WilliamK99 wrote: This won't work, hell IceIX even told me in a previous thread the devs don't care about our opinions....As long as someone pays, they could care less about those that dedicate hours to this game...It sucks, but it's true...
Chimaera wrote: I've never paid anything? The break is fine. SWTOR + forums.
soenottelling wrote: Chimaera wrote: I've never paid anything? The break is fine. SWTOR + forums. I cannot think of the letters tor without thinking KOTOR...annnnd then I realized sw was star wars lol.@will. I am sure that's a direct quote from iceIX....
WilliamK99 wrote: I am not ashamed to admit, I quit for a few weeks, and came back because I relapsed...My addiction is too strong to overcome...So essentially I have battered spouse syndrome, no matter how hard the devs beat me up, I keep on taking it because I love the game..
Nerdrage wrote: Chimaera wrote: I've never paid anything? The break is fine. SWTOR + forums. SWTOR is dead .. Wildstar forever sir.
Nerdrage wrote: I agree with all your sentiments however with just over 3 days left on season 1 people will buy HP for Shields... they just will.
aaronschmiz wrote: WilliamK99 wrote: I am not ashamed to admit, I quit for a few weeks, and came back because I relapsed...My addiction is too strong to overcome...So essentially I have battered spouse syndrome, no matter how hard the devs beat me up, I keep on taking it because I love the game.. I won't quit playing. But any money that I would have invested into this game has now been re-allocated to fund something different. Not sure what yet, maybe a book club or something. I miss books. They don't glitch out and die on you. They may leave you with a cliffhanger at the end so you buy the next book, but that is totally part of the excitement. LOL.
WilliamK99 wrote: soenottelling wrote: Chimaera wrote: I've never paid anything? The break is fine. SWTOR + forums. I cannot think of the letters tor without thinking KOTOR...annnnd then I realized sw was star wars lol.@will. I am sure that's a direct quote from iceIX.... I paraphrased him, but yes the devs have proven time and time again they could care less about the veterans of the game, and those that invest a ton of time... I am not ashamed to admit, I quit for a few weeks, and came back because I relapsed...My addiction is too strong to overcome...So essentially I have battered spouse syndrome, no matter how hard the devs beat me up, I keep on taking it because I love the game..
I finally came to an eureka moment today. That realization was that if I want the game to change, this is not the developers' problem, it's mine. I kind of wish it would have come before my many rants. I want to play a game that is fun and cares about customer retention. For me, that was this game. However, the current devolution of the game is just a shadow of its former self. The recent actions and inactions by this company has spoken loudly and clearly that they have shifted from their earlier paradigms. I no longer want to invest my time or money for a "game" whose design is to penalize consumers that spend time and money on their product in the form of scaling, bracketing, MMR, etc. In just the last two months, I spent close to $200. I have requested a refund of my purchase. The reason is that I was investing in a product, which no longer exists for many intents and purposes. The gameplay (the essence of the game) was changed without prior communication. Hence, I was denied the ability to make an informed purchase. If I had been advised prior to my investment that the entire gaming model was going shift from fair brackets (blind and random) and an increasingly progressive MMR would be changed to a stagnant one, I would not have made the purchases. So when I get my money back, I'm not quite sure how I'll spend my extra 20+ hours a week, but I certainly will not spend it blaming a company for running it the way they see fit; since, you know, they own the product have to please no one, but themselves.
Arogntbastrd wrote: Aaronschmiz, for one) holy font. For b) I believe it was once calculated that the wrath of us crazy forum folk wouldn't even cause enough damage to trigger anger on d3. While I understand the rationale, it's not like they're trying to have a broken game. They're already trying to fix it. Flaming the fires isn't helping things. Go post a meme instead, spread some joy while we wait for that broken blue using bastard. Alliteration for the win!
aaronschmiz wrote: But we should at the very least try to "trigger anger"(ie. Change). This wasn't meant to be an off the wall rant. I didn't intend to fan the flames. I truly believe that even the small percent of us here can bring better change to this game. And the only way to do that to a business is to upset their cashflow. But think if JUST those here in the forums quit sending them money for their flawed system and lack of communication. That would dry up a nice chunk of once rich waters into barren desert.
aaronschmiz wrote: The communication skills of D3 have got to improve. That is, apparently has been, and if we attempt to nothing, always will be the biggest complaint.
aaronschmiz wrote: "Working as intended" is not now, nor will it ever be an acceptable answer on its own. (No shade at ICE, I'm sure he has bosses that limit what he can and cannot say).
aaronschmiz wrote: Why did they bother to create a forum if our input means absolutely nothing and they have no intention of actively discussing issues with us? Why has it been over 24 hours since they system crash without any explanation or notice ensuring us that things are being fixed? Hundreds of threads and thousands of post, and yet they ignore the very community that they started.