Celtic Heroes

Of course I play Balor. A lot of people know me. Just YOU don't.

Listen, theres good aspects of a highly populated server, and there are bad aspects of a highly populated server. There are good aspects to a much less populated server, and bad aspects of a much less populated server. This isnt about ios vs android, its about highly populated server vs. less populated server. Sorry, Balor is just not a highly populated server. Its it empty? No. Not now at least. i guarantee you nine or 10 months ago when i decided to start playing again, i logged on and looked around for a couple days and said "Holy Moly. This place is DEAD!". And it was. I couldnt believe it .. when i had left, it seemed to be going so good. I was so shocked and disappointed, but I stuck around anyway. Its gotten MUCH better since then, but by no means is Balor "populated". Theres people there. Bosses are going down way more then they used to. Theres active clans. But theres been like 2 times when I couldnt level in the area I needed to level at because someone else was levveling there, for the past 9 months or however long since Ive come back. In a highly populated server, your gonna have issues with leveling. On those two occasions, only two people were messing me up, on a highly populated server, you'll have even more then that! If the server has a healthy flow of new people, which is what is needed to remain vibrant, shalemont is going to be crowded as hell and people are going to be camping Stonevale... why? Because theres way more competition for drops that are needed and way more people needing them. Hardly anybody is camping in Stonevale .... why? Because not a lot of new people are going up the ranks, and theres no reason to camp because a boss can sit there for a long time, plus, just not enough people are really needing them. The other day, Falgreen stayed up for 5 hours 5 freaking hours. Are you kidding me? If you think Balor is populated, there is NO way ... NO way, Falgreen should sit around for 5 hours. EVER. lol. That doesnt mean its necessarily a bad thing. Its beneficial to the people who are playing, less camping, more time to level. But the truth of the matter is that .. big picture wise ... its a problem. Its a sign of a dying server when there isnt a healthy stream of new players.

I mean seriously, your solution is ... Hurry up and level and come to the tower - THATS where its at. Sorry, a healthy tower, is NOT a healthy server. A healthy tower means a top heavy server when viewed in conjunction with the fact that low level areas are very under populated and bosses sit around in those areas for 5 hours who give out Dragon discs which should be highly prized because there is so much competition to get them because there are many newer players going up the ranks.

Michael, dont be a prisoner of the moment, Think big picture. recognize your biases and try to view things from a non-biased perspective. Dont run from the truth. Balor isnt dead, but there are signs, blatant signs, that long term ... it doesnt look good. Balor is on due course to become a top heavy server. Hell, there are some servers in ios that are like that, and they come in here and complain about the very same thing. This isnt ios vs android. Thats an issue you are projecting upon other people, because it must be an issue for you. But its not to me.

Balor is populated enough to the point that:

1. We have enough high lvl players to take down the bosses we need.

2. Several large clans. One clan doesn't rule the whole server. Many up and coming clans with 20+ low-mid lvl players.

3. We don't have to worry about competing for living spots, gladiators or bosses. I see all the top clans get their share of event bosses and so on.

4. Lately, there has been 20+ players in castle alone- which shows signs of a prosperous server- not a dying one.

5. Falgren doesn't stay up for 5+ hours straight- we make sure of that. Lets be honest- you made that one up because you lacked bad examples to project on our fine server.

Any former IOS players looking to get back into CH(on android) should have no problems when joining Balor.

Any bad experiences you've had on Balor may be due to you not knowing anyone, being a low lvl or not being in any fun, active clans.

tl;dr?- Balor is great. You don't know what you're talking about. Balor is great. Falgren gets dropped several times a day. Balor is great. Who the hell is Zendroid?

1) Notice you said high level players. Again, my point is that this server is slowly becoming top heavy, with as you mentioned high level players. Not healthy.

2) Large clans? Elysian is 4 pages long of people ... I basically see the same 8 -12 people online. Also large doesnt really mean active. Elysian right now, IMO, is the most active clan. I dont really follow EXODUS and Cerebrus, but I would put them in the second tier (at the moment, dont blink because in Balor, things change real quick in the clan business) Divine Glory is probably way smaller then EXODUS and Cerebrus, but way more active. I wouldnt say that Elysian is ruling the whole server, but we are up there.. for the time being.

3) Exactly. You see, in a actual healthy populated server, those things are going to happen. Sure, like i said, its kinda convenient for us thats its not happening, but the truth is that long term, big picture wise, its not good.

4) Laughable. In a healthy populated server, people are sitting around in castle ... AND ... bosses are being camped, leveling areas are too crowded, gladiators are being taken down to such a degree that you have to take 4 or 5 trips to finally get yours (level 130 and under at least)

5) Nope. I called Falgreen. Not a lot of people were online, and the ones that were were lixing. I dont need dragons, so I basically said screw it but would check it every now and then. It sat there for 5 freaking hours. Grantid, thats not normal, but seriously, you think on a highly populated server that would EVER... EVER ... happen. Nope. Not in a million years. Look, bosses are going down way quicker then they used to. i remember a couple times when the server was even slower that 3 OW bosses were up for half the day into the evening and were still up in the morning ... now, either thats a HUGE coincidence that the same bosses were up in the morning but had been killed already previously, or they hadnt been killed. Im banking on the latter.

'populated enough to the point:'

You must've missed that part.

edit- I already know who this guy is.

Also, when I said 20+ people in castle- I wasn't implying they were the ONLY people on the server. Of course there are other people still camping boss spots, lvling, etc.

No, I got that. I just ignored it because its doesnt make any sense. Its populated up to a point ... no crap. My point is that no matter how much fun you have, how many bosses you are killing, how high a level you are, how awesome that Tower is that most people will NEVER level up to even see that actually download the game, no matter all these relevent points, the truth of the matter is that by MMORPG standards, its freaking NOT VERY POPULATED. Go to Order and Chaos, a lot of those servers are populated. Some might not be, the one i was on a crowded as CRAP. There are castles in O&C where there is the equivalent of the population of online people in Balor that are actually just farting around in the castle... and your bragging about seeing 20 people in the castle in Balor? Do you understand how insane that is to brag about? 20? Is that your standard for a healthy server? 20 people in the castle? You have very low standards. I dont.

Seriously, sure Pyrus and such as being camped by peoples Alt from time to time. But most of the bosses, the actual relevent ones that pertain to people who are moving up the ranks and who will determine if a server is healthy or not, whos camping them? Tell me. NOBODY is camping crap except Dragonlord stuff and thats not even a competition. You dont have 3 clans camping that crap all ready to make the call. Come on. The point is that on a highly populated server, there is a lot of people in Castle ... right? but there is a crapload of people doing all kinds of other stuff at the same time. You have 20 people in the castle ( to be honest, i think that is WAAYY high in general, usually when Im on which is peak hours IMO, there is 6-12 people) , AND you have a half way empty Shalemont AND an empty Catacombs AND a Stonevale that half way full of people who dont really need any discs.

Its right in front of all of us! Its NOT growing. its becoming Top heavy. And dont throw mud because Im stating the obvious.

No, I got that. I just ignored it because its doesnt make any sense. Its populated up to a point ... no crap. My point is that no matter how much fun you have, how many bosses you are killing, how high a level you are, how awesome that Tower is that most people will NEVER level up to even see that actually download the game, no matter all these relevent points, the truth of the matter is that by MMORPG standards, its freaking NOT VERY POPULATED. Go to Order and Chaos, a lot of those servers are populated. Some might not be, the one i was on a crowded as CRAP. There are castles in O&C where there is the equivalent of the population of online people in Balor that are actually just farting around in the castle... and your bragging about seeing 20 people in the castle in Balor? Do you understand how insane that is to brag about? 20? Is that your standard for a healthy server? 20 people in the castle? You have very low standards. I dont.

Seriously, sure Pyrus and such as being camped by peoples Alt from time to time. But most of the bosses, the actual relevent ones that pertain to people who are moving up the ranks and who will determine if a server is healthy or not, whos camping them? Tell me. NOBODY is camping crap except Dragonlord stuff and thats not even a competition. You dont have 3 clans camping that crap all ready to make the call. Come on. The point is that on a highly populated server, there is a lot of people in Castle ... right? but there is a crapload of people doing all kinds of other stuff at the same time. You have 20 people in the castle ( to be honest, i think that is WAAYY high in general, usually when Im on which is peak hours IMO, there is 6-12 people) , AND you have a half way empty Shalemont AND an empty Catacombs AND a Stonevale that half way full of people who dont really need any discs.

Its right in front of all of us! Its NOT growing. its becoming Top heavy. And dont throw mud because Im stating the obvious.

What don't you understand about that being the standard for an android server? 20 ppl in castle at most times on an android server is great.

And now you're talking about MMORPG standards- hilarious. You're putting more effort into grieving rather than trying to enjoy the game. Stop dwelling on all the negatives or just stop playing altogether. Find a game that lives up to your standards.