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Hey guys, here's an update from Monterato. Seems like this may be sooner than expected.

"Hey everyone,

I think it'd be nice for you to get a small update to see on what we're working right now, what is planned and how everything will be progress in the next few days/weeks.

First of all, the server won't go down during we transfer everything to vsro files and I'm glad to tell you that we've prepared the test server today and that we can start working now.

What will be saved?

We'll save your character data. This means that you'll definitely get back the following things:

-Level
-Skillpoints
-EP

I'm not sure yet if we can simply copy & paste your skills and mastery data, if this is not the case, we'll compensate you with a suitable amount of skill points for sure.
Furthermore we COULD restore your items, though it would be quite time consuming as we'd have to rebuild it "manually". We will see what we can do, it depends on how much time is "left" and how long it'll take in the end.


How long will the file switch probably take?

We're confident that the whole transfer will be done within 1 - 2 weeks. Normally it takes very much longer to create a server, test bugs, test balance, check if everything works as it should but due to the fact that we transfer the server instead of creating a new one we'll save time here.

What will be new with vsro files?

You can expect several new things that will improve your gameplay, thereby we don't mean that you'll find tons of new features, it's more about things like this:

- In-game auto potion (T)
- Working stalls / stall network / exchange
- More quests with better rewards
- More available client resolutions
- Higher server stability
- More useful items in event mall
- More ways to receive EP/items of event mall
- Others, that I might don't have in mind right now

Will there be any changes to the general server policies?

The server will still be:

- NON-Bot
- Play2Win (no donations for EP/gold/sp/etc.)
- Original gameplay

Let me make something clear at this point. It's not and never been the intention to simply create a 1:1 copy of Silkroad. Even with ecsro/isro files we had the plan to improve things and use the full potential. But we think that there is a huge difference between adding new content and over-editing things or if you use consiting potential and content of the game.

We think Silkroad is an amazing game which actually offers A LOT but unfortunately Joymax never really succeeded in using the potential that their updates had. We want to use this preexisting potential to maximize the enjoyment of Phoenix Online without breaking with that what most of you would name "classic/original gameplay". You can be sure that we'll continue developing at the same level of dedication and love as before; and for sure we won't do any major changes before we talked about it with you, our valued community.


I hope that I've been able to answer most of your question for now, if you still have some question then you shouldn't hesitate to contact the team. Feel free to contact us in-game, on forum or just write your question in this thread and we'll send you a PM back (We won't approve posts because we want to keep the thread clean).

Best regards, Phoenix Online Team

Note: We'll keep updating this thread
Note2: Please understand that I cannot answer all question by myself currently since I still have the flu and feel quite bad. Give me 2-3 days to recover "

Sounds good to me. Thankfully it's not too long & we can still play until then. Hopefully they are able to carry items over, but if not I don't think it's the end of the world.

Well I am playing atm, going after lvl 50, need active peoeple online for trading and grinding parties. pm me online for talk, or activity, ign Rena

And we actually kill the elites

Grats Durp!

I AM ZEE BEST

No.

In your dreams.


Whatcha gonna do? Stop me?

bitching in groupchat, bitching in dischord, bitching on facebook. go to bed, oxy

and gw2?

Damn... You guys still play this game?

Yes we still are



Trading again, also we killed tg today

We still need more people for the party

i really wanna play but tfw no guild members on to talk to. why the hell did i come back to this?

Me too, but...

I'm losing faith in the server. First, they announce they're re-releasing with new files and there will be a character wipe, effectively killing off 75% of the server's already low population. Then, they tell us "keep playing!" but it's the second week no EP has been awarded. Plus, we've heard little to nothing about what's going on.

If it was just left as is we'd be fine. The server was (slowly) growing. Now it's slowly dying.

Don't look at me. Don't really want to go back to SRO. Too many memories for me.
Server looks promising though, unfortunately it also seems to suffer from a lack of player base.

Well, yesterday I recruited 5 new players, and we're growing and so on, I don't see a reason why not to join if the memories were sweet, and population is increasing, slowly but surely.

pm me ign guys Rena, we do daily trades ^^

Btw Sae, if you're alone you're welcome to join us

Once they make the switch to VSRO files, I guess I could hop on the server and have a look. But to be honest I have no real need for Silkroad anymore... Enjoying great games like Hearthstone and Fallout 4 at the time.

I have also been sick so have been in no mood to play.

Drama guild still looking for people ! pm me in game, Rena

Btw the servers first union has been created. Pics..later

Too swamped with work right now, if there are still people playing mid next week I'll be on

Aight, recruiting is still up and we'll be with the guild at lvl 4 by then. See you ingame or message me ign Rena

Not looking good from our end, Monkeydan. Some of us might be moving to BDO.

might as well uninstall monk key. your sro career is over

Lemme know when you guys make the move, after all i did buy this new laptop just for that lol

why buy BDO when you own GW2?

So any news here or is it completely dead without explanation?

it diedid

Hey,

yes the server is dead and I'm not proud of how things went. I guess I've disappointed lots of you people and I'm sorry how I treated those that invested a lot of time & efforts into this server and your characters.

The reason for the server shutdown is linked to some private issues and I won't go into detail about it, I hope you can understand that. To make a long story short I simply didn't had the time nor the money to keep this server online and thereby providing an adequate amount of support, updates and maintenancing.

Nevertheless I really enjoyed the few weeks we had together. I think I've never seen such a motivated, friendly and helpful community on a private server as on Phoenix. I'd like to thank you for this great experience.

If you're looking for a similar server like Phoenix then you should consider to play here: simply0wn Silkroad

Also I'd like to offer you my files (Phoenix Online files). If someone here's interested in hosting a server for this community or for all the legits out there or if you just want to have fun on a local server with some of your friends then feel free to send me a private message here and I'll send you a download link.

Once again, I'm sorry for how things went and that I disappointed your expectations.

Stay legit and have a nice day,

Monte