Shadowbane: Resurgence

One Guild Controls the Server; What’s the Point Anymore? Shadowbane is supposed to be about guild warfare, politics, alliances, rivalries, sieges, and fighting for control of the world. That only works when there are actually multiple groups competing against each other. Right now, one massive guild/alliance essentially controls the entire server, and it feels like 95% of the active player base has joined them. At that point, what is even left to fight over? There is no meaningful competition. No real political landscape. No balance of power. No reason for smaller guilds to build cities or try to compete when practically the entire server is consolidated under one banner. Even worse is the apparent cheating and the lack of meaningful action from the developers. The same dominant guild repeatedly seems to know exactly where players and farming groups are, shows up almost immediately, and can wipe groups within seconds. After seeing it happen over and over again, it becomes extremely difficult to believe everyone is simply playing on an even playing field. Whether that's exploiting, third-party tools, information being shared that shouldn't be, or something else, I can't prove. …

It's classic Shadowbane and can be played for free, which is amazing although there are pay to win elements, you can still win without paying. It's so much better than not having it at all.

Even though it's in kind of a P2W state right now, I mean, even just as it is, I still find the game to be very fascinating. I remember watching my dad play this game when I was younger, I didn't know what the game was at the time, but I don't know, I just saw how free he was, going from land to land, finding Joe Schmoe's to quest with. It seemed like there was practically no restrictions on what you could do as a player. I've seen him play World of Warcraft (Just coming out at the time I watched him play Shadowbane, so it was great as well, but noticed the small differences) And he had to stick to someone of his own faction and HAD to fight someone of the opposing faction. In Shadowbane, you could be an elf, siding with a human, or a centaur, teaming with a vampire. Dwarf with an Aelfborn. Any side can be respectful, dishonorable, or just downright vile, teaming up with other viles. Even now, being stuck in its 2003 form, with P2W, it still has managed to give me such an old high, the old high that most gamers into this genre really enjoy. This is what player freedom is all about, you can do or be whatever you want at any given time. It's not linear, and it doesn't…

its shadowbane. high learning curve. lots of people that hate you. better off playing a baby game like wow. or you can crush.

I have played thousands of hours on Shadowbane, building every build possible, testing them out over the years, purely for fun! used to like coming up with small groups, larger groups and had guilds/nations over the years: this p2w model is such a slap in the face to the players. I uninstalled. Part of me was happy to see it back up. Most people that would play this, played 20+ years ago, so this sort of situation with the game (big guilds knowing where everyone is, paying for res etc.) is just going to drive away anyone coming back, imo.

Its Back ! <3 Well... There goes any and all free time i ever have left . We need a UI Scale slider!.