Kronos shiting their pants after Nos Release date CONFIRMED

[Oggi]

As mentioned the date chosen for the Kronos open beta test is really unfortunate if the intent is for the prospective vanilla playerbase to actually test the content.

The GM-like commands being offered to prep characters for testing rather than the custom NPCs (for gear, spells, levels, etc) that the Nostalrius tests had so that players could jump quickly into running content and testing mechanics, lends credence to the belief that this open beta has been rushed out at the last minute as a PR stunt instead of being properly planned.

That said, it will be good to finally get a sense of the Kronos state of play rather than having to rely on the odd Youtube video and oft-repeated forum assurances of closed testers. It's just a pity that they've let things slip to a point where they probably feel that this is the only way they can react to salvage what's left of the broader vanilla playerbase that they were taking for granted. They've had months to proactively engage with the vanilla community since the Nostalrius public test sessions started by running some public test sessions of their own to show where they are at and for feedback/bug testing.

Assuming that both servers ultimately deliver as promised, I feel that for those waiting to try out both before making an informed decision as to where to settle -- given the significant time investment inherent in playing on a 1x vanilla realm -- that this boat has sailed for Kronos. However, if the project still needs another 6+ months or whatever of development time and polish then they should stick to their guns and rollout some proper test sessions in due course rather than a half-assed attempt that reeks of complacency and desperation to scupper a rival server launch.

[sloasdaylight]

The GM-like commands being offered to prep characters for testing rather than the custom NPCs (for gear, spells, levels, etc) that the Nostalrius tests had so that players could jump quickly into running content and testing mechanics, lends credence to the belief that this open beta has been rushed out at the last minute as a PR stunt instead of being properly planned.

Or, it allows players to test specific things they've known to be buggy on other servers/attempt content at an appropriate level as it concerns leveling. Personally, I intend on spawning in an eye of divinity and eye of shadow and testing the Priest class quest to make sure that works properly, and I would imagine other players intend on doing similarly as well. By allowing players to dictate their own level and their own gear, it gives people a chance to test a wider range of content meaningfully, instead of just end game dungeons/raids.

[Zzuk]

The whole Kronos vs Nostalrius thing gave me a good picture why I dislike most humans and why war exists. Gratz on disappointing me. Both communitys are full of total idiots.

[Shock]

I have a sad aftertaste after seeing people speaking so hastily about Kronos... Most of them, if not all of them, never tried this server but seem to already know wich one is the best. Maybe are you easy to convince but as a real Vanilla fan I'm not going to take any risk and I will play on BOTH servers in order to not miss the best Vanilla experience.

Let us not kid ourselves, both have potential and are potentially the next greatest 1.12.1 servers in the international middle. Nostalrius will be launched first and it is NOT going to kill Kronos, it's not a matter of time, if it was the case we would no longer be here ten years later.

It's going to be a matter of quality : Anti-Hack, DDOS defenses, scripting, latency, community management, economical system, hype... Like numerous MMO, you will not know wich one is the best at launch but only after several weeks/months. Regarding Nostalrius, you can't even foresee what's going to happen on day one, you think you're prepared but you can't claim it.

Feenix will not just stay in the corner and die calmly, they will fight and ferociously keep defending their piece of the Vanilla market. Don't expect them and others competitors to be passive on it, it is going to lead to a long internal war. Look, it's already the case between Nostalrius and Kronos not even launched !

So what ? Let the best survive and win !

[Shadow]

I'm glad there's going to be multiple polished vanilla servers available. It pushes the vanilla scene to be even better.

I've chosen Nost for a variety of reasons, but there's no reason to bash other projects.

Who's bashing, nobody here is bashing a thing! Just take a look at my avatar the smile sais it all )).
Now jokes aside, you do have a point.

[Xile]

Finally, multiple servers.
I suppose I should thank you.

[Alterego]

I always went for Kronos but I have to admit that Nostalrius won this... IF THE SERVER IS STABLE. So dont fuck it up and you got it. Nothing more to say here.

[Sethzer]

I always went for Kronos but I have to admit that Nostalrius won this... IF THE SERVER IS STABLE. So dont fuck it up and you got it. Nothing more to say here.

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It's mostly all about having the smoothest launch, attracting the bigger crowd and sustaining throughout the start period of the server's lifespan. First impressions is key

[Smorgeybork]

LOL

[rewind]

the entire thing about account auctions? Those characters don't appear out of thin air, you can't just buy a character, they're leveled by real people - account selling and sharing is going to be done anyway, it happens on private servers - this is simply created to reassure you're not going to get screwed over and that the server can keep running -- it won't affect you in-game!

I have nothing against Kronos but they lost me here.
In my opinion the risk of being screwed or banned is the only thing preventing people from buying characters.
Make it safe and you banalise this practice, making people more likely to buy a character instead of leveling one.