Server differences

Is there any major differences between the servers? Would the population say, "Server A is typically where X people go?"

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In 7 years I've only had one bad RP experience on Virtue as opposed to the dozens if not hundreds of jerks I've run into on Freedom or "Freedumb" as it has been unofficially nicknamed by the players, which is much to the chagrin of the hundreds of decent Freedom players.

People make Freedom out to be worse than it really is. I started out playing on Guardian, but realized pretty early on that I like playing on big teams, so I switched to Freedom where the population is much larger. I'd never switch back.

Yes, there are more rude idiots on Freedom than on any other server, but that's mostly because there are more people period on Freedom than on any other server. I play around 10 hours a week, and nearly all of it is on large PuG teams. I run into maybe 1-2 players a month that are really unpleasant.

Other than the big obvious servers (Freedom and Virtue), the smaller servers do have their own personalities... but they're hard to really define with a few words.

I started on Infinity, and even though I can't really describe how, it just feels like home when I'm there. The average of all the personalities of people who choose to play on a server, combined with what character you choose to play there, can make a difference.

Not that much of a difference though. You can get the same general experience on any server. Mostly friendly, helpful people who are nice to play with, with a thankfully rare scattering of jerks and weirdos.

Freedom really isn't as bad as it sounds from standing in Atlas Park. Having said that, even if you have 12% more terrible players, that's an average of one extra wretch per team of 8.

Freedom's rep is based on the fact that, for seven years, you've been able to get to 50 without teaming with the same person twice. So unlike a smaller server, there's absolutely no incentive to change your behavior just because your teammates all hate you. And, just like "bad roommates come in pairs" [J. Whedon], bad teammates feed off each other.

It doesn't take a lot of leeches, loudmouths, griefers, losers, scumbags, brats and whiners to ruin a task force.

That said, some of the best players I know spend most of their time on Freedom.

How dare you stereotype my server! All the stereotypes are wrong unlike the stereotypes about your server, which are all 100% true!

Edit: Seriously now, is there any reason for the seeming enmity between Virtue and Freedom players or is that just some kinda silly rivalry based on being the two biggest servers?

On topic:

Listen to Turgenev and just spend some time on each server. Play with a few pick up groups or spend a couple nights eavesdropping on the more popular globals there if you can. And don't feel you need to limit yourself to just one server either. Many people have characters spread out and there are entire SGs with branches across multiple servers.


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Originally Posted by Positivity Stop propagating stupid myths like this. How much experience on Virtue do you really have? Fact is, you can only see ERP if you go to Pocket D. One major misconception about Virtue (and RP servers in other games) is regarding the percentage of people that actually RP on them. It's easily less than 20%. The rest of the population? Competent, polite players. And we run a lot of regular Hamis.

A large part of the Virtue = ERP stuff comes from Virtue players themselves. And I say that as someone who plays mostly on Virtue and is just as guilty of making those kinds of jokes. Heck, check out some of the "Hi, I'm new," threads in the Virtue forum. Invariably they will be told to feed the catgirls (or not to feed the catgirls, or feed them but not after midnight) and to be careful of Pocket D ERP, as if just setting foot in the place is going to have you spammed with tells asking what kind of underwear you are (not) wearing.

And yet that doesn't happen. Pocket D always has people in it on Virtue and almost all of them are not ERPing away in a corner. It's not uncommon for a second instance of the D to spawn outside of any event from people just dropping in to "hang out." I'm not saying that there aren't people engaged in ERP, but it's a small minority and it mostly becomes apparent through a mistell (most of which are faked anyway) and it tends to get mocked pretty quickly.

I think that on Virtue there's a general feeling of "I can make ERP catgirl jokes because I play here." I don't have a problem with that and I do it too, but I don't think we can complain when people who don't spend time on Virtue take it at face value and expect that every trip through Pocket D requires you to schedule an STD test.

I also think if you count people who are "casual roleplayers" (which is always defined differently) that the number moves closer to 50% but probably still not a majority.
((Although I don't think you'll last long if you get annoyed by by people talking in brackets))
((There's also a general bias against text type speak; spell out your words, even if you make constant spelling errors like me))

And on Hami, yeah, we take him out a lot. I'm sure it's changed with incarnates and shards now, but for a while Virtue had more Hami raids than any other server. Virtue even had people go over to Freedom to help organize some raids there. Which is proof of just how much the two servers hate each other despite all the bluster.

I know Virtue people who joke about ERP, because when on virtue thats what you do. It's the inside/out joke and we make fun of ourselves.


I have been on fantastic RP battles where it "Feels" like a comic book! Like an actual comic. It's interesting to see the dynamic when it happens.

My main server is Champion, so I can only give insight to that one.

It's heavily bent toward power-gamers, but usually nicer power gamers. There are a few very terse individuals around, but that crowd is limited. The server has many weekly events, and there's a constant stream of TF/SF runs. The downside is that it is very insular. If you aren't connected/invited to global channels you will not know about much going on. Oh, and it's much more a blueside/night server.

I also play on protector, which seems to have a good number of knowledgable/nice players, but I play exclusively with my hero group there, so I don't have much experience with the community. (It's my 'blue' server, and I prefer red/grey.)