For the first time ever playing a mmo I feel that I cannot continue with this game due to the lack of response and actions taken by a gaming company- what they are doing is tantamount to suicide for their game.
Do they not think people will be asking themselves these questions and what future this game has?
I would just like a clear response from them with the directions they plan to go.
Ignoring thousands of players thinking your game is safe will not make it safe- people read forums and follow other forums that are not moderated by yourselves where their voices can be heard!
For example mmorpg.com- you have not control there of what people say and believe me when people voice their concerns it will be on those site like that and reddit and twitter which will give a true picture of the state of the game!
So closing posts here and burying your head in the sand wont work!
Please let us know what you plan to do with this ranger class and others or you might find you got a dud of a game on your hands very quickly!
Don’t take my word for it- the proof is all around what happens when you ignore your playerbase- just ask funcom with Age of Conan or even better ask Bioware after their massive failure with Star wars Old republic!
For the first time ever playing a mmo I feel that I cannot continue with this game due to the lack of response and actions taken by a gaming company- what they are doing is tantamount to suicide for their game.
Do they not think people will be asking themselves these questions and what future this game has?
I would just like a clear response from them with the directions they plan to go.
Ignoring thousands of players thinking your game is safe will not make it safe- people read forums and follow other forums that are not moderated by yourselves where their voices can be heard!
For example mmorpg.com- you have not control there of what people say and believe me when people voice their concerns it will be on those site like that and reddit and twitter which will give a true picture of the state of the game!
So closing posts here and burying your head in the sand wont work!
Please let us know what you plan to do with this ranger class and others or you might find you got a dud of a game on your hands very quickly!
Don’t take my word for it- the proof is all around what happens when you ignore your playerbase- just ask funcom with Age of Conan or even better ask Bioware after their massive failure with Star wars Old republic!
The hype phase is over there is no more good communication with them. Thats how it works. Pre launch during beta they are super active act like they care about everyone, fixing problems fast…. adjusting class’s based on the community’s needs etc etc.
During GW1, ANet made constant skill changes. It was common to see patch notes with sweeping changes to skills across basically every class. On top of that, considering they had no official forum, they were also very good about stating their positions on balance concerns and their reasons for making certain changes.
I think the issue here is simply that the game is still extremely new, and they’ve been spending all their time lately getting the Halloween event ready. So not only have they not been working on sweeping class changes, but they’ve not started getting into them enough to give anyone a definitive position on various issues.
They may have been unspeakably God-awful at actually achieving balance, but they certainly tried very regularly.
^ “I think the issue here is simply that the game is still extremely new, and they’ve been spending all their time lately getting the Halloween event ready.”
It’s not just the Halloween event. Their biggest motivator as to where to direct resources is the paid tournaments. Monetization is paramount, so things like class balance and fun take a backseat.
“They may have been unspeakably God-awful at actually achieving balance….”
Really? I know balance wasn’t perfect in GW1, but compared to other games, I think they did a kitten good job, which is what made PVP enjoyable for me.
“Really? I know balance wasn’t perfect in GW1, but compared to other games, I think they did a kitten good job, which is what made PVP enjoyable for me.”
They made a lot of pretty basic mistakes in GW1. Certain useless skills would go overlooked and unchanged for insane periods of time, completely ham-fisted changes would be made that either made a skill deliberately useless or changed the effects so drastically and completely it no longer even fit the name, or they would balance certain skills based purely upon bizarre and rare circumstances that players had devised in order to exploit it and thereby make the skills useless in any other scenario.
