How do servers work?

[Mister Sir]

I am new to the game, looking to make a character but I have some concerns over the servers. Since characters are server locked, I wanna get a few things clear first. Are these hosted by players or more like official mmo like servers?

I am asking cause I would hate to start a character and then be kicked by server admin for not brown nosing to their clan or taking some resource they need so on and so forth.

[Suzaku]

There are private servers, and dedicated servers. These can come with PvE or PvP rulesets.

Dedicated servers are on all the time, and can come in both official (run by Stunlock Studios) and unofficial (run by players). Official servers should provide no problems as long as you follow basic rules of human decency. Unofficial servers will see you subject to whatever the whimsy of the owner desires. Take note of any servers with scheduled resets on them, as everyone will lose everything when that happens.

Private servers are run by players, which can either be your own personal solo/online server, or those run by other players. These are only active while the game is running.

[Mister Sir]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

There are private servers, and dedicated servers. These can come with PvE or PvP rulesets.

Dedicated servers are on all the time, and can come in both official (run by Stunlock Studios) and unofficial (run by players). Official servers should provide no problems as long as you follow basic rules of human decency. Unofficial servers will see you subject to whatever the whimsy of the owner desires. Take note of any servers with scheduled resets on them, as everyone will lose everything when that happens.

Private servers are run by players, which can either be your own personal solo/online server, or those run by other players. These are only active while the game is running.

Thank you good sir.

[Takama]

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Unofficial servers will see you subject to whatever the whimsy of the owner desires.

Originally posted by Suzaku:

Official servers should provide no problems as long as you follow basic rules of human decency.

... so, exactly the same then. If whoever is a mod on an official servers deems you haven't been decent, whatever that means, you'll get kicked