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Armawk · 05-27-2007, 07:31 AM

shioki wrote:

Tell ya what, I'll let this one slide...but do a little research on the history of eq2 since it launched. From some one that has been playing this game for more then 7 months I can tell you that there were a series of server mergers, and that over half eq2's population left even before VG came out. If eq2 ignore's me entirely that's fine, since they have been ignoring thier customer base since they launched it won't make any difference at all. If you want examples of server merges then ask what happened to the old neriak server? up from one year ago when you started playing might look good, but from 3 years ago when I started it is still down by quite a bit.

I know all about what happened, and Ive been around for a lot longer than 7 months thanks (2 years in fact). But the idea that huge numbers have left in the last year is a bit odd. The game WAS in a slump. And marketing has been handled abysmally. there are many many bad things about the games handling and early development. Listening to the user base is a useful tool, though dont mistake listening for doing what the user base seems to demand, because game players are not defacto good game designers, and giving them what they demand wholesale can kill a game dead.

But anyway since mid-late last year I think they started listening much better, EoF was a clear move in the right direction and everything since seems to me a good continuation. This update is more of the same, I dont see any way this could lose them numbers at all, so I dont see how it relates to your posts?

05-27-2007, 07:31 AM	#65
Armawk Server: Everfrost Guild: Nos Es Rutilus Rank: Tirones Loremaster Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2,240	shioki wrote: Tell ya what, I'll let this one slide...but do a little research on the history of eq2 since it launched. From some one that has been playing this game for more then 7 months I can tell you that there were a series of server mergers, and that over half eq2's population left even before VG came out. If eq2 ignore's me entirely that's fine, since they have been ignoring thier customer base since they launched it won't make any difference at all. If you want examples of server merges then ask what happened to the old neriak server? up from one year ago when you started playing might look good, but from 3 years ago when I started it is still down by quite a bit. I know all about what happened, and Ive been around for a lot longer than 7 months thanks (2 years in fact). But the idea that huge numbers have left in the last year is a bit odd. The game WAS in a slump. And marketing has been handled abysmally. there are many many bad things about the games handling and early development. Listening to the user base is a useful tool, though dont mistake listening for doing what the user base seems to demand, because game players are not defacto good game designers, and giving them what they demand wholesale can kill a game dead. But anyway since mid-late last year I think they started listening much better, EoF was a clear move in the right direction and everything since seems to me a good continuation. This update is more of the same, I dont see any way this could lose them numbers at all, so I dont see how it relates to your posts?