ROO pointless if your not a clanner?

[DFN]

Hi

I've been at ROO for about 3-4 months now, play 1-5hours per day and I'm getting increasingly frustrated by the lack of "good" servers, i.e. with a fairly decent and somewhat teamwork-oriented population. There was the Splat-server, but since they ruined it with the grenade-mutator, everything seems pitch black on the server side.

So what do you guys do? Run around and get frustrated untill you tear your own hair out or is there some secret hidden magic servers where everything is fantastic? Every serious player out there can't possibly be a clannie with access to private servers etc.

I'm this close to putting ROO away for good due to this, while I'll happily waste countless hours on a good game, but such as the server situation is for an european player atm it just seems pointless. Spending your evnings with lameass russo-campers on danzig, or tk'ers, weapon-stealers (bajo stabbing aiming for your hands), blockers and people who doesn't even ****ing understand the most basic concept of "capzone" simply isnt fun.

/DFN

 

[Nagels]

Clan might be the way to go, RO solo is very frustrating.

 

[Six_Ten]

I've played RO since the mod and haven't been a member of a clan. There are plenty of good servers. I set my filter to no bots, no empty servers, no passworded servers, and at any time of day find good choices.

Your recent frustration with tkers is likely due to Tripwires's flooding RO with free trial players.

 

[DFN]

Well I do use filters ofc, but filters is hardly any guarantee for hte quality of a server.

/DFN

 

[Gardner]

Use the Bots

Use the Bots

Remove your filter that says "no empty servers" and "no bots."

Then, pick a server with a ping <200 which has at least 10 players minimum (bots).

Other decent non-clanners will then join.

 

[Demonic Spoon]

I find the TWB and 2manny's servers to have some decent people most of the time. Generally there's some teamwork if you actively start it via VOIP.

 

[Zetsumei]

why dont you try out clanning for a bit?

There are all kinds of clans from really dedicated to just a bunch of people wanting to have fun together.

 

[Six_Ten]

The RTR Danzig 24/7 server is usually a good time: they have low tolerance for tkers and there is a good team ethic there.

 

[sop_Ie]

I find the TWB and 2manny's servers to have some decent people most of the time. Generally there's some teamwork if you actively start it via VOIP.

snap! TWB probably the best pub out there atm..

 

[Private Who?]

bought the game the week it went retail. I come from a DoD / CoD clan and only a couple of them have RO and play regularly. We don't have a RO server so most of the time I just pub around. On a good night....it's very very good. On a bad night its still more fun than CoD.

 

[Peter.Steele]

I'm a non-clan pubber.

I like the Sniper Group's server, and the TWB US West server. I mostly can be found now toting around a PTRD on the Arad 24/7 server, though, pissing people off with insane AT Rifle kills.

 

[Lionel-RIchie]

The RTR Danzig 24/7 server is usually a good time: they have low tolerance for tkers and there is a good team ethic there.

Unfortunately it is 24/7 Danzig

 

[Slyk]

Clan-Clam-Schlam. No one needs a clan. One of several public communities that only requires you to download and install Teamspeak: www.after-hourz.com Stop by, get the TS info and in minutes you can join the TS server, find the "Meatgrinder" channel and you'll have a number of good natured guys happy to have another boob off of VoIP. j/k.

Every day, mid to late-evening eastern time you'll find someone, and on weekends as well throughout the day well past midnight. Just be mature and courteous and have a good time.

 

[PUTZ]

Most servers advertise their teamspeak address, and will welcome any pubber onto it. I know we do, and more to the point, most of these teamspeak servers have a "Public" channel designated for any average joe wanting the 'comforts of ts.'


p.s. ts53.gameservers.com:8789 (we have a public channel...and we love good teamworkers)

 

[Dheepan]

Well option A is Ironcrescendo.

Option B is 2manny's Roost. Had some spectacular pub games this evening, a lot of mic'ed up players and a lot of people actually listened to what leaders were saying. Was the most fun I've had with RO for a while.

 

[cosmicdance]

clans

clans

I've played RO for about a year now and love it still.
Most of the time I join servers solo and try to hook up with someone who seems like they're working to help the team.
Sometimes just typing 'anyone want to work together?' will get at least 1 person to join you.
An MG & rifleman working together can help a team so much. Anyone working with you is helping you and you helping them + the team, so to me it makes sense.

I was in ICM for a while but due to commitments I had to leave as I cannot play that often now.
They're a great friendly bunch who make you feel welcome and don't have a chain of command but work together and have fun too.

Playing solo and watching your own team rifle butt each other in spawn can easily put you off the game so I see where you're coming from.
Wherever you go there's always idiots but fortunately far fewer in this game.
I used to play Battlefield 2 & BF 1942 and that had loads of smacktards killing each other on the same team.
I just used to hop servers until I found one that was OK, or a familiar name that I had played with in a previous match.

Andy

 

[Mormegil]

I second Iron Crescendo

It's having organized teamwork without having to join a clan.

I just wish I had my weekends free to play this campaign.

 

[fiftyone]

No clan for me (tho I do play in a team !) its just team attitude that you are missing.
I can hop on to pretty much any server and start working with others and pretty soon others will start working with me, it really is a matter of attitude!

Clans are there to play against other clans, sure, team work moves up a notch but I disagree that you have to be in a clan to appreciate RO to its full potential !

Try the Russian server, I don't understand kucfing word of whats being said but teamwork is omnipresent.

Format your memory and try again, or better still join a clan, there is a whole forum dedicated to the subject.

Anyhow playing with the same people day in and day out is not very inspiring either !

In my humble opinion !

 

[Nimsky]

Well, RO is one of the better games for teamwork out there. You just have to find the right servers, plug in your mic and start some teamwork. Usually a few people will respond are work together.

Before you join a clan, you have to understand that many clans require some kind of commitment, especially if they're serious about winning. Some clans however, are a lot more laid back and just want to have a good time (ICM, [CC], etc). Also, clan play isn't as realistic as Iron Crescendo, considering you play with only 6 - 8 guys on your side.

So if realism is your thing, and if you want teamwork without having to deal with the commitment of clan play, then IC is probably what you'll have to look for. There are also "realism" tournaments but I've never realistic squad movement work in RO because one nade will just take you all out (believe me, we tried in the BFE days).

 

[DFN]

Hey, thank you for your suggestions guys

I've got nothing against clans, got a history myself as organizer, raidleader and guildleader in major sized MMO guilds. Heck, I even had a small informal clan in an online 2D arrow-key controlled spaceship shooter well over a decade ago I'd prefer an english speaking scandie community tho due to ping etc (brits may be tolerable as long as they ain't heavy dialectic scousers ), but not many of my friends are interested in "converting" to ROO from other games so I can't sort of bring a gang with me (bloody infidels!).

That said, I'll have a look at your suggestions and we'll see what I end up with.

Thank you again.

/DFN