>Where did disgruntled Rangers from EQ have to go?
You don't have to go anywhere! If the game isn't fun, you stop playing.
>Disgruntled Guardians can jump ship to any of a dozen games.
Yes, yes they can. I'm seeing a lot of disgruntled guardians posting on this board instead. My free advice... don't do the bitter, disgruntled bit. Generate logs, parses, and unbiased technical analysis.
>SOE has got to wake up and smell the subscriptions burning.
They're only going to see a subscription problem when there is one.
>EQ2 was aimed at casual-to-semi-hardcore gamers. A little more serious than the WoW playerbase...
i won't draw this conclusion, i haven't seen the SOE marketing plan.
>Lots of guardians are shopping. Patiently waiting for their game of choice to release, and they'll jump ship.
Then they jump.. my game play experience isn't related to what players outside my guild do or do not do. At best, its an idle threat and there isn't much of a compelling reason to do anything from sony's point of view. The dev teams are staffed on the expansion...which people have already paid for. The odds staff gets reallocated because people are waving their hands around what other players may or may not be doing isn't a good bet.
>All i'm asking is that a few more of our unhappy community log in here and tell SOE how they feel.
I understand. Actually i'm on your side here, but i'm telling you feelings and perceptions aren't how you evaluate change in a game like EQ or WoW.
Personally, i two box. Worst mistake in my subscription-i run a guardian and templar! Sony isn't changing the classes because i'm complaining, or because i ended billing for both accounts today. They're far more likely to pay attention to a set of players who show up with a fair amount of statistical analysis to compare the classes. If you're not a stats person fine. Folks need to set something up-there are tanks across the archetype who are and have a vested interested in making sure tank balance is within reason.
as sony for a repository for log storage on the board so folks can parse relevant stuff.