Best server??


Aett_Thorn

 

Posted

Now this is a general question and there will be A LOT of opinions unfortunatly. I am looking for a server to move some of my Heroes/Villains to. Now i am NOT taking into consideration Population until the very end.

I am proud of my Home server Justice, but unfortunatly i am running out of room. I am looking for a server that is WELL orginized (as in TFs can be arranged anywhere not just in Atlas) and holds A LOT of events within a weeks time. I DO NOT WANT AE babies, AE farming, AE PLing, AE teaming, or people coming up to me asking to PL them. AND of course a nice community of players.


Thorns - Spines/Willpower Scrapper (1366 Badges)

 

Posted

Well, quite honestly, I rarely see any AE babies or PLing anymore, since the changes went into it. So I doubt you'll get that on any server. I'm a native of Pinnacle, and love the community there. However, I started to fill up there, and have sense created a few characters on Liberty, and have been having fun there, too. So either of those could work. Liberty definitely has a larger population, from what I've seen, but since you'll be introducing yourself to a new server, you'll likely want to check out their global channels for events and stuff anyways.


Let me never fall into the vulgar mistake of dreaming that I am persecuted whenever I am contradicted.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson

"I was just the one with the most unsolicited sombrero." - Traegus

 

Posted

Thanks for the Great info. Well ive ventured over to freedom and virtue and people make AE teams there all the freakin time from lvl 1-50 were the teams i saw forming.

Its going to be hard to move to a new server from Justice cause we did 3-4 hami raids a week. Doing about 2 a week with some leaders missing right now. two ship raids this week already.

So my goal is to try and find a server organized enough to pull off some of these Events on a weekly bases.


Thorns - Spines/Willpower Scrapper (1366 Badges)

 

Posted

I've also found Triumph and Victory servers to be very active in terms of events being run, so I'd recommend those for consideration.

Ultimately, Aett's advice is best. Test the waters, look into the global channels, and try and find a good fit for yourself.


With great power comes great RTFM -- Lady Sadako
Iscariot's Guide to the Tri-Form Warshade, version 2.1
I'm sorry that math > your paranoid delusions, but them's the breaks -- Nethergoat
P.E.R.C. Rep for Liberty server

 

Posted

Champion also has TFs organized daily (often multiple TFs per day) on its server channels.

Hop on BMT of Champion and Champions United to check it out.


 

Posted

Tomorrow, 8pm eastern (5 pacific) would be a good time to check out what Protector has to offer. We'll have a big welcoming committee ready for you .


Global @StarGeek
ParagonWiki.com-The original is still the best!
My Hero Merit rolls
Accuracy needed for 95% ToHit spreadsheet
Forum font change stripper for Firefox/Opera/Chrome. No more dealing with poor color choices, weird fonts or microscopic text
Search Wiki Patch notes, add site:ParagonWiki.com inurl:patch_notes to your Google Search

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafia View Post
Its going to be hard to move to a new server from Justice cause we did 3-4 hami raids a week. Doing about 2 a week with some leaders missing right now. two ship raids this week already.
Send a Personal Message to Leandro (here on the Forums), he organizes regular Hamis and other TFs/Raids on Freedom, has a Facebook page for them and everything.

He'll send you regular invites via Facebook for whatever he has lined-up that week.

FYI I started on Liberty server, but moved to Freedom 'cause I work nights and play at odd hours so need a larger cross-section of time-zoney players. But Liberty was a wonderful, very friendly, very supportive server for me as a newb.


 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by StarGeek View Post
Tomorrow, 8pm eastern (5 pacific) would be a good time to check out what Protector has to offer. We'll have a big welcoming committee ready for you .
Hehe if u didnt catch what i said I'm a Justice Player. So no i wont switch servers during the invation hehe.


Thorns - Spines/Willpower Scrapper (1366 Badges)

 

Posted

I think all the servers have nice communities - Freedom and Virtue just appear to have more PLers and farmers because they both have the two biggest server populations.


@Golden Girl

City of Heroes comics and artwork

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafia View Post
Hehe if u didnt catch what i said I'm a Justice Player. So no i wont switch servers during the invation hehe.
I did, which is why I was encouraging you to join in. No need to switch sides at that time.


Global @StarGeek
ParagonWiki.com-The original is still the best!
My Hero Merit rolls
Accuracy needed for 95% ToHit spreadsheet
Forum font change stripper for Firefox/Opera/Chrome. No more dealing with poor color choices, weird fonts or microscopic text
Search Wiki Patch notes, add site:ParagonWiki.com inurl:patch_notes to your Google Search

 

Posted

I started on Guardian 3 weeks ago, ended up on Freedom. I have to say that just judging by the amount of active players a group to join. Freedom has been excellent!


 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Golden Girl View Post
I think all the servers have nice communities - Freedom and Virtue just appear to have more PLers and farmers because they both have the two biggest server populations.
This, basically. Farmers have come back again, so they make the noise in AP, but go anywhere else and you'll find it's at least 80-90% teaming populations.

Heck, I handheld a newbie for an hour last night to show him how to get wings, from the market purchase to crafting with salvage. I'm so nice that way. XD


 

Posted

I agree with the many thoughts about what you would WANT out of a server.
For the first 36+ months I played exclusively on Infinity.
I loved the community and the respect of the players.

But with all the wierd times I work each week at my job I felt I needed to find a server that had more of a cross-section of people who were playing at more and different times of the day/night too. (Freedom)

In the last 6 months I haven't really gotten to know much of the player base on Freedom but I can easily tell there is a LOT more teaming/activities at more times of the day/night.

I almost felt like a traitor for not creating new toons on Freedom but I ran out of charachter slots on Infinity and almost everyone of them is a 50 anyways.

So since moving to Freedom I have made a few toons to hit 50 and doing it mostly soloing believe it or not. LOL

But..... enjoying every minute of it.
After all.... it IS City of Heroes





@Patrick Magellen
Infinity & Freedom Servers!

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Turgenev View Post
Heck, I handheld a newbie for an hour last night to show him how to get wings, from the market purchase to crafting with salvage. I'm so nice that way. XD
Heh-heh-heh gotcha. Thanks for the wings, SUCKER!!!


 

Posted

I suggest Vigilance or Zukunft servers if the OP doesn't want to see AE teams being formed. If they are forming those kinds of temas it will likely be in French or German and the OP won't know what the heck they are saying so it won't bother him.


 

Posted

Well i just spent a good 20-30 mins in Freedom and tested some of the Chat channels that are listed on the forums.

1) EVERYTHING ive read so far in broadcast is AE this AE that AE farming. AE AE AE AE AE... I sometimes question how well they play or if they ever leave Atlas.

2) People complaining and argueing about this or that and blah blah blah. 1 Word - Anoying.
Im crossing freedom off my posible locations.

3) on the chat channels that i have added have been *Cricket...Cricket*

Liberty so far seems to be the best. But at this point im still going through the servers.


Thorns - Spines/Willpower Scrapper (1366 Badges)

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafia View Post
Well i just spent a good 20-30 mins in Freedom and tested some of the Chat channels that are listed on the forums.

1) EVERYTHING ive read so far in broadcast is AE this AE that AE farming. AE AE AE AE AE... I sometimes question how well they play or if they ever leave Atlas.

2) People complaining and argueing about this or that and blah blah blah. 1 Word - Anoying.
Im crossing freedom off my posible locations.

3) on the chat channels that i have added have been *Cricket...Cricket*

Liberty so far seems to be the best. But at this point im still going through the servers.

I have to admit that in the 6 months or less I have been primarily on Freedom I notice a lot of AE stuff......
but I just ignore it.
Plus....
I am not in Atlas Park all that much anyways.
Other zones (especially the RWZ, Cimerora, Peregrene Island and Founders Falls) have tons of peeps playing NON-AE stuff





@Patrick Magellen
Infinity & Freedom Servers!

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafia View Post
Well i just spent a good 20-30 mins in Freedom and tested some of the Chat channels that are listed on the forums.

1) EVERYTHING ive read so far in broadcast is AE this AE that AE farming. AE AE AE AE AE... I sometimes question how well they play or if they ever leave Atlas.

2) People complaining and argueing about this or that and blah blah blah. 1 Word - Anoying.
Im crossing freedom off my posible locations.

3) on the chat channels that i have added have been *Cricket...Cricket*

Liberty so far seems to be the best. But at this point im still going through the servers.
Honestly, freedom isn't too bad if you stay out of atlas park. It is the ONLY zone that I see people spamming random crap about AE farms in. The rest of the zones are generally full of people waiting to team. I can reguarly find 8-man teams with ease even at odd hours of the day.

Don't know what to say about the global chat channels for freedom. The two that I'm part of (Freedom TFs and RF2009) are pretty dead most of the time.


 

Posted

I have no problems at Guardian.

We very rarelly use the broadcasts to assemble teams, and i havent seen an AE baby for ages. Just get into the global chats Guardian or Level 50. (or the Guardian TF Team).

Every night you find teams running multiple TFs, SFs, MOs. And we have weekly events of Hami Raids, Rikti Raids and COPs...

On the weekends you always find one or two who keeps running Shards.

And from time to time a few of us (specially me) run flavored task forces.

And, best of all... we have cookies.


** Guardian�s Crazy Catgirl **
************* 22 XxX 10 *************

Yes. I can get lost on a straight-line map.

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by KayJMM View Post
And, best of all... we have cookies.
Not if Ulli is around.

But Guardian is a great server. One idea is that you roll up a new character on every server and joining their foremost global channel and stand around in Atlas for an hour or two. Then you can choose the one you like the most.

//Jack


The Kickers base.

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
-Groucho Marx

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jack Power View Post
Not if Ulli is around.

But Guardian is a great server. One idea is that you roll up a new character on every server and joining their foremost global channel and stand around in Atlas for an hour or two. Then you can choose the one you like the most.

//Jack
In retrospect I wish I would have did that when I first started on the game almost 4 years ago.
Since I was sooOooOoOo not used to a MMO type of game, I was such a newb that I didn't even realize that the game was played on servers with real people and such that I thought the game was just a typical game ya played on the pc LOL
I just happened to randomly pick Infinity...
it stuck with me.
Lots of people helped a LOT with me got me thru with some awesome knowledge back then





@Patrick Magellen
Infinity & Freedom Servers!

 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Magellen View Post
But with all the wierd times I work each week at my job I felt I needed to find a server that had more of a cross-section of people who were playing at more and different times of the day/night too. (Freedom)
Hey Patrick looks like we're in similar situations, play-time-wise - I'll add your Global, you can add me if you want @Cougarific (Freedom).

I usually play between 1a-4a ET weeknights, then whenever on weekends. Would be nice to have a regular in-game friend who's on at the same odd hours as I. Usually it's just me and the convicts.


 

Posted

Quote:
Originally Posted by Mafia View Post
Well i just spent a good 20-30 mins in Freedom and tested some of the Chat channels that are listed on the forums.

1) EVERYTHING ive read so far in broadcast is AE this AE that AE farming. AE AE AE AE AE... I sometimes question how well they play or if they ever leave Atlas.

2) People complaining and argueing about this or that and blah blah blah. 1 Word - Anoying.
Im crossing freedom off my posible locations.

3) on the chat channels that i have added have been *Cricket...Cricket*

Liberty so far seems to be the best. But at this point im still going through the servers.
I think you are making a mistake, personally. The only zone you see AE spam in is Atlas....People arguing I think is a function of a large population, and that same AE crowd. All you have to do is ignore them (literally put them on ignore) if you think someone is lame. Yes there are more lame people on Freedom. That's because there are more PEOPLE. There are also more cool people, more TF's , more average people..more noobs, more vets...Etc...There are MORE people there. There are plusses and minuses that come along with that.

I would rather deal with the bad parts of having a large population (some arguing, AE farmers...etc..) than not having TF's and raids.

I did 3 TF's yesterday alone....All from 'Freedom TF' global channel....I did CoP and two other TF's. This last couple of weeks there have been many CoP's, Hami's, Mother Ship Raids, TF's etc....there are constantly TF's happeneing 'on the fly' even at odd hours.

I think your 'investigation' hasn't gone deep / thought out enough...especially given that your qualifications are you want a server where you can do a lot of raids.

Large populations have their pros and cons. To me the cons are very minimal, as I have no problem ignoring the few people who bother me enough to warrant it.

One thing I would recommend is transfering a 50 to the server where you are thinking you will end up. Then try and play some TF's and Raids and the content you want to play. This minimal investment will either pay off (you will find you picked the right server) or it will save you from investing your TIME into a server you end up not liking. If you try 2-3 servers in this way and end up finding a great server, it would be worth it IMO.


 

Posted

On Virtue:
I occasionally see people looking for an "ae team", but I don't really care, they don't seem to harm me or get in my way. Sometimes they're funny. I haven't had much trouble with incompetent players, except for Super Famous Guy. (If you don't know who I mean, don't worry -- if you play on Virtue, you'll find out. Can he interest you in a sg?)