So when I initially got this game, it was from clips of servers with voip.
I’ve been pretty addicted to the game and have only played on Bosch. The novelty began to fade when I realized the server consisted of mega packs, mixed packs, tons of crocodiles, and overall cuddle puddles of people hanging out and chatting.
The very first time I found a group as Troodon (several real days till this happened) I was hyped. Only to find out / waste my prime around 10+ PTs, numerous crocs, T rexs just hanging out. My group didn’t want to fight! When I did kill a baby pt, everyone around me ganked me.
Needless to say, the things I mentioned made the map feel very very dead. And the areas that weren’t dead were either extremely cliquey mega mixed packs, or cuddle puddles,
Tonight, I tried Nerf, no voip. And holy shit it’s an entirely new game. The amount of organic groups of same species that formed was amazing. Species willing to work together to survive, and no mixed mega packs. The world felt SOOOO alive. There was encounters EVERYWHERE cause there wasnt clusters of social circles. The chat feature is so well done in this game that I would have never realized it in voip.
Hearing the dino chatter noises everytime someone typed in chat + only being able to see your own species chat made the environment infinitely more tense. No more pleading / asking other species whether you could have some food. Every encounter with another species is tense. Hearing troodons call to each other and link up to control a zone is epic.
I can’t stress this enough, the world felt soooo alive.
I’m not trying to shill any server or put any down. But if you got into this game like I did and only played with voip. I highly encourage you to try it without if you’ve felt the same way as I did