Hi there,
out there are tons of Freeshards. A Few have HS and Stygian Abyss, but it seems most are more PVP orientated.
I personal playing on
http://www.ninthvirtue.com/ .
What i like there?
- You are allowed to Script, just not all AFK.
- Custom content like advanced Fishing, Thiefing .. Basicly a lot to do for pvm
- Friendly and listening Staff
They had a hard downtime due some issues with Players ( Leaving Players ) for a while but atm constantly raising a new Community. They also work on the Stygian Abyss Project on their own.
Some hard facts :
Engine :
Runuo 2.x + Custom
Character and Accounting :
Accounts
Accounts allowed: 3 per person.
1 house per account.
Account inactivity.
Your character
You can be a Human, Elf or Gargoyle.
Max Weight:
Human: 100 + ( 3.5 * Strength )
Elf: 40 + ( 3.5 * Strength )
Factions: Felucca only.
Reds (Murderers): Felucca only - No Town Guardzones.
Character skills and caps
Skills
Skill Gain: Twice as fast as default: Even faster in Training grounds!
Skill Cap: 730 (750 at max Vet.)
Stats
Stat Gain: Twice as fast as default: Even faster in Training grounds!
Stat Cap: 225 (250 with power scroll.)
Individual Stats cap: [Str 150, Dex 150, Int 150].
Detailed
Bonus Caps: Hits 20, Stam none, Mana 40 [Items].
Regen Caps: Hits 18, Stam 24, Mana 18.
Casting: possibility of 2/6 (FC/FCR) for Magery, 4/6 for Chivalry.
LMC: Lower Mana Cost is capped at 40%.
SSI: Swing Speed is capped at 1.25 sec per swing.
DI: Damage Increase is capped at 100%.
SDI: Spell Damage Increase is capped at 15 for PvP, no cap for PvM.
HCI: Hit Chance Increase is capped at 45%.
Hit Lower Attack is applied to HCI before the HCI is capped
Divine Fury allows HCI to go over 45% cap by 10%
Wolf / Bake Kitsune give a 20% bonus to HCI [works over cap]
MAX HCI possible: 75%
DCI: Defense Chance Increase is capped at 45%.
Hit Lower Defense is applied to DCI before DCI is capped
Divine Fury penalizes DCI by 20%
Being under the effect of Discordance penalizes DCI by 0 to 28%
LUCK: Capped at 1500 .
Hardware :
2x Intel Xeon E5645 2.40GHz, 12M Cache, 5.86 GT/s QPI, 6 Processors [24 cores]
12GB Memory (12x1GB), 1333MHz RDIMM
Intel Gigabit ET NIC
iDRAC Remote Interface Card
RAID1 Controller
2x300GB HDDs
Located in USA
Overview of PVM Content :
http://ninthvirtue.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:PvM