>>1917152
>i should probably try making internet friends to play shit like this with
trust me, a "small friend group" isnt much better. especially if your group tries getting into it with dedicated roles.
>we have a bunch of mods that encourage picking a dedicated role and sticking with it
>problem is that everyones schedules and playtimes are wildly different.
>server is more or less active nearly 24/7 thanks to play times, also on the default calendar/day speed
>farmer gets on once a day for 1-2 hours, what usually happens is that several early year crops die due to heat, and the window for mid-summer crops passes.
>chef has to over produce constantly to make sure that the cellar doesnt run dry before he can get back on
>dedicated miner left. now im the blacksmith and the miner (its nice to be able to mine the shit i need immediately at least)
>eight people at the start, half of them lost interest within a week. now down to 4 people
>the fourth person was supposed to be doing alchemy potions. has not gotten to that at all.
>the rest of us have started to lose interest in the server because its just not fun to try and play with and around specializations that arent even online when you play (we all have perfectly incompatible playtime schedules)
>planning on shutting down the server for a few months to let interest in it build back up
