I'm giving Raven a try on and off, but I'm not playing seriously on either server at the moment. But I live in the USA, so of course i'd like to play with folks closer to my own time zones. Although I won't be staying up late enough to tangle with the west-coasters probably.
Anyway, in both cases, I'm taking a "wait and see" approach. I'd like to see what is done in terms of various curves/rates/balance issues, etc. I'd like to see just how much power the gamesamba team have over their server, and see what they can turn it into, and what they can do to address concerns. But, I'm also waiting to see what happens on Horus with the new forts and everything....and (praying) NGD adjusts balance and bug issues.
I know they keep implementing new content, but they have said in the past their art/content department is a different group than their coding/bug fixing/general development department. And any coder knows it is easier and takes less time to write new code/content than it is to analyze old code and try to hunt down what might be causes of various problems.
So, I sit back and wait patiently until the balance/bug fixing teams catch up with the content/art teams, and hope for the best.
I will say this though: Raven and its GMs being present and very responsive in-game is a VERY positive thing.
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