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xMilitia · 07-06-2009, 03:50 PM

I remember ages ago that I played on WOW on private servers, just exactly like WOW but for free. Is this possible for all MMO's that have a monthly fee because I want to play an MMO but dont want to pay the fee's.

ArcDevil · 07-06-2009, 04:04 PM

quite a few games have private servers, but i wouldnt recommend them because

1) You get what you paid for. You pay nothing,you get broken content,full of bugs, half the skills dont work, etc etc etc.

2) Even while they look free, those servers cost something to mantain.

The money comes from donations, and what do donators get?? usually stupidly overpowered stuff, like gear +25 when everybody legit can only dream of getting theirs to +5.
In PvP games this is a no-go, because donators become raid bosses and can eat alive 25 non-donators without breaking a sweat

3) The staff of those pservers are usually (as in 99,999% cases) extremly corrupt. If you happen to kill a GM friend, you'll find yourself banned within seconds, and all your stuff given to that friend. Same regarding guild wars, sieges, loot drops, whatever.

4) usually have only one server open to the rest of the world. that means you will be playing in the same server with asians, americans, europeans,africans, whatever

translation= heaps of lag

5) Last but not least when private servers reach certain degree of succeed they are always canned
bet you wont have fun playing on a server for 4 months, working a lot to get the levels, stuff, ranking, even donate money.....and then see everything going *POOF* overnight when the server gets sued and forced to go down

xMilitia · 07-06-2009, 04:21 PM

Well the game I want to play is Global Agenda, and I dont get enough money to pay monthly so.

Buy_Poe · 07-06-2009, 04:49 PM

You could always complete things like surverys for cash

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xMilitia · 07-06-2009, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Buy_Poe

You could always complete things like surverys for cash

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Any good ones that actually work? Each one I try, they work and start getting credits. Then they just stop giving me credits after.

Dreakon · 07-06-2009, 07:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ArcDevil

quite a few games have private servers, but i wouldnt recommend them because

1) You get what you paid for. You pay nothing,you get broken content,full of bugs, half the skills dont work, etc etc etc.

2) Even while they look free, those servers cost something to mantain.

The money comes from donations, and what do donators get?? usually stupidly overpowered stuff, like gear +25 when everybody legit can only dream of getting theirs to +5.
In PvP games this is a no-go, because donators become raid bosses and can eat alive 25 non-donators without breaking a sweat

3) The staff of those pservers are usually (as in 99,999% cases) extremly corrupt. If you happen to kill a GM friend, you'll find yourself banned within seconds, and all your stuff given to that friend. Same regarding guild wars, sieges, loot drops, whatever.

4) usually have only one server open to the rest of the world. that means you will be playing in the same server with asians, americans, europeans,africans, whatever

translation= heaps of lag

5) Last but not least when private servers reach certain degree of succeed they are always canned
bet you wont have fun playing on a server for 4 months, working a lot to get the levels, stuff, ranking, even donate money.....and then see everything going *POOF* overnight when the server gets sued and forced to go down

I think a lot of private servers are this way, but for some games there are ridiculously legit and populated servers out there. The one I'm thinking of for Ultima Online has been around for years without any legal issues, and if they are making money through donations, I don't see it going anywhere. I won't link or anything since it's against the rules, but legitimate private servers (that are sometimes even better than the official servers) definately exist.

There are plenty of crappy ones to though lol.

Buy_Poe · 07-06-2009, 07:09 PM

Well there's a few, but you need to be at a certain amount to remove your money, so your probably faster begging in the streets :P.

AW surveys works, but it takes ages

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xMilitia · 07-06-2009, 07:16 PM

When global agenda comes out, i'll see if it has any private servers. If I cant run it that is.

Gadiel · 07-06-2009, 11:38 PM

we will rarely see private servers for P2P games because they're making most the files server sided now days

FrankGulp · 07-10-2009, 01:49 AM

You can either play F2P MMO/MMORPGs, that basically allow you to play for free, but offer premium paid items in exchange. Or you can play in those private servers that you are talking about, but I wouldn't recommend those either because they usually lag a lot and they are not worth it - too few players on them. Can't compare to WOW (off servers)

07-06-2009, 03:50 PM	#1 (permalink)
xMilitia Wario’s Bad Accent Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 494	Quick question on MMO's I remember ages ago that I played on WOW on private servers, just exactly like WOW but for free. Is this possible for all MMO's that have a monthly fee because I want to play an MMO but dont want to pay the fee's. __________________ Fallout Online - English server - IGN: DaRKESTHoUR

07-06-2009, 04:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
ArcDevil Chrono's Crony Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sunshine and lollipops...am I in Hell? Posts: 3,395	quite a few games have private servers, but i wouldnt recommend them because 1) You get what you paid for. You pay nothing,you get broken content,full of bugs, half the skills dont work, etc etc etc. 2) Even while they look free, those servers cost something to mantain. The money comes from donations, and what do donators get?? usually stupidly overpowered stuff, like gear +25 when everybody legit can only dream of getting theirs to +5. In PvP games this is a no-go, because donators become raid bosses and can eat alive 25 non-donators without breaking a sweat 3) The staff of those pservers are usually (as in 99,999% cases) extremly corrupt. If you happen to kill a GM friend, you'll find yourself banned within seconds, and all your stuff given to that friend. Same regarding guild wars, sieges, loot drops, whatever. 4) usually have only one server open to the rest of the world. that means you will be playing in the same server with asians, americans, europeans,africans, whatever translation= heaps of lag 5) Last but not least when private servers reach certain degree of succeed they are always canned bet you wont have fun playing on a server for 4 months, working a lot to get the levels, stuff, ranking, even donate money.....and then see everything going POOF overnight when the server gets sued and forced to go down __________________ We must go forward, not backward. Upward, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom! Waiting for: and Last edited by ArcDevil; 07-06-2009 at 04:06 PM.

07-06-2009, 04:21 PM	#3 (permalink)
xMilitia Wario’s Bad Accent Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 494	Well the game I want to play is Global Agenda, and I dont get enough money to pay monthly so. __________________ Fallout Online - English server - IGN: DaRKESTHoUR

07-06-2009, 07:16 PM	#8 (permalink)
xMilitia Wario’s Bad Accent Join Date: Jul 2008 Posts: 494	When global agenda comes out, i'll see if it has any private servers. If I cant run it that is. __________________ Fallout Online - English server - IGN: DaRKESTHoUR

07-06-2009, 11:38 PM	#9 (permalink)
Gadiel SuperKenshin's Servent Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 1,014	we will rarely see private servers for P2P games because they're making most the files server sided now days __________________ PSN:o0Whitey0o (its o then a zero not a uppercase O) (Feel free to add me) New 550$ Pc huggles it AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4600+ (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz 2046MB RAM NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT With Vista (DX 10 Awesomness)

07-06-2009, 04:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Buy_Poe Fat Bowser Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 198	You could always complete things like surverys for cash .

07-06-2009, 07:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
Buy_Poe Fat Bowser Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Florida Posts: 198	Well there's a few, but you need to be at a certain amount to remove your money, so your probably faster begging in the streets :P. AW surveys works, but it takes ages .

07-10-2009, 01:49 AM	#10 (permalink)
FrankGulp Still learning the ropes Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 20	You can either play F2P MMO/MMORPGs, that basically allow you to play for free, but offer premium paid items in exchange. Or you can play in those private servers that you are talking about, but I wouldn't recommend those either because they usually lag a lot and they are not worth it - too few players on them. Can't compare to WOW (off servers) __________________ By Free Online Baseball Games

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