Dasein wrote:
Magnamundian wrote:
However in the end it doesn't matter if we are being rational, logical or anything else, a portion of the playerbase is very upset with this implementation for one reason or another, so far SoE have done little to address these concerns other than to talk them down and carry on with the rollout of new items.
On a sidenote, Interesting to see that one of the sets of SC armor includes a breastplate that (around six months ago) a dwarf was complaining about seeing whenever they were in Soga mode (those who saw the thread will remember it).
So how long as this SC gear been planned for I wonder?
http://forums.station.sony.com/eq2/...topic_id=427514
A portion of the playerbase seems perpetually upset with SOE, and will never be happy. The most vocal critics have also decided that SOE cannot be trusted, so anything anyone from SOE says will be dismissed or twisted to be seen in the most negative manner possible. What concerns have not been addressed by SOE, in your view, and how could SOE address them?
As for how long the Station Store has been in planning, I'd say easily for over two years, likely more. Probably about the time the Free Realms business model was developed.
funny as i am seeing alot of longtime players upset over this , how does that equate to "a portion of the playerbase is perpetualy upset with soe ? "
i was thoroughly enjoying TSO, i have payed to pay since release(as a shadowknight no less : ) i have had my issue's with the game as everyone does on some level.
but to try and lump the majority of people that are against RMT being added to the game after the COE(SMED) had stated " no way shape or from EVER..EVER " is just a load of crap
if anyone can't understand why people are upset about it and why some people have canceled i will say it again
people chose to play a NON RMT (type) Game, people Payed thier Subs with the knowlegde directly from the COE ( Smed) that we would not have RMT on the Normal servers EVER, and was the whole reason for exchange servers
people that have invested alot of time into the game, have friends, family and guildies they have known for 4 or less years need to make a decision suddenly when Stationcash was Slipped onto live servers without any warning, either A ) leave your friends/guildies and everything you Personaly achieved in the game ,, or B ) swallow your pride,morals,ethics, and continue to play a game that has introduced a feature promised to never be there to stay with your friends guildies, and not lose everything you aquired thru actualy Playing the game AND and hope that a Future update sometime in the near or far future will not go to far and you will have to cancel anyway.
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some of the playerbase left (quietly) some are leaving vocaly,others are staying and being vocal about thier opinion on RMT, some people are staying and canceling if just one item is overboard , others will stay and if a few items negate thier tradeskiller/transmuter/advunture class will leave,,
the community is very divided , and alot of people are uncomfortable and uneasy loging in anymore, some people are ignoring it, but thankfully the world doesnt revolve around the people that just ignore what is going on around them, and you have a minority of people that will buy stationcash items even if it is complete Junk ( like the introductory specialy picked stuff they added with RMT to make it seem like it was all FLuff) ,,
again i have enjoyed palying eq2, and was enjoying it up until last week as Many other people were , the way this was implimented the Fact there are NO servers without it is a farce , it is either Like it or Leave ,,, and thats a realy crappy business aproach no matter how you look at it or want to spin it .
eq2 has turned intoa game with many options and then suddenly RMT is forced apon everyone ? you can pick an exchange server, you can pick a pvp server, you can choose from hundreds of diffrent prsonal settings, etc etc etc , but you can not choose to play on a Sub-based server like you were just lastweek ??? it stanks something fierce.
and to have the Mods telling us " stationcash is a Huge success" is just pathetic ,,, people are leaving, people are afraid to log in, people are afraid of the next SC update, people are afraid of there achievments and accompliments that took them weeks,months and in some cases years , to be negated in a microsecond by a credit card swipe,people blacklisting players,people ading sc users to ignore,guilds banning use of SC,,,,,,<_--- does not sound like a healthy fun game environment to me , or a Huge success .