The "evil" side would need to be judged by the active population and level average (or player rating if levels weren't a factor) to determine its strength and weakness. If you had a low pop server and you had an overwhelming evil side then it wouldn't be fun.

If it had something like Horizons had where the blight was creaping over the land and the players had to stop it. There were events on Horizons where the dark side would invade and we had to defend. The ides has been out there, you would just need a game to captivate the players and give them a reason to fight.

You would also need to take into consideration if the evil side was about to take over, people would want to jump ship. So there would need to be a limitation on character transfers (if even offered).

While many of us (me included) would love to see some of the more annoying players on some games get wiped and never return, you would also run the risk of losing your core players. Maybe if the server got taken over and there was a wipe, there would need to be some sort of perk for players to come back.

Shaiya http://shaiya.aeriagames.com/ : This is a game that just ended CB and they are hoping to launch OB between the 12th - 20th. It has an L2 feel to it but seems to offer a little more in the way of movement and game play. It had an active PvP system and will hopefully retain its PvP activity after OB. It's definitely worth trying.

As many of the may know and to the few that don't SCO USA is being shut down. This was copied from sco.gpotato.com

Dear SCO Community,

For some time now, a large majority of you have been crying out for answers. The lack of content updates, the continual updates made to Ace Online overseas, and my diminished presence in the SCO community. I am writing this letter to give you all the answers you seek and deserve, however these may not be the answers you wanted to hear.

As some of you may know, Ace Online is now owned by another publisher. Gala-Net was given a cease and desist letter from this publisher, requesting that we shut down Space Cowboy as they now possess the rights to the game within the US region. We here at Gala-Net immediately resisted this claim and began to take action. Several plans and proposals were formed by us here at Gala-Net, and I was sent to Korea in an attempt to negotiate some sort of compromise.

Gala-Net has fought for one of two goals. Either the continuation of our service in the US complete with updates, or the voluntary transfer of your characters to a new publisher.s service. We recognize that many of you have spent a significant amount of your time in our game worlds. It is this very reason for which we fought with great resolve. Unfortunately no compromise was able to be reached, and no transfer could be agreed upon.

For the past few months the SCO forums have been filled with complaints and angry posts regarding the status of the game. These posts are written by players of every gear, every faction, and every country of the real world. Many of you have taken note of my patience during this era of flaming and hatred.

I have patience with the anger of this community because I share that anger with you. Space Cowboy is a game of great potential. It has been a game of recreation, a game of solitude, a game of friends and comrades, a game of conflict and competition. In my time here working on SCO, I have seen leaders succeed and fail, I have seen heroes rise and fall, and I have seen brigades form and dissolve.

I have done everything within my power to fight for Space Cowboy, and I do not possess a single regret regarding my work here. Gala-Net has been incredibly supportive in my fight for SCO, however unfortunately, sometimes passion and hard work just isn't enough.

Space Cowboy servers will be shutting down on 12/26/2007. Gala-Net cares deeply for our users, and we wish to provide those who have supported us with various forms of reimbursement. E-mails will be sent out in the coming weeks to your respective email addresses detailing any reimbursements that your account is eligible for.

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Thank you,

GM Xarfox

It's good to hear that production is still in full force. The game looks amazing, keep it up

I came across this game a while back and since then it has been festering in the back of my mind. Since asking for a release date is considered taboo, my question is this, how are things going in the development of the game? Are we going to hear anything new concerning the game in the not so distant future?

Thanks

Well that's your first problem, trying to play WoW in the first place. But if you must play, I would suggest clearing your cookings and web cash. If that doesn't work then restarting might fix it. If that doesn't work then I would say run an anti-spyware program and clear all that crap off your system.

Other then that, I would say return the game and go spend it some where else

Good luck!

I have the game installed but when I start the game all I get is like the intro thing where the computer is playing the game. Unless I'm missing something.

I think both WAR and Aion look amazing, however, if the standard stereotype of Korean MMO's play true with Aion, I think I may try it out but not actually get into it until other means of playing it come about. I'm not fully committed to WAR either, after years of playing WoW off and on and other MMO's I'm finding I have a generally bad taste in my mouth for MMO's at this point. All I can say is I hope these two games WOW me (Not World of Warcraft).

I was able to install and update just fine, just waiting on my key so I can start playing.

I'm getting pretty tired of WoW for the 6th time or so. There has never seemed to be an MMO that could ease the addiction and finally replace WoW. When I stumbled upon this last night, it was like the heavens opened up and there was hope again in a darkened and lost world.

From what I have seen and read so far I am highly impressed. The only thing that kinda bothers me is the character creation. Yes variety is good, the adjustment of body height, weight, size, and features is a big plus, but facial features and too many features can be a time sink whole. When I read what they were doing I immediately thought of Oblivion. It's like they are giving us too much rope to hang ourselves with. Then again it may not be too bad.

Anyways, the game looks simply amazing and cant wait to play it! I hope they take their time and get things running smoothly before they decide to release.


Cheers