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I never thought I'd see the day where I start a thread extolling the virtues of this woefully run, badly managed, hacked to death, exploited, corrupt, more offline than online MMORPG. But times change.
I left the game in 2003 to start exploring the wonders of Lineage, EQOA, EQ2, Lineage 2, FFXI, WoW etc. Then about 3 months ago I took a break and started to research Phantasy Star Universe (which isn't looking too good atm) as my next online RPG.
Just for kicks, I surfed by the old Legend of Mir Forums to reminisce about the bad old times, and to my amazement people still play. I surfed a little deeper, digging up the old posts about hacked GMs, gold exploits, Moderators keeping a tight lid on things because they were involved, that kinda thing, and sure enough it all still seems to occur. But I remembered the good times too.
The thrill of your first Bone Elite.
The fun of trying to whack 4 Oma Warriors in the space of 5 minutes.
The sheer simplicity of just using your mouse to run about and click stuff to kill it.
So, dagnabbit, I looked for the client download. Now Mir is still as user-unfriendly as ever, and two days after installing, patching, installing again, patching some more, disabling firewalls, enabling firewalls, tweaking .ini files, enabling the auto-patcher, disabling the auto-patcher, enabling it again, working out how to pay etc., I finally got online using my clunky old laptop with 64MB RAM.
And I have to say... the 10 Euros for 30 days is worth it. There are still fights outside the Bookshop in Bichon Wall. There are still PKers in the newbie zones. The quests are still broken after 3 years. The community is the same old same old, new faces but same psychotic dispositions and as always that aura that permeates the game that some players know exactly what is going on and are running about in a billon's worth of kit whilst others are out farming for the same stuff and can't understand why they can't obtain it.
Most other things have changed for the better - rare items now appear blue so you know they have added stats, there are many more areas added since I left, the sheer variety of dungeons is a bit overwhelming, there is an auction facility and so on.
But it's the gameplay that's still the most perfect thing. Click stuff, kill it, repeat, make sure you don't run out of HP in the meantime. It's the ultimate grind, and I found myself playing most of the first day and into the small hours of the second day until Dragon Server fell over at 3am (some things never change). The announcement posted 5 hours later on the forums reads:
"The main dragon server collapsed during the night with a multiple hard disk failure, the machine is currently being rebuilt.
At the moment we don't have a precise ETA for when it will be back online. We will update you with some further news as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
followed 10.5 hours later by:
"ok, here's the situation so far:
we're still working to recover all the data in the server and we have no clue on how long it can take. However, it is unlikely that we can make a statement before tomorrow morning: we need to retrieve the data, check them, apply them, see what's missing etc etc
anyway, if we have news to share we will post them asap
thank you!"
It's just like old times! Today I'm off to start a Wizard on Phoenix Server (which I think is running, haven't checked yet) to pass the time fireballing Yetis.
==================================
So, a word to the wize and not so wize:
If you've never played Legend of Mir 2 before, and want to see how bad a game can get, and have 48 hours to spare trying to get it up and running, try it out and experience MMORPG gameplay at it's most simplistic, which is what makes it more enjoyable. But don't, whatever you do, expect a professional service for your 10 Euros. It hasn't happened for the last 5 years so I can't see it being any different for the next 5.
If you have played Legend of Mir 2 before, check it out again, it's a lot better than it used to be and the memories are worth it.
I left the game in 2003 to start exploring the wonders of Lineage, EQOA, EQ2, Lineage 2, FFXI, WoW etc. Then about 3 months ago I took a break and started to research Phantasy Star Universe (which isn't looking too good atm) as my next online RPG.
Just for kicks, I surfed by the old Legend of Mir Forums to reminisce about the bad old times, and to my amazement people still play. I surfed a little deeper, digging up the old posts about hacked GMs, gold exploits, Moderators keeping a tight lid on things because they were involved, that kinda thing, and sure enough it all still seems to occur. But I remembered the good times too.
The thrill of your first Bone Elite.
The fun of trying to whack 4 Oma Warriors in the space of 5 minutes.
The sheer simplicity of just using your mouse to run about and click stuff to kill it.
So, dagnabbit, I looked for the client download. Now Mir is still as user-unfriendly as ever, and two days after installing, patching, installing again, patching some more, disabling firewalls, enabling firewalls, tweaking .ini files, enabling the auto-patcher, disabling the auto-patcher, enabling it again, working out how to pay etc., I finally got online using my clunky old laptop with 64MB RAM.
And I have to say... the 10 Euros for 30 days is worth it. There are still fights outside the Bookshop in Bichon Wall. There are still PKers in the newbie zones. The quests are still broken after 3 years. The community is the same old same old, new faces but same psychotic dispositions and as always that aura that permeates the game that some players know exactly what is going on and are running about in a billon's worth of kit whilst others are out farming for the same stuff and can't understand why they can't obtain it.
Most other things have changed for the better - rare items now appear blue so you know they have added stats, there are many more areas added since I left, the sheer variety of dungeons is a bit overwhelming, there is an auction facility and so on.
But it's the gameplay that's still the most perfect thing. Click stuff, kill it, repeat, make sure you don't run out of HP in the meantime. It's the ultimate grind, and I found myself playing most of the first day and into the small hours of the second day until Dragon Server fell over at 3am (some things never change). The announcement posted 5 hours later on the forums reads:
"The main dragon server collapsed during the night with a multiple hard disk failure, the machine is currently being rebuilt.
At the moment we don't have a precise ETA for when it will be back online. We will update you with some further news as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
followed 10.5 hours later by:
"ok, here's the situation so far:
we're still working to recover all the data in the server and we have no clue on how long it can take. However, it is unlikely that we can make a statement before tomorrow morning: we need to retrieve the data, check them, apply them, see what's missing etc etc
anyway, if we have news to share we will post them asap
thank you!"
It's just like old times! Today I'm off to start a Wizard on Phoenix Server (which I think is running, haven't checked yet) to pass the time fireballing Yetis.
==================================
So, a word to the wize and not so wize:
If you've never played Legend of Mir 2 before, and want to see how bad a game can get, and have 48 hours to spare trying to get it up and running, try it out and experience MMORPG gameplay at it's most simplistic, which is what makes it more enjoyable. But don't, whatever you do, expect a professional service for your 10 Euros. It hasn't happened for the last 5 years so I can't see it being any different for the next 5.
If you have played Legend of Mir 2 before, check it out again, it's a lot better than it used to be and the memories are worth it.
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www.mirdragonserver.com
Join Us!
Heh nice to see it's tightly and well run like before
Should have mentioned that once they finally got Dragon server up again it promptly fell over on the weekend. Game Network's 24/7 coverage doesn't include weekends, out of office hours, national holidays and whenever they feel like it, therefore it has remained fallen over.
Some people were silly enough to try to play on Phoenix, but some disgruntled Dragon players decided that if they couldn't play then nobody could play and managed to collapse that server too by spawning multiple clones of themselves.
Then the forums fell over, which is a blessing as it stops people complaining for 48 hours until Game Network arrive at the offices on Monday morning and wonder what all the fuss is about.
Fantastic value for money. Can't remember why I quit this godforsaken waste of life in the first place all those years ago. So glad I came back...
Some people were silly enough to try to play on Phoenix, but some disgruntled Dragon players decided that if they couldn't play then nobody could play and managed to collapse that server too by spawning multiple clones of themselves.
Then the forums fell over, which is a blessing as it stops people complaining for 48 hours until Game Network arrive at the offices on Monday morning and wonder what all the fuss is about.
Fantastic value for money. Can't remember why I quit this godforsaken waste of life in the first place all those years ago. So glad I came back...
Yea i played it ages and ages ago, even remember the tv shows with Carl i think it was running around a park hitting things with a stick. Got to around level 20 then stopped playing it. Then i had another go a few months back and was just getting killed time and time again in the newbie area so just left it again
I never thought I'd see the day where I start a thread extolling the virtues of this woefully run, badly managed, hacked to death, exploited, corrupt, more offline than online MMORPG. But times change.
I left the game in 2003 to start exploring the wonders of Lineage, EQOA, EQ2, Lineage 2, FFXI, WoW etc. Then about 3 months ago I took a break and started to research Phantasy Star Universe (which isn't looking too good atm) as my next online RPG.
Just for kicks, I surfed by the old Legend of Mir Forums to reminisce about the bad old times, and to my amazement people still play. I surfed a little deeper, digging up the old posts about hacked GMs, gold exploits, Moderators keeping a tight lid on things because they were involved, that kinda thing, and sure enough it all still seems to occur. But I remembered the good times too.
The thrill of your first Bone Elite.
The fun of trying to whack 4 Oma Warriors in the space of 5 minutes.
The sheer simplicity of just using your mouse to run about and click stuff to kill it.
So, dagnabbit, I looked for the client download. Now Mir is still as user-unfriendly as ever, and two days after installing, patching, installing again, patching some more, disabling firewalls, enabling firewalls, tweaking .ini files, enabling the auto-patcher, disabling the auto-patcher, enabling it again, working out how to pay etc., I finally got online using my clunky old laptop with 64MB RAM.
And I have to say... the 10 Euros for 30 days is worth it. There are still fights outside the Bookshop in Bichon Wall. There are still PKers in the newbie zones. The quests are still broken after 3 years. The community is the same old same old, new faces but same psychotic dispositions and as always that aura that permeates the game that some players know exactly what is going on and are running about in a billon's worth of kit whilst others are out farming for the same stuff and can't understand why they can't obtain it.
Most other things have changed for the better - rare items now appear blue so you know they have added stats, there are many more areas added since I left, the sheer variety of dungeons is a bit overwhelming, there is an auction facility and so on.
But it's the gameplay that's still the most perfect thing. Click stuff, kill it, repeat, make sure you don't run out of HP in the meantime. It's the ultimate grind, and I found myself playing most of the first day and into the small hours of the second day until Dragon Server fell over at 3am (some things never change). The announcement posted 5 hours later on the forums reads:
"The main dragon server collapsed during the night with a multiple hard disk failure, the machine is currently being rebuilt.
At the moment we don't have a precise ETA for when it will be back online. We will update you with some further news as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
followed 10.5 hours later by:
"ok, here's the situation so far:
we're still working to recover all the data in the server and we have no clue on how long it can take. However, it is unlikely that we can make a statement before tomorrow morning: we need to retrieve the data, check them, apply them, see what's missing etc etc
anyway, if we have news to share we will post them asap
thank you!"
It's just like old times! Today I'm off to start a Wizard on Phoenix Server (which I think is running, haven't checked yet) to pass the time fireballing Yetis.
==================================
So, a word to the wize and not so wize:
If you've never played Legend of Mir 2 before, and want to see how bad a game can get, and have 48 hours to spare trying to get it up and running, try it out and experience MMORPG gameplay at it's most simplistic, which is what makes it more enjoyable. But don't, whatever you do, expect a professional service for your 10 Euros. It hasn't happened for the last 5 years so I can't see it being any different for the next 5.
If you have played Legend of Mir 2 before, check it out again, it's a lot better than it used to be and the memories are worth it.
I left the game in 2003 to start exploring the wonders of Lineage, EQOA, EQ2, Lineage 2, FFXI, WoW etc. Then about 3 months ago I took a break and started to research Phantasy Star Universe (which isn't looking too good atm) as my next online RPG.
Just for kicks, I surfed by the old Legend of Mir Forums to reminisce about the bad old times, and to my amazement people still play. I surfed a little deeper, digging up the old posts about hacked GMs, gold exploits, Moderators keeping a tight lid on things because they were involved, that kinda thing, and sure enough it all still seems to occur. But I remembered the good times too.
The thrill of your first Bone Elite.
The fun of trying to whack 4 Oma Warriors in the space of 5 minutes.
The sheer simplicity of just using your mouse to run about and click stuff to kill it.
So, dagnabbit, I looked for the client download. Now Mir is still as user-unfriendly as ever, and two days after installing, patching, installing again, patching some more, disabling firewalls, enabling firewalls, tweaking .ini files, enabling the auto-patcher, disabling the auto-patcher, enabling it again, working out how to pay etc., I finally got online using my clunky old laptop with 64MB RAM.
And I have to say... the 10 Euros for 30 days is worth it. There are still fights outside the Bookshop in Bichon Wall. There are still PKers in the newbie zones. The quests are still broken after 3 years. The community is the same old same old, new faces but same psychotic dispositions and as always that aura that permeates the game that some players know exactly what is going on and are running about in a billon's worth of kit whilst others are out farming for the same stuff and can't understand why they can't obtain it.
Most other things have changed for the better - rare items now appear blue so you know they have added stats, there are many more areas added since I left, the sheer variety of dungeons is a bit overwhelming, there is an auction facility and so on.
But it's the gameplay that's still the most perfect thing. Click stuff, kill it, repeat, make sure you don't run out of HP in the meantime. It's the ultimate grind, and I found myself playing most of the first day and into the small hours of the second day until Dragon Server fell over at 3am (some things never change). The announcement posted 5 hours later on the forums reads:
"The main dragon server collapsed during the night with a multiple hard disk failure, the machine is currently being rebuilt.
At the moment we don't have a precise ETA for when it will be back online. We will update you with some further news as soon as possible.
We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause."
followed 10.5 hours later by:
"ok, here's the situation so far:
we're still working to recover all the data in the server and we have no clue on how long it can take. However, it is unlikely that we can make a statement before tomorrow morning: we need to retrieve the data, check them, apply them, see what's missing etc etc
anyway, if we have news to share we will post them asap
thank you!"
It's just like old times! Today I'm off to start a Wizard on Phoenix Server (which I think is running, haven't checked yet) to pass the time fireballing Yetis.
==================================
So, a word to the wize and not so wize:
If you've never played Legend of Mir 2 before, and want to see how bad a game can get, and have 48 hours to spare trying to get it up and running, try it out and experience MMORPG gameplay at it's most simplistic, which is what makes it more enjoyable. But don't, whatever you do, expect a professional service for your 10 Euros. It hasn't happened for the last 5 years so I can't see it being any different for the next 5.
If you have played Legend of Mir 2 before, check it out again, it's a lot better than it used to be and the memories are worth it.