2008-11-06, 03:03 PM
I'm not here to advocate playing pservers. Having tried a few, here's my take on them. (Feel free to disagree, it's merely my opinion)
Pro
1. You can get leveled up significantly faster. (This is good for people like myself who work full time, have a social life and don't wish to spend another year getting to 4th job only to realized their job choice is crapola)
2. It's a lot easier to make nice gear. (Not that important but on 1 server I farmed about 100 red katanas and scrolled a nice one as I wanted to see for myself the difference between well scrolled 1H RK, 1H sparta and 2H DS using brandish)
3. You get to try out high level job classes and see which ones you like best. (I really enjoyed playing a hero but did not enjoy a paladin much, I found a nightlord kinda OK but not that much fun.)
4. Because you level faster you get to boss earlier. (Since bossing is more fun to do than grinding, this gives you a good feel what it is like)
5. GM presence. (Personally not that big of a deal but pservers generally have a better GM presence since the servers are small)
6. You get to try each class to it's fullest potential. (Most pservers allow for skillbook maxing without getting the books.)
Now for the cons:
1. You level fast so unless you already knew how to grind in GMS, you'll be spoiled. (Not a problem for me, I leveled my MM with no 2 EXP or leech to 12x)
2. You'll be used to having lots of mesos to splurge on scrolls, apples, etc. (This one will hurt as I return to GMS. On 1 server I managed to get max mesos within 1 hour and had to run back to town to transfer to mule)
3. Pservers tend to DC you a fair amount. Also, with many players on a map and mobs there are side effects such as monsters appearing to be vacked.
4. Pserver have a low population compared to GMS so you'll be soloing a lot more and many times you'll be the only one in your guild logged on.
5. There isn't much of a sense of accomplishement since getting leveled up and doing the job advancements are so easy.
6. No PQ or at least no one bothers since you level so quickly.
Well there's my 2 cents worth. <flame shield up>
Pro
1. You can get leveled up significantly faster. (This is good for people like myself who work full time, have a social life and don't wish to spend another year getting to 4th job only to realized their job choice is crapola)
2. It's a lot easier to make nice gear. (Not that important but on 1 server I farmed about 100 red katanas and scrolled a nice one as I wanted to see for myself the difference between well scrolled 1H RK, 1H sparta and 2H DS using brandish)
3. You get to try out high level job classes and see which ones you like best. (I really enjoyed playing a hero but did not enjoy a paladin much, I found a nightlord kinda OK but not that much fun.)
4. Because you level faster you get to boss earlier. (Since bossing is more fun to do than grinding, this gives you a good feel what it is like)
5. GM presence. (Personally not that big of a deal but pservers generally have a better GM presence since the servers are small)
6. You get to try each class to it's fullest potential. (Most pservers allow for skillbook maxing without getting the books.)
Now for the cons:
1. You level fast so unless you already knew how to grind in GMS, you'll be spoiled. (Not a problem for me, I leveled my MM with no 2 EXP or leech to 12x)
2. You'll be used to having lots of mesos to splurge on scrolls, apples, etc. (This one will hurt as I return to GMS. On 1 server I managed to get max mesos within 1 hour and had to run back to town to transfer to mule)
3. Pservers tend to DC you a fair amount. Also, with many players on a map and mobs there are side effects such as monsters appearing to be vacked.
4. Pserver have a low population compared to GMS so you'll be soloing a lot more and many times you'll be the only one in your guild logged on.
5. There isn't much of a sense of accomplishement since getting leveled up and doing the job advancements are so easy.
6. No PQ or at least no one bothers since you level so quickly.
Well there's my 2 cents worth. <flame shield up>