If everyone would post the newest patch notes from the last 6 months or so on other game boards it would bring some players back. They have made some good changes and i think some just might not know of them. Like from WoW or AoC or even WAR.

 

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Not going to lie I laughed.


If you think this playerbase is tough shoulda played UO back in the day. They'd take ya outside of town murder ya and take all your shit.


So now ya dead, no idea how to res, and missing every penny/item you own. DAoC is carebear compared.

 

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Stop alb stealthers from running in fg's more then solo.

Honestly, most of what's wrong with this game is based on poor design and coding.

I want my rp's to be added up and shared across all my toons once they hit 50! I have an alt addiction but am tired of RR2 facestomps!

First thing I think that needs to be fixed is the attitude of said community towards new or returning players.


For example, I just re-subbed after not playing for probably about 4+ years, no one that I knew or anyone that knows me plays anymore so when I want to RvR I spend my time spamming the LFG and Region channels never getting invites so I resort to messing around in Thid. This is where normally a guild comes into play, but again, no groups = no meeting any people. It's a vicious cycle.


Now I don't have any ideas on how to make it any better but I see this as a huge problem, especially if it's someone new and they are solo, if they even make it to being a templated level 50 who are they supposed to play with?


Just my 2 copper.

You identified a valid problem with the game but your paradigm may be a bit off. You can’t change human nature. You can acknowledge human nature and design community rules to inhibit the negative nature and design other rules to bring out those traits that you want to see more of, but you can’t change human nature (isolated exceptions do not change the general rule).


Just look at places in the world where graft, greed, corruption, etc. . . are allowed to flourish mostly unchecked. Those are horrible places to live (mostly horrible). Look at other societies where there are strict and enforced rules against graft, corruption, etc. . . (along with checks and balances to help eliminate graft, corruptions etc. . .) and even though the negative aspects are not completely gone, those societies are much nicer places to live.


Human nature is human nature. It is unfortunate but true.


The only people that can change the general direction of the game community are those at Mythic, through game code/rule changes. If Mythic codes to bring out the negative (players dark side) then the game becomes what it is today. If Mythic coded more to eliminate negative behavior and coded to give benefits for positive behavior, then we would see more positive behavior toward noobs.


As others have mentioned, yelling and screaming at Mythic should continue but it is unfortunate that yelling and screaming is our only option (other than canceling). Those at Mythic are the only ones that code the game and those at Mythic are the only ones that can change the direction of the game or (via code changes) change the attitude of the game community.

 

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Sadly true. Meebee this needs to be pointed out to Mythic then.

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Hey Mythic:

All I ask for is five paragraphs of news and opinion every week. My god, man, let us know you're still breathing! It's OK to admit out loud that certain things will never be fixed or changed. It sucks all over these days. We may not like it, we may bitch about it, but we understand it.

And fine; if we've been reduced to oral tradition for realm war status, so be it. Keep the updates coming.

Throw us a bone to chew on once a week. For example, last week or earlier you should have blurted out: "We're thinking about reducing Bain AoE bolt range!" Accept the fact that anything you say will ignite a flame war. That's OK. You don't have to read every post, all you need to do is measure the heat of the flames. Then make yer own decision.

Lastly, if you can communicate a realistic expectation of the things that can be changed, maybe we all can have an adult conversation about what would be best. Yes, even then there will be flames.

Don't be shy.

Look! People have already flamed me for saying this I bet. So what? Screw 'em.

(signed) 10-Year On-Again-Off-Again Customer

 

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