I remember a time when you used to have to fight for mobs. Had to be in the best guilds to get anywhere due to limited mobs and massive player base. There was also 4+ busy servers and SvS was that full it was crazy but fun. Now nova server is a shell. I would say you are lucky if there's 100 people on nova at once and this is a generous estimate.
The older players have felt let down, ignored and beaten with the pay to win stick. Then players are suspended, for lengthy sentencing over an exploit that none of them can figure out. I always thought that bug exploiting was finding a bug and repeatedly causing it to benefit. Surely they would know what they did if this was the case. Those suspended are losing premium, reduction tools, mounts and more. They run a very high risk of leaving the game permanently which will be sad as I consider some friends.
I have played many games like requiem and whilst this game is fun it is one of the slowest to receive a reply from when you need help. There are never any staff in game to interact with. Updates have been ok but nothing mind blowing.
Advertising is non existent. I see no new players. When a new player does start playing they see an empty server and because of megaphones they cannot interact with anyone until they reach a more populated map or do the relevant quests for a limited amount. If funding for requiem was money, a game like this needs to prick the finger of many players to get little trickles of blood, not just slash open the throat of existing players, yank their heads back and watch laughing.
The toxicity is well deserved and I'm not sure it can ever be resolved. The game we all loved is being beaten to death in front of us.
Now back to my original question. When's this game going down? I will be very surprised if it is here this time next year without urgent changes. I mean listening to those who want the best for the game. The players. I am trying to withhold venom as much as possible. I don't want the them vs us mentality that is being created but I also want to see this game survive and at the moment that looks unlikely.
Edited by Demtd, 09 October 2014 - 04:12 AM.