The amount of things that have gone to shit in terms of the way things are handled is just far too many to even begin to list. The main problems are the ones that everyone talks about, that the server is very unfriendly to new players, it's near impossible to join nowadays and get any suit without spending money. I can recall years and years ago when every single building was occupied on the map and had some sort of base in it, whether or not it was on a large or small scale. It's more than fair to say that basing as a whole is dead, and it's been dead for far longer than anyone really says. Basing in my opinion died waaaaay back in Christmas of 2015 with the addition of the handcannon, so far up to that point there weren't any weapons that even came close to the level of prop destruction that the handcannon was capable of (possibly airstrike but it's 1 time use). I remember seeing the amount of bases take a nose dive after that update because a players entire base could be straight up deleted with a single shot of this weapon. People begged and pleaded for the weapon to be nerfed, but it never was, not until years later, but at that point it was far too late. This goes perfectly with my next issue.

The second big problem I have is the amount of suggestions that sat and sat for years without any sort of attention given to them, this has mostly stopped due to CC but there are still so many suggestions from years and years ago that could have really been amazing to add, but were forgotten and haven't even been considered for years. Also the CC really needs to stop giving half assed responses on why they deny certain suggestions, as transparency with between the community and the higher ups has ALWAYS been an issue.


The third suggestion I have is quite possibly the most severe, and that's the staff team. Most of the members of the staff team believe they are incapable of doing any wrong, and will take every opportunity given to punish people either out of spite, or because of grudges that have sat for years. To say the display that some of these people put up is pathetic would be a serious understatement, I'd go as far as to say these people have driven a large amount of new and old players alike off of the server. Sure after a while of doing the same things over and over it does get boring, but these certain people will go out of their ways to make people they dislike have a miserable time on the server. It could be threatening to "get you permd" or making up rules on the spot to make an excuse to punish you, it's above all else, the saddest thing that this server has to offer, and anyone willing to attempt to change my mind on this, there's absolutely no point. Myself as well as others have experienced this firsthand for years, some of these people truly are powertripping, egotistical scumbags, but since nothing has been done about it (and if you try to say something, good luck not getting a perm) it's been deemed acceptable.

My fourth and final issue comes with the repetitive nature of the server, updates used to be unique and would add new features that changed up the way you played. Now it's the typical create a case, put new or old items in it, make it a booster deal, create a match game with laughably low odds (1 in 2 billion chance to get an ultraboard btw) or some other type of gem/money sink reskin, and that's the update. That being said, the other repetitive elements mostly come from the map barely being altered in the past year and a half, most of the map is unfit for any sort of basing or nuking besides elevator or the entirity of warehouse district, the casino prizes never change and are extremely overpriced, the only sort of variety now are the drug runs and casino / armory raids, but even then those aren't even inticing unless there's a good item in any of them.

Bottom line is, there is a ton of work that needs to be put in to turn this server around to be friendly towards it's new players as well as the old ones. I'd like to be able to say that there's a chance for this server to flourish again, but at this time, it might just be too late. I really hope to see my mind changed on this sometime in the future.

The amount of things that have gone to shit in terms of the way things are handled is just far too many to even begin to list. The main problems are the ones that everyone talks about, that the server is very unfriendly to new players, it's near impossible to join nowadays and get any suit without spending money. I can recall years and years ago when every single building was occupied on the map and had some sort of base in it, whether or not it was on a large or small scale. It's more than fair to say that basing as a whole is dead, and it's been dead for far longer than anyone really says. Basing in my opinion died waaaaay back in Christmas of 2015 with the addition of the handcannon, so far up to that point there weren't any weapons that even came close to the level of prop destruction that the handcannon was capable of (possibly airstrike but it's 1 time use). I remember seeing the amount of bases take a nose dive after that update because a players entire base could be straight up deleted with a single shot of this weapon. People begged and pleaded for the weapon to be nerfed, but it never was, not until years later, but at that point it was far too late. This goes perfectly with my next issue. The second big problem I have is the amount of suggestions that sat and sat for years without any sort of attention given to them, this has mostly stopped due to CC but there are still so many suggestions from years and years ago that could have really been amazing to add, but were forgotten and haven't even been considered for years. Also the CC really needs to stop giving half assed responses on why they deny certain suggestions, as transparency with between the community and the higher ups has ALWAYS been an issue. The third suggestion I have is quite possibly the most severe, and that's the staff team. Most of the members of the staff team believe they are incapable of doing any wrong, and will take every opportunity given to punish people either out of spite, or because of grudges that have sat for years. To say the display that some of these people put up is pathetic would be a serious understatement, I'd go as far as to say these people have driven a large amount of new and old players alike off of the server. Sure after a while of doing the same things over and over it does get boring, but these certain people will go out of their ways to make people they dislike have a miserable time on the server. It could be threatening to "get you permd" or making up rules on the spot to make an excuse to punish you, it's above all else, the saddest thing that this server has to offer, and anyone willing to attempt to change my mind on this, there's absolutely no point. Myself as well as others have experienced this firsthand for years, some of these people truly are powertripping, egotistical scumbags, but since nothing has been done about it (and if you try to say something, good luck not getting a perm) it's been deemed acceptable. My fourth and final issue comes with the repetitive nature of the server, updates used to be unique and would add new features that changed up the way you played. Now it's the typical create a case, put new or old items in it, make it a booster deal, create a match game with laughably low odds (1 in 2 billion chance to get an ultraboard btw) or some other type of gem/money sink reskin, and that's the update. That being said, the other repetitive elements mostly come from the map barely being altered in the past year and a half, most of the map is unfit for any sort of basing or nuking besides elevator or the entirity of warehouse district, the casino prizes never change and are extremely overpriced, the only sort of variety now are the drug runs and casino / armory raids, but even then those aren't even inticing unless there's a good item in any of them. Bottom line is, there is a ton of work that needs to be put in to turn this server around to be friendly towards it's new players as well as the old ones. I'd like to be able to say that there's a chance for this server to flourish again, but at this time, it might just be too late. I really hope to see my mind changed on this sometime in the future.