The Thing About Private Servers

[Matrim Cauthon Jr]

Playing an official server in general will make you tougher, or at least more polished. I cut my RO teeth on iRO Chaos from 2003 till sometime in 2005. I quit paying just after Einbroch came out. I had done alot of free trials before my official subscription. I had my first RO wife there. Ran my first guild there. But above all, I explored everywhere. Even today most maps I know like the back of my hand. And if someone goes "I need Rainbow Shells" I immediately say "One East. One North from Geffen for Stainers".

I was around during peak of LoD farming. The DBing of spawn points. I had a Poporing digest a rare. You name it, I did it. Except for pvp/WoE..cause that just doesn't interest me.

I also played a ton of other private servers before I got here. Hero is currently my second fav server I've ever played. I love the Fishing & Mining. I like the birth announcements..and it's challenging but very reasonable in time to get legitimately good.

I'm a 94 Rogue in about a month and a half...missed most of two weeks so *shrugs*. But anyway, in terms of overall skill, experience on officials does help.