Posted by DemonDude2 on 08-17-2020 at22:04:
UK server 4: Low Population & the Auction House
Hello everyone! Long time no see. Hope you're all doing well.
I've started playing on UK4 and oh boy, the servers population isn't exactly booming. On one hand, I'm loving the smaller nature of this server - it all feels way more personal! On the other hand, well.. even hitting everyone I can the moment they become available, I never go beneath 20+ attacks.
A shame, but there isn't much to be done about that.
The AH however, now that one could potentially never open up at this rate - and that is something that can be changed. Should it be changed? Im not sure, but the current conditions simply do not make sense.
Auctions system will be automatically turned on when the number of players entitled to use it reaches 100. The current number of entitled players: 18.
Seems reasonable... so why do I say it doesn't make sense? Well right now, UK4 has maybe 20-30 active players. We're very very far from unlocking the AH. Here's where it doesn't make sense: any server could have 100 eligible players, but if only 20 of them are active, then its the exact same situation as UK4 right now.
The requirement should be 100 active players, not "eligable". Problem being, never mind this side of Christmas, I have my doubts whether UK4 will ever reach that target.
Not having an AH or any way to trade items, certainly changes the games dynamic. Sure, right now there aren't any major problems as loot is very easy to come by. But it is certainly a sad fact that we're missing out a pretty cool element of the game.
Final thoughts...
I partly wanted to rant, partly wanted to say hello to everyone ^^ But really, with the increased drops, its not a major problem *right now*. But it will quickly become a sad state when we cannot share loot to help encourage the various different types of builds available in the game.
@BW Dev Team - what are your thoughts on this?
@the 20 active people on UK4 - what are your thoughts on this?
@those not on UK4 - click dis
