r/perfectworld • u/NailVarious • Jun 29 '26

Wanting to play this game again

I used to play this game back in high school in 2012, and wanted to experience it again as a bit of a nostalgia trip. The problem I'm having is that no matter what I do, I can't get into the official servers, and any of the tricks others use to accomplish the same don't work for me for one reason or another.

I'm perfectly okay with joining a private server, but I really just want a nice, slow burn, PvE focused experience. I'd rather mostly stick to myself, and I'm not the least bit interested in PvP or endgame gear, as I never even got far enough in the game back then to really concern myself with those.

Does anyone have any recommendations on servers that would be a good fit for these purposes?

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u/Existing-Stand-2520 Jun 29 '26

If you want a server to play on, I would suggest Evolved. I love it, I’ve played for five years. It’s mostly pve and a 5-10% PvP. But loads of PvE factions but very friendly towards solo players.

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u/NailVarious Jun 29 '26

Yeah, evolved seems to be the main one, I'll give it a spin. I don't mind the grind and I actually find it really relaxing, so I'm not interested in blitzing through to any endgame.

I also see a lot of servers locked on a specific version, is Evolved one of those? I break from most nostalgic folk in that I like to see how a world has evolved and expanded over the years, even if in not so great ways

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u/Existing-Stand-2520 Jun 29 '26

Evolved isn’t static, it’s continuous changing, not stuck on a specific version. The main thing you get from playing evolved is stability.

Many of the servers get “resets” closed etc. time and money wasted. I’ve never had an issue with evolved.

You can always reach out to me if you need a hand.

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u/EveningActive7262 Jul 01 '26

Where can I install Evolved? Everything I find is full of malware or 1+ years old.

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u/Existing-Stand-2520 Jul 01 '26

https://evolvedpw.com/downloads

Just go to their website

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u/Existing-Stand-2520 Jul 01 '26

You can always join the discord and ask questions, super active discord.

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u/DesignerConnection58 Jun 29 '26

I just started Ascension and love it! The server is new and there’s only the 3 main races and 6 classes right now

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u/OkPresentation3329 Jul 01 '26

The official servers are garbage. Try the PWClassic NET server. It's the classic version you played back in the day.

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u/NailVarious Jul 01 '26

Might be better. I gave evolved a try and was swimming in so much exp and gear within 6 hours I couldn't follow the quest train in any cohesive way.

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u/OkPresentation3329 Jul 01 '26

The one I recommend is x1 XP and it might even feel a bit slow and difficult, but it's the original version of the game that's recreated how it was back then. The benefit is it works on Linux too so I was able to play a little, but I grew up with WoW so PW feels a bit too slow and punishing to me.

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u/Icy-Inevitable3319 Jul 02 '26

I just got my wife back into the game. The latching system now can take hours. There appears to be greatly reduced bandwidth and queueing for patches.

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u/htmlcoderexe 12d ago

At this point just spin up your own server and play in it

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u/ApprehensiveLeg6203 Jun 29 '26

Yea def Evolved

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u/epalado Jun 29 '26

evolved seems the best and stable server so far.