SoA Progression, [A Review] - Long Winded

[Cvinion]

Please take this for what it is, an experience. This is not a flame, nor is it a whine, I hope just to share how i felt whilst playing on a server. I know it is fine to post server reviews here and I figured this would be a great way to let people know about one of the newest progression servers!!


After joining SoA's new progression server I played around with a few characters ( 3 sets of 3 different characters each time) after reaching the mid 20's on all of my characters I decided to try to get more involved with the community, I figured there were some good people here and it would be fun to meet them.

This is where the experience of SoA Progression turned sour for me. After meeting a few rude people, a few nice people, and a few whiners I came upon a few people whom were to me outfitted far beyond what they should have been. This being a progression server I became quickly aware of the fact that these items may have been acquired illicitly and without proper effort (cheat much?).

I blew this off as maybe that one guy had just had dumb luck and got an incredibly rare spawn one day. Well it was less than 100 feet away I spot another TWO players with manastones. This is the point where absolutely loose my cool, I don't yell nor do I get angry (I left that to someone else) I just politely asked these players where they acquired the items. After some talk two of these individuals told me that they had worked on the server either coding or server hosting.

After this someone else whom had come to the same assumption of me (in fact my group mate) starts going off in OOC about what has happened and before anything really happens the GM comes on and GM Mutes his OOC commands. This kind of irked me, but I guess his server his rules, can't go shouting off at the mouth and things like that. Well I understand but it still doesn't sit right with me.

After this the GM decides that this has been going on long enough and actually bans two players whom were accusing these players of going outside of the rules and preset boundaries. This may have been acceptable for the OOC and the yelling, but I do believe the player was backed by a valid argument, level 30 characters should not have Manastones, and especially not 6 of them in the first few weeks of a server coming up touting that it is legitimate.

What I have got from this server is that those whom have an "in" with the GM have perks that the rest of the community does not have. When this is brought to light they are banned, and when you want a fair server you just can't have it.


In Conclusion

After playing and looking for a legitimate server, and finding what I had hoped would be a great place, I quickly realized that this server was full of corruption, politics, and favors and that no matter what I did I would still not be able to play "legitimately" and be able to compete with some of these players.

All in all I hope anyone that reads this doesn't get the "vibe" of a players disillusioned and upset because of a petty argument, I hope the players that read this will take a second thought when joining SoA Progression server, as there is obviously an unfair playing field as soon as you log into the server.

:Personal Note to Spider:

I loved the server and the work you put into it, but the fact that there were players there that openly expressed the fact that they had "worked" on the server and were geared with things that would have been Impossible to achieve on a truly legitimate server just left a sour taste, But I wish you the best in whatever your future holds for your server.