kami_ryu wrote:I like this thread. Not going to lie every time ESO starts acting up, I bring this topic back to the table. Last time this happened they looked into it and ESO became somewhat stable again, which I suppose is a good thing.
Nonetheless I entirely agree with the OP.
Voobly is a proven platform and currently supports the second most populated RTS out there, AoC.
Voobly allows us to deal with ESO's shortcomings, e.g. invite hacker, ESO going down randomly, being buggy, etc.
EDIT: I FORGOT THE MOST ATTRACTIVE PART OF VOOBLY! you can actually ban moesbar hackers and actually fucking moderate. that's like the biggest pro of them all
Voobly supports EP and TP (which is btw quite active). Could probably be extended to WoL & NE.
The part about the community fracture is a valid point, but I think it's also overstated. If you have AOE3 installed, you automatically have ESO right there. It's a button you click in the actual game. Just because you're on Voobly doesn't mean you lose access to ESO or anything. As long as ESO is up, it'll be right there. Being active on Voobly isn't exclusive to being active on ESO. There's a proven platform, right here, right now. It's way more reliable than ESO and frankly it's a much better platform. Rather than people log off and go do something productive with their lives when ESO has one of its fits, we could just start voobly and play there.
I frankly don't see the harm in just starting to work with Voobly without committing to it. All we'd have to do is start with adding links on ESOC to voobly. Maybe bundle it with the launcher (instead of gameranger which is garbage), etc. There's stuff that can be done with intelligent compromise. I just think it's silly to complete stomp the idea into the ground flatly without even giving it a chance. This is just a conservative mentality that gets us no-where (also present when we discuss unbanning people btw).
Also looking at poll results... all I can say is power to the people. Let's actually get the ball rolling on closer cooperation with Voobly and see where it goes. There's nothing to lose.
Heres the problem, when ESO inevitable comes up, we've just split the community. Its hard enough already getting games on a centralized platform, but now introducing voobly would make it even harder IMO. Of course if eso doesn't come back, voobly would be the right way to go, but it has just been 24 hrs since eso server have gone off. I say we be patient before proceeding.