iphdrunk wrote:But I am somehow saddened that, while reading, there is a recurring pattern: everytime that someonme raises a question which (indirectly) targets old timers and their quest for continuous entertainment, our (valid, I pray!) concerns are dismissed, apparently as if we were like bored children that are unable to find ways to entertain themselves. Fortunately the original poster mentioned "add, develop or change", iirc
To suggest (again and again) that if you are bored is entirely your own fault, misses the point. All things considered, we know the issues involved in the proper development of the game, and this is why we wait. But getting the "if you are bored is time to move on" "if you are bored you are lazy" canned answer is as frustrating to me as the remark "this game needs new content for oldies" is to you.
Thank you for understanding.
I knew by posting this I would get the usual response by old timers. But I did it anyway hoping someone would read between the lines and understand what I am aiming at.
I am not even lvl 100 and do not fear the day I will reach lvl 250.
My question is not aimed at old timers (sounds like labelling a player as Grand'pa !). But more at players still in their early levels that do not see the game on the same eye as old timers. Old times will stay with the game no matter what. But the problem is that we have to prepare for the rest of the players. A lot of them will simply drop out once they reach lvl 250 (probably in less then 6 month with everyone levelling them up so quickly). This will not be paid by old timers but by the rest of the players.
Although I would love to help new players in every way I can, I do fear that by leveling them too quickly they will hit the lvl 250 and simply drop out. So what do we do in the mean time to prevent this ?
Refuse all the levelling up requests by new players and by this, changing the reputation of the community to a negative way ?
My way of thinking is the other way around. If we cannot prevent quick levelling up to 250, then what can we do to keep those eager players once they reached it ? By we, I do not mean the community only, I also mean the Dev team. We cannot change the maxed out level to a higher one because there are no enemies higher then this (other then players).
So this thread is to invite brainstorming but without the usual response. Stop thinking in the same way. Put yourselves in the shoes of the other players. Sure they will be players that will simply bored because they levelled up too quickly. But including them, what can be done to keep all players (no matter who they are and how they got there) once they reached level 250 ?
Now I hope I made myself clear on the purpose of this thread.
(yes, I have played it, for the year Ry was down along with WoW).
) Eve would be a better example i think, they're constantly adding _fresh_ content that furthers the storyline at the same time as helping high lvl industrialists, harvesters, and pve/pvp players play a deeper, subtler, and more exciting game.
