No thanks, Jerry.

Kype wrote on May 22^nd, 2016 at 10:45pm:

diaf

Hereby I'm letting Turdbin know that there is nothing they can do to make me resubscribe.

Off the top of my head, I'd say they'd have to ensure no more crippling lag, refocus monetization back to content and away from bypassing (e.g. pre-MotU and its XP hamster wheels), and convince enough people back to the game that its about maybe 5 times more populated than it is now (I'm bad at numbers, just assume I mean no more ghost town).

Think that's possible?  No...then yeah, this is a pointless ass exercise because we know that shits not going to happen or whatever else would be needed to convince people that frequent these forums to re-subscribe.

if

• if they cleaned out a majority of the current staff
• if the community relations wasnt a circlejerk on the shithole forums
• if the game moved forward instead of backward

It has been painfully obvious that the staff, for some time, has had their own goals in mind that have always been paramount to the needs of the community. every problem that occurs was greenlit by someone who should lose their job. evey issue that makes it live was programmed into the game through one mans incompetence, but reaches the live product through fingers of many. Anyone can make a mistake but only an asshole fails to care. How many people had to not care about any given issue, for it to go from code to catastrophe? I cannot justify investment in a project led or maintained by people with no accountability.

One of their main (if not only) sources of interaction with their clients, is the shithole forums. The forums are a host to wonderous levels of toxicity, inaccuracy, and censorship. Infinite and endless numbers of fanboys, waiting for a chance to agree or disagree with anyone, all for the sake of what i can only imagine is internet cred. Village idiots, who scream as loud as they can, incorrect information, to the point that such ignorance becomes self sustaining. Any form of truth or knowledge that goes against the desired public appearance is kneecapped and buried. As a result, The chain of communication between actual play experience and developer is so distorted with layers of cross translation that its nearly impossible to determine the realities in a game that is hard coded to be exactly what it is.

year after year, DDO opts not to crawl, not to run, but to fucking moonwalk into the umbra of un-progress. Rather than addressing old issues, they add more. Instead of completing systems, they make new ones that end up in the same state as the previous ones. Instead of learning from and reacting to the playerbase, they reject your opinions and interject their beliefs. languages and OS are being removed from support, not added. API's are being terminated, hardware is being downgraded. This is the opposite of progress.

IF i was to even consider trying to justify giving them money every month, just for existing, these issues would need to all be proven to no longer exist. there is no fucking chance. now i ask you, OP, to give me your time, as i have given you mine. what the fuck is the point of this thread?

New pack is decent.

Lag is under control, not perfect but about where it was before the data center move if not a little better.

I'll resub when it comes up.

Content.

I enjoyed Search and Rescue that just came out.....but after that, I have to go back almost TWO YEARS to find a quest that came out that I actually enjoy. (Precious Cargo)

So until they start cranking out better content instead of the usual "big pack of abishai at every intersection" bullshit, mine will stay cancelled. I only run MAYBE 50% of the content now, I've done my server favor runs, saved some TP and am just buying those packs when my sub runs out. No point in paying for content I don't run or new content that just fucking sucks.

OldCoaly wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 9:52am:


I stand corrected.

...I unsubscribe.

Bigdickrichguy wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:10am:

Honestly, I'd just settle for a game that works well, has a solid and sustainable community, and has a plan moving forward that allows you to plan out your character's live(s) and gear.

What drove me away wasn't so much the lag as the jerkiness of the development right now. There just doesn't seem to be any clue where they're going right now. I can tolerate a bit of a treadmill you actually get somewhere eventually but the dev's don't seem to know where 'somewhere' is anymore. Between that, the anniversary event, and the lag, I just haven't been able to bother logging in despite having an active VIP sub. 

Asheras wrote on May 23^rd, 2016 at 11:24am:


It's justified when cordovan can and has ban game accounts for forum activities.