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« on: January 13, 2017, 10:51:57 pm »
Been thinking a lot about the server recently. If you don't care to read, comment on the last sentence in bold.
I'm sure these suggestions have been brought up from time to time again, but our player base is small and lacking for the potential this server holds, and these suggestions will do nothing but breathe much needed life into RuneRebels.
However, the communities priority is seeing content added into the live game. This is good, things are being worked at rates we've never seen before. I think we as a community can take a moment to thank the developers for devoting their time into this game. Thank-you.
I too agree we need some new content in-game, but we can't let our forum fester.
Let's stop beating around the bush.
We need a new website design.
- The blatant use of a forum template suffices for basic RSPS's when time doesn't allow for something better to be crafted. I'm a frequent viewer of the 'Deep Web Browsing' series of videos on Youtube, and you'd be surprised how many child porn, snuff cave, 'red room', and other wretched websites share this forum layout.
Another point is that when returning players revisit the site, what do you think is their first thought upon entering the same webpage they once got bored of and left? Not everyone is as dedicated to this game as you are. We need to entice them to stay with interesting, original content both in-game and online.
I don't mean to throw anybody under the bus but Onur is an absolutely amazing website designer, and from seeing pieces of his work that he quickly jumbles together for clients, I could hardly imagine what RuneRebels would look like if he were to spend time working on a site.
I mean don't take my word for it, take an hour or so to find the current most active private servers, then browse their sites a bit. Sure we have everything we need in this forum setup, but some of these websites are clearly better and more active with plugins like TeamSpeak.
I'll hold off on the other suggestions for later. After writing this up, I'm interested in how you guys would feel about updating the website once content updates have been rolled out.