ONLY ANEWBIE GETTING RELIEF FROM COMBAT IN PATCH 20??

[spaero]

QUOTED FROM PATCH 20 NOTES:

. Fine tuning of spell resistance.

>>>. Adjustments to the combat skills of certain mobs in some refugee lands .<<<

. NPC won't sell any raw material above 100 in quality anymore. However, merchants still sell player's raw material above 100 in quality.
. Forage / Prospection xp was not distributed as it should.
. Skill tree problem fix for the close combat crafting issue.
. Crafting was adjusted in term of successfully making an item.


So they STILL do not see the reason we all left. Well, there is always PATCH 32 hope...

NEVRAX, those who left and are leaving are NOT Refugees, we WERE your Up and Coming Loyal Customer Base...

[gatineau]

From what I read in Cerest's postS, I think they have heard us and are working on it.

[spaero]

From what I read in Cerest's postS, I think they have heard us and are working on it.

Reading Cerests posts should not be like a crowd of seasoned financial gurus poring over Alan Greenspans minutest possible inference as to what direction the FED is going with interest rates.

Cerest should be allowed by NEVRAX to be fully disclosed with the waning public.

If a black kettle is black, call it black. If NEVRAX is going to address all the issues, announce they are addressing all the issues.

One thing is certain. Our departures have a direct financial impact on the game and they obviously are not doing enough to warrant a second try at this. They really need to step up to the plate and hit the damn ball...bunting at every turn at bat is NOT an option.

I really wish I were a project manager for NEVRAX, really, I do. I would be bold and liberal and admit a massive failure (if I could even remotely agree to a Live Launch of the game killing code to start with) . It would not be beyond me, at least, to reach out....beyond the Customer Support,and DIRECTLY apologize, asking forgiveness and for some time to regain the trust of the consumer.

With so much at stake for this game such as, the Timing just prior to 2 MAJOR same genre games as well as the chance to capitalize on SWG and EQ burnout, I truly feel SoR HAD and i stress HAD a prime opportunity with which to offer a longterm home to some very talented MMORPG players.

Longterm, in my eyes at least, is not a bedrudging levelling taking thousands of hours to reach the top, but an environment of pleasure that offers more possibilities than drawbacks. NEVRAX seems to imagine that slowing the levelling somehow will make us have to play longer and therefore spend more money in the process. Quite the contrary.

I am not suporting arguments based on some inside marketing data I have or have seen, but based on years of MMORPG games, Guilds, Players and a love for the whole genre, experience which is a valuable asset in assessing games for which I desire to play and support.

[keriann]

NEVRAX, those who left and are leaving are NOT Refugees, we WERE your Up and Coming Loyal Customer Base...

actually several of my friends was slaughtered by yubos and gave up 10 minutes from the start. ryzom lost 12 new costumers and also made itself ALOT of bad advertisement sadly but you are right they need to fix back the way they was ALL monsters, not just newbie lands ones. or the bad advertisement will be 10x

[keriann]

From what I read in Cerest's postS, I think they have heard us and are working on it.

working on it is not enough. it doens't take much to de-patch and get back the monsters as they was. and IF it does take much, HAVE THEM TELL IT OPENLY. a public 'we are sorry we messed up we are putting back the monsters as they was, but will take some time' would DEFINITELY quiet the current enraged players...

frustration leads to anger anger leads to enragement... you do not want to know what comes after.

[zzeii]

They are now going to be doing the 3rd patch for the 3rd day in a row. Working on gameplay issues as they come up, and making sure it is playable for the new players and the old ones. Which a number of the old ones who have issue with the current combat set-up (which they did try and readjust yesterday, and are probably trying to work on another adjustment again) have already 'quit and uninstalled'.

The previous combat system, even if you didn't use blind, was exceedingly too easy. Now it is very hard, and I'm sure they are working on a comfortable medium. So please have a little patience, patches aren't simple on/off switches, and there is a q/a run through that has to be tested to make sure the servers don't crash. Which I'd rather have a game where I can go in and do stuff, then one that keeps crashing.

You could always pretend it crashed and do something else since the game is 'unplayable' in your opinion. It would be alot better than letting your anger/frustration get the better of you in the forums, ey?

[belgeron]

I quit and uninstalled. Not that I was that thrilled before the patch, I was only 4 days into the game and I'm not even sure what they did. What pissed me off? Having my skills reset after I just got onto the mainland with no idea where any trainers were. 15 minutes of looking around, me thinking EQ2 should arrive in a week, quit, uninstall, see ya. No complaining, no hard feelings. Just the facts of my response.

[buzyb77]

I quit and uninstalled. Not that I was that thrilled before the patch, I was only 4 days into the game and I'm not even sure what they did. What pissed me off? Having my skills reset after I just got onto the mainland with no idea where any trainers were. 15 minutes of looking around, me thinking EQ2 should arrive in a week, quit, uninstall, see ya. No complaining, no hard feelings. Just the facts of my response.

THE traines are easy to find if u ask aroud or look and no thery are not in the same type things at they were in the refugee islands

[spaero]

You could always pretend it crashed and do something else since the game is 'unplayable' in your opinion. It would be alot better than letting your anger/frustration get the better of you in the forums, ey?

THAT right there is a reason you have a well tested, well though out and well employed Beta. You do NOT Force unrealistic adjustments on a paying public without great resistance. This was not a minor error, this was a catalyst for turning benign, friendly players with great hopes and great praise for an awesome fresh development in the MMORPG genre into a shocked, betrayed and irrepairably consoled crowd of venters in this forum.

Why are will still around? Only because WE HAD SO MUCH FUN! NEVRAX allowed us to make friends, explore their wonderful creation, then inflict a sudden, excrutiating pain upon us by destroying the gameplay which destroyed the fun which in turn broke up many friendships. The reprocussions are deeper than they will know and will simply write it off as a neccessary loss to rebalance the game.

Frustrations ARE getting to us, WE ARE HUMAN! We have feelings...some now colder than before.......

[svayvti]

So please have a little patience, patches aren't simple on/off switches, and there is a q/a run through that has to be tested to make sure the servers don't crash.

and please just give me a million dollars.

We have to deal with reality whether we like it or not.

Recognize that the reality is that the player base isn't going to be patient. People have already paid their money and want to play the game NOW. Especially on a weekend.

not having reverted before the weekend is going to alienate a HUGE portion of the casual player base. People who only play on weekends are going to be furious that they're losing out on 1/4th of their playtime.

The amount of effort to regain customers is going to become exponentially more the longer it takes to get the game back to a fun, friendly atmosphere.