the hill but couldn't on there other servers.Alot of it is also the RMT who whip off 30 levels in one day and are selling there glowing items for ridiculously high amnts,furthering there offline gold sales.
Over all i thought this game was nicely simple yet addictive enough to skill players,while offering a nice interface with intuitive gameplay. The very obvious cheating and a couple flaws in the system made the game nothing more than a niche for a few mnths.One example was in the thief part.Why make a system that says a level 1 trader cannot be attacked yet was constantly raped by high level players .The other reason for so much server hopping was because once a guild became so large ,there was nothing that could stop them.They could trade at free will and rape lower guilds at free will with no fear whatsoever.The endless use of healing pots also ruins the whole PVP system making it even harder to take down a higher level player.
Other than trading the game is designed and played SOLO [teaming up to attain a few extra % isnt really teamplay],wich is a real flaw against creating a good community.It's basically alot of swearing and cursing and the infamous KILLSTEALING!Geared towards angry teens.
Never forget 3 mile Island and never trust a government official or company spokesman.
Thank you very much for your replies.