I would like to thank Fubuki for his in-game partnership and personal dedication to helping unite the players of Kaineng since the server’s launch.
The challenges which presently face Kaineng boil down to two important dynamics which are influencing the server’s culture: a lack of pre-formed/pre-existing adult guilds and gaming communities – and – players.
Guilds who left their initial servers in pursuit of WvW queue times being low, zone load times without overflow, and the opportunity to add to or grow their communities found Devonas Rest and Kaineng. Unfortunately not enough moved over initially and the server has since become a bastion (in large part) for post-game-sales players. The combination of these two dynamics effected the server’s initial culture, the evolution of that culture. One of the two continues as the prevalent influence today: post-game-sales players joining who have not played an MMO, or who do not have a guild – thus their is a general lack of familiar players to the landscape. That is not to say they cannot rise to the occasion – but the odds they face are very large to overcome as the cultural differences between Kaineng vs. almost all other North American servers is very different at the core.
There is nothing more that Fubuki or others can do to help unite and grow Kaineng that has not already been done. Time, perseverance, and stubbornness are almost mandatory for any guild or anyone to reside on Kaineng – notably if they wish to have access to the highest areas of the game, uncontested, and to have equal gear/stats/etc. vs. competitors from other servers in WvW. Even then – for WvW specifically, number of fielded players on the maps, coordination, communication, and leadership are needed to graduate from freshman to senior status in order to compete with other servers. Gear is key in going toe-to-toe with a foe on the maps. Kaineng is simply outgunned. There is a vacuum of seasoned guild organization and and PvP experience at present but the opportunities for their growth are certainly there. Kaineng fields players who face these obstacles, and these same players will probably create some very well-lead and organized units on the maps through the adversity they face.
Fubuki, Delarme, and others are to be commended for their efforts to rally interest to Kaineng’s cause.
While I’m sure everyone is appreciative of outside opinions being expressed, tips and suggestions to improve the situation, the realities of what are ‘core’ to the server’s culture are what they are. The server has it’s own domain: KainengUnited.com. The server has it’s own VoiP for use in WvW and PvE events. From an infrastructure and organizational support perspective Kaineng is well-positioned. But regardless of what leadership, organization, and structure is provided the server – without numbers of seasoned players and entire guilds – a vacuum exists which will create a different kind of hardened player than on other servers.
All of what I stated above is based upon current operational conditions and the environment of the game. It is ArenaNet who will most likely introduce change which will effect not only Kaineng, but others server as well, as we progress down Guild Wars 2’s path into the future. One could provide a list of things to be done by ArenaNet for Kaineng however what can or will be done will most likely effect all servers.
I am not sure what the future will be for my community, The IMPERIUM of LaZy NATION, on Kaineng. We have attempted to provide good stewardship, resources, partnership to give Kaineng a winning chance at succeeding. But it takes everyone to coordinate, to communicate, to work together and unite as a community. It will take ArenaNet to address the glaring imbalance issues. Gear is a huge contributor to the disparate balance – not just # of players.
Earlier this week I made a private suggestion to ArenaNet that they might consider moving their guild, ZOS, to Kaineng so the development team can gain a better awareness of the disparities Kaineng faces with other servers – but then again, who is to say they are not already fielding characters on various servers and are not already aware.
So back to where it started … thank you Fubuki for your efforts on Kaineng’s behalf. You are only one person, with one voice, but you speak for many. /salute
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(edited by Araliun.5024)
… that LaZy had already headed out and the TS server had been restructured. Will chat in game later. I don’t want to offer up redundant options if you guys are still around.