first of all.. there was already similar topic saying about why most of playerbase left
http://fonline-aop.net/forum/index.php?topic=1843.0well at start..
- lags at start of server made alot of players which wanted only to try it to RQ
- new players crying because of no tutorial (i was great map, i would like to see it implemented again with somehow solved lag problem !)
but it wasnt that bad, there was still high player base.. i have no idea why they quitted but i can tell you why i and bbs did..
mostly because of not enough content and no challenge we did get bored..
- when we (as BBS) was leaving we was last major active gang on AoP, when we was leaving there was completely no enemies anymore and we (as lawyers) was owning all zones for most of time (except night when occasionally vtechs had swarm), then wipe on FO2 came which completely killed AoP and we decided to switch to FO2 (we didnt even planned it but it was only alive server so only choice for us)
- back to no content..
i did get bored because only things i could do was ..
- assigment every 10 mins
- quick scavenge run or barter and craft during assignment cooldown or just afk
and this was loop which i was repeating ALL the time except during zone control
mining was like waste of time (except when it was bugged and possible to exploit)
you can still go ZC but .. 1. you need to have enemies 2. you need to have enough peoples which was usually big problem at last weeks before we leaved..
there was also 1 dungs, later 2 which was relatively easy and waste of time, always same, no interesting or time worth loot (except PA now but PA implementation was from our side seen more like negative thing then giving us motivation to do dungeon)
oh and there was also still less and less players scavenging in phoenix which ended in like every run same.. never interesting loot and no players
first month ZC was like..
17-21 hour braminboys swarm / rest cant do ZC because of being outnumbered
21-00 hour lawyers swarm / rest cant do ZC because of being outnumbered
00-?? hour vtech swarm / rest cant do zc because of being outnumbered
??-17 no ZC at all
cool memories..
http://s16.postimg.org/pkwkjvqn9/swarm1.jpghttp://s8.postimg.org/vx2e9bhnp/screen_2014_09_10_00_15_19.jpgand then after midnight 4vs30+..
http://s30.postimg.org/7m3qrwt5t/screen_2014_09_15_00_43_03.jpglater only lawyers and vtech .. i have no idea what happened to BB oO
there are much more activites on "classic" fonline servers like farming many different encounters in RT or TB, doing dungeons with interesting loot and pvp, town control, thieving, alot of quests, having smallscale pvp in pvp locations, mining/scavenging, events, trading with other players, joining events and many other activities via features
oh and then i have to mention that there was ofc some exploits and silly things (like kinkin spawning million caps, mining exploit with unlimited mining scripts which spawned too many mk3 armors and other things, then also exploit where you could sell items for higher price then buy at one of merchants and many others)
but i think that everyone expected this as its new server..
so yes, mostly lack of content as maykot said, i hope to see more options - things to do after wipe