New player interested in Nighthaven

[jameys23 0]

Hey guys, got pointed here from /r/wowservers and I stumbled through the elysium project reddit too.  I want to play on a fresher server but I'm a bit worried about some of the drama I've been reading about gold selling and rank 14 characters being sold.  I'd like to give the elysium project team the benefit of the doubt but are there actually any plans or steps being taken to make sure this doesn't happen again?

[DarknessCalls 8]

Correct if I'm wrong, but I believe their intention is to setup a cash shop that has non pay-to-win features (meaning cosmetic only stuff) in order cover costs going forward, and they aren't allowing any more donations to be sent in. I don't follow their discord which probably has more details so I'm not 100% certain, but this is what was posted here about a month ago.

If you're asking for a more detailed plan of action, I'm not aware of one. The leaders of the project owned up to their mistakes a couple of months ago and have vowed to do better moving forward. So far I will say the Nighthaven realm is going quite well. Good chunk of activity, but not a super overpopulated amount like Light's Hope has, so it's a great environment to level up in. Very little lag, great draw distance, and there is always server-wide communication from GMs while online about updates or upcoming expected downtime/maintenance/etc.

[jameys23 0]

Good to hear thanks Darkness!  I don't mind a cosmetic cash shop as long as the realm is fresh and populated.  I just want an even playing field.  Did they already kick out the people that were selling the gold an characters?

[LostME 0]

Cose no.

[jameys23 0]

Oh.  That's disappointing.