Sorry for the slow response. Been having some login issues. We used to have a static IP, but lately, we have been running with a dynamic IP. As to DM attention... we are based in Europe and so far we only have european DM's, but DM attention is high when we're not sleeping.
But, to tell the truth, we could attract only a handfull of players. Most of them, which are friends from the good old days, are away due to RL stuff. The rest of the regulars simply haven't returned after our tech-related downtime earlier this year. We ran the server for two months without any regulars loging in, only some random accounts where created during this time. The server was empty near all the time.
So, we eventually, our hearts filled with sorrow and sadness, just decided not to put Mistledale up again. This is very disheartening, because our players felt there was so much potential in this place. So did we, of course, and we still do.
I mean, a fully fledged and aesthetically appealing rendition of Mistledale, every map crammed with stuff to do. The surrounding Cormanthor forest; the Underdark, and even the nearby ruins of Myth Drannor is in the module.
Our vision was a basic, yet beautiful world to tell stories in and have the players go on role playing adventures. The world was to be DM story-driven, but yet free to explore for the players, creating their own stories.
One of our visions was to use only CEP as haks and keep the server as low tech as possible. The emphasis were on story-telling and role play, not luring players with fancy systems like PRC and such.
Another vision was very few rules. We wanted the players to have total freedom role playing wise, using common sense as a guide, within the basic races. The only other race to play was the Drow, due to the return of the dark elves to Cormanthor. The Drow play a major role in the setting and we wanted to give the players the choice of playing on either side of the fence. This would create PVP situations, which were to be role played and supervised by a DM.
Storytelling-wise there is a TON of stuff to tell and role play, and the lore of Mistledale is just mind-blowing. The creation of Mistledale; the wars; Tempus' presence during the Time of Troubles, and the return of the Drow is just some of the key points in Mistledale lore.
We really burn for this place, and it is so disheartening to see it gone. It's just too hard competing with the established servers. I read somewhere that there is only some 1200 active NWN players, and obviously, most have found their servers.
We will take a small break from NWN now, but I have a feeling I'm going to fire up NWserver again... soon.
Modifié par Snottling-, 22 avril 2011 - 12:47 .
