There are many reasons that Ignis, and Alsius are outnumbered overall on all servers. There are many aspects of Syrtis that makes the realm appealing.
Syrtis is more psychologicaly appealing to most people it seems, Alsius and Ignis have uninviting appearances. This is not a true problem because it boils down to a players personal choice.
Having played both Syrtis and Ignis into a high level I have seen that Syrtis spawn areas and spawn patterns in general are much faster and fuller. The quest altars in Syrtis, in the time I played there spawned at an alarmingly fast rate, when you can just sit there with a group of friends and make massive ammounts of experience in a short time, that is very appealing to newer players. It is common knowledge that the length of the leveling process in RO is what drives away most new players, so players are more likely to stay in a realm where they can level faster.
Ultimately, Horus in underpopulated, but its players come from many diverse areas, so they are not often online at the same time. This problem can only be solved by time. Syrtis, Alsius, Ignis, Stick with your realms, whether outnumbered or not be active. When new players join realm chat and see no one around, do you think they will keep playing this game, especialy when they see how much time they will have to devote to becoming a war capable player?
High level players, if you want your realm to succeed, when the warzone is completely dead, either go out there and make some noise to give the war a kick start, or go inner realm, gather up new players, speak to them kindly, and help them level. If the social aspect of your realm is not appealing, new players will not remain.
The players of Horus can fix the problems of Horus. This will require time and effort, but it is worth it to me, for this game, and the friends I have made here have become very dear to me.
Sincerely, Chaz
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11-30-2008, 06:02 PM
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