Well.. There goes my #2 reason for logging on... #1 being a combination of AFKing and chatting with my guildies (with leveling via TIs being a distant #4 behind events. Counting on VD (hurr) event part 2 to be good/fun/otherwise engaging~).
I do have to say, if I had to come up with a complaint about anything about the way Gravity goes about things, my one consistent complaint, so insignificant until this point that I never really felt the need to bring it up because it has provided me with such excellent service elsewhere (believe it or not, you silly QQers, you~), would be the short notice we've been given with regards to various high-impact changes to the servers. Whether it be WoE changes posted a week in advance (thus, the backlash), ale changes posted days? in advance (also backlash-y), lucky box changes literally a matter of about two hours before maintenance (this time, due to pre-emptive backlash) after having the maint notes posted for the better part of a day (sold my first RoR based on one of these, only just got my second one days ago), I mostly just shrugged these issues off because, well, they haven't affected the services I'm paying for with VIP subscriptions - the paid service with Gravity that I value most. There was no reason to complain.
But this time there is. Why are we being notified only two weeks in advance on the removal of a significant VIP perk when the shortest VIP subscription is about twice that? If this information was posted elsewhere two or more weeks ago, why was it not posted here where the bulk of RO forum-browsing takes place? On a related note, why is the summoner being removed in the first place? If it's the absurd quantity of MVP cards and gear on the server, aren't the likely culprits the groove box that flooded the servers with literally tens of thousands of BBs and all the double drop periods we've been getting?
No, I'm not quitting. No, I won't be on RO only to chat. And no, it didn't escape my notice that we haven't had a flood of BBs via Kafra shop in a long while now. I understand that perhaps Gravity is choking off routes for the server to gain excessive quantities of MVP cards and gear. I also realize the stance of one customer isn't going to change much if anything, and that this change may very well be necessary for prolonging the life of the game. But, next time, can we at least get considerably more realistic notice, even if we don't get a say, even if we aren't given the reasons? Seriously, that's about all I need to adapt to changes. That simple courtesy would be MUCH appreciated.
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