I don’t typically play private servers mostly because of admins. They can give up on the server on any given day, without warning. Which means I lose all my progress, recipes, thralls, equipment, etc. I don’t have that issue on official. Even if I let everything fall into decay and i give up the server for a while, i know i can go back to it with my character progression in tact. They’re just more reliable for persistent playing. Private servers may not even exist after a break away. Though yes, private servers can be more stable.

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