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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Online All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9185 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Jan 31^st, 2017 at 8:29pm	Print Post
	(Hint: it was 0) Let me begin by saying this is not a doom thread. So a friend of mine has(had) actually played Ashron's Call since launch, and as many of you know, the servers shut down today. Last night it was apparently busier than it's been in years. This morning my buddy was playing at at work, basically right up until the servers were shut down. Got his last 3 PvP kills in just as the hammer dropped. Apparently precisely zero fucks were given by WB/turbine as to the end of this era. No special events, treatments, or perks. They wuite litterally announced the impending shutdown a month ago, let everyone play, and unceremoniously flipped the "On/Off" switch to "off". And it's just over. No celebration, no closure. The point? While I don't think it'll be any time remotely soon(I think DDO has a good 5+ years left, min) I sure as fuck HOPE that when the time comes, DDO puts a little more effort into it's final goodbye.

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[] Madame President Offline Posts: 10532 Joined: Oct 16^th, 2015	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2017 at 8:33pm	Print Post
	You sound so fucking gay on all your sox, dude.


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Frank Puppy Farmer Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1429 Joined: Jan 14^th, 2016	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #2 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:26am	Print Post
	noamineo wrote on Jan 31^st, 2017 at 8:29pm: While I don't think it'll be any time remotely soon(I think DDO has a good 5+ years left, min) I sure as fuck HOPE that when the time comes, DDO puts a little more effort into it's final goodbye. Oh, you think 5+ years? SSG just begged for subscription money by re-skinning a pre-release item they previously swore was an exclusive item. That's an indication that they aren't on a strong financial ground. And coloring a black panther grey and calling it an alabaster lioness instead of an onyx panther isn't exclusive. Cordovan previously alluded to legal constraints due to the language that was used when selling the pre-release package. Perhaps the company name change makes all prior promises void, I'm not a lawyer so I don't know. All I can say is that Cordovan seemed to be sure that there was no way they could ever hand out onyx panthers in the future. And a can of spray paint doesn't make a stolen car any less hot.

	No, let me be Frank. Digimonk wrote on Dec 8^th, 2016 at 12:39pm: I've had multiple RoSS rot just from doing the explorer points in Sands across multiple lives since it is exclusive. Smart players know how to use buyback. Digimonk wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2016 at 1:58pm: I will not chone. I did what I did intentionally and while my primary purpose was not to annoy the other Vaulties, I acknowledge that it was a side effect. Smart people don't elicit "side effects."� They understand in advance the consequences of their actions.
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Revaulting Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Posts: 10143 Location: Not in my pants Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2014 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #3 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:46am	Print Post
	Frank wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:26am: And a can of spray paint doesn't make a stolen car any less hot. You never played GTA.

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Hag Master Ex Member I Love Drama!	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #4 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 2:51am	Print Post
	Frank wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:26am: I'm not a lawyer Fair enough. So stop pretending to be one you naive little piece of afterbirth, just be a good boy and slip down the drain to where you belong.


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Newby Ex Member	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #5 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 6:10am	Print Post
	Hag Master wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 2:51am: Fair enough. So stop pretending to be one you naive little piece of afterbirth, just be a good boy and slip down the drain to where you belong. Jesus, that's a little harsh.


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ZooperDooper Shroud Slacker Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1207 Joined: Oct 27^th, 2014	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #6 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 8:14am	Print Post
	They did it cause I said I wanted one.... yay! >_< Wait.... Big tittied women don't just fall out of the sky!?!? waits
	« Last Edit: Feb 1^st, 2017 at 8:16am by ZooperDooper »

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Asheras Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline This is why we can't have nice things. Posts: 10230 Location: Ohio Joined: Jun 9^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #7 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 9:00am	Print Post
	I wonder who did the AC shutdown.� The MMO team at Turbine was supporting AC for the last several years.� But the MMO team left Turbine to form SSG about 45-60 days ago.� So AC was with Turbine still and all their mobile gaming people.� Chances are the Turbine devs who have been babysitting AC for the last month or so don't really care about a 15 year old MMO.� They have no emotional investment in that game.� It is possible that Turbine contracted SSG to continue support through the shut down, but no idea what that contract looked like and whether Turbine paid for any extra bells and whistles at shut down.� If I'm SSG, I would have taken that short term transition contract and used that time to heavily encourage those stalwarts to move their gaming time and experiences to DDO and/or LotRO.� A little shutdown flair, even if not required/paid for by Turbine might have been a nice way to bridge people to their ongoing products. Maybe everyone with a current sub to AC at shutdown gets a free 1 month ViP sub to DDO or LotRO.� Something like that would be a nice spiff that might transition some gamers.�(That would have even netted them a golden "dont call me onyx" lioness companion)
	« Last Edit: Feb 1^st, 2017 at 9:02am by Asheras »

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ZooperDooper Shroud Slacker Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1207 Joined: Oct 27^th, 2014	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #8 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 9:09am	Print Post
	I could see that.. a package based on how long you had been playing... non-transferable/BTC hearts and stones, some boosts to get into the swing of things... would have been interesting for folks trying to make the transition


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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 10011 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #9 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 11:11am	Print Post
	The interesting bit is that it brought out of the woods lots of people that had tools for AC. At first glance a few of them might be of use for DDO once adapted.

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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Online All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9185 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #10 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 12:05pm	Print Post
	Asheras wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 9:00am: They have no emotional investment in that game.� This is amusing to me because I managed to have an emotional investment in the game despite literally never playing it. Yes, I apparently gave more of a shit about the stupid thing than whoever was tasked with turning it off at the very end.

	I'll never understand the propensity of people to brag about being good at a video game. Its a toy you play with for fun. The only person who should be proud of you is your mother. If you're 3.
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Mr Reilly Stormreaver Piker Offline They're all gonna laugh at me. Posts: 673 Joined: Sep 22^nd, 2014 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #11 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 12:11pm	Print Post
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[] Madame President Offline Posts: 10532 Joined: Oct 16^th, 2015	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #12 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 12:26pm	Print Post
	I can't believe you fuken worms give a rat's ass about this shit; pussy, money? No thanks, I gotta sweat changes to armor in video game, LOL: pathetic!


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Grand Ex Member I Love Drama!	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #13 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	Quote: Jesus, that's a little harsh. Hags has hate issues.


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Flav Vault Frog Offline One Frog to Rule them All! Posts: 10011 Location: Land of the Frogs Joined: Aug 29^th, 2010 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #14 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 3:19pm	Print Post
	Grand wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 2:45pm: Hags has hate issues.� you mean love/hate issues. it's all or nothing with Hag.

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WonderfulFoppyBint Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Poooop Posts: 5986 Location: stockholm victim of hag master Joined: Oct 23^rd, 2013	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #15 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 7:24pm	Print Post
	Count yourself lucky if Hag hates you. Some of the best insults you'll ever get

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Meursault Horoluth Raider Offline I Love Freedom of Speech Posts: 2410 Location: Hartford, CT; USA Joined: Aug 22^nd, 2013 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #16 - Feb 1^st, 2017 at 8:05pm	Print Post
	Frank wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:26am: I'm not a lawyer so I don't know. Awe, come on, that hasn't stopped any other vaultie with mediocre knowledge of a legal topic from confidently stating an outrageous position, grow a pair and stridently declare some BS about what they have to do or can't do or whatever. I don't come here for reasoned opinion, this is The Vault!

	Turdbin, keep changing the DDO rules, because McDonalds sold over 200 billion hamburgers by changing the recipe for their Special Sauce every couple of months to keep interest up.
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Frank Puppy Farmer Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1429 Joined: Jan 14^th, 2016	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #17 - Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 1:15am	Print Post
	Meursault wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 8:05pm: Awe, come on, that hasn't stopped any other vaultie with mediocre knowledge of a legal topic from confidently stating an outrageous position, grow a pair and stridently declare some BS about what they have to do or can't do or whatever. I don't come here for reasoned opinion, this is The Vault! This guy Full_Bleed says it much better than I could: Quote: We were sold a product, at a price premium, under the false pretense that we were getting something "exclusive" to that product. We were led to believe that we had to pay that premium or lose the opportunity/ability to acquire it. Now that so-called exclusive product is simply being re-skinned and pimped out to promote another product (in this case, VIP accounts.) Acknowledging this is more a commentary on the trustworthiness of the company not the product itself. The panther doesn't make me feel "special"... in fact, I probably haven't summoned it in well over two years. Purchasing the product was simply a business transaction wherein I trusted their representation to be accurate and acted accordingly.

	No, let me be Frank. Digimonk wrote on Dec 8^th, 2016 at 12:39pm: I've had multiple RoSS rot just from doing the explorer points in Sands across multiple lives since it is exclusive. Smart players know how to use buyback. Digimonk wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2016 at 1:58pm: I will not chone. I did what I did intentionally and while my primary purpose was not to annoy the other Vaulties, I acknowledge that it was a side effect. Smart people don't elicit "side effects."� They understand in advance the consequences of their actions.
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ZooperDooper Shroud Slacker Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1207 Joined: Oct 27^th, 2014	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #18 - Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 7:08am	Print Post
	Frank wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 1:15am: This guy Full_Bleed says it much better than I could: Someone needs to tell that guy.. "Things change", "Nothing lasts forever", and "Use Tucks medicated pads for the bleeding"...
	« Last Edit: Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 8:10am by ZooperDooper »

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Revaulting Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Posts: 10143 Location: Not in my pants Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2014 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #19 - Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 4:53pm	Print Post
	Personally, I'd be happier with a gold seal platypus, or a gold seal seal, because those would at least be amusing.

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Frank Puppy Farmer Offline I Love Drama! Posts: 1429 Joined: Jan 14^th, 2016	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #20 - Feb 3^rd, 2017 at 5:24am	Print Post
	ZooperDooper wrote on Feb 2^nd, 2017 at 7:08am: Someone needs to tell that guy.. "Things change", "Nothing lasts forever", and "Use Tucks medicated pads for the bleeding"... You don't get it. But that's cool, judging from the squees of joy coming from almost everyone in the thread I linked most other people don't get it either. So you're in good company, even if that company is uninformed. Let me lay out a hypothetical for you. A lot of time has passed between the pre-order where the onxy panther was awarded for the purchase. But time has no meaning when it comes to a contract when something is set down to be in perpetuity. Let's say that the day after the release that Turbine had decided to gift every VIP with this whitewashed onyx panther, regardless of whether they bought the pre-release or even bought the expansion at all, instead of waiting a few years to do the exact same thing. What do you expect would have been the reaction from the people who bought the pre-release with the onyx panther?

	No, let me be Frank. Digimonk wrote on Dec 8^th, 2016 at 12:39pm: I've had multiple RoSS rot just from doing the explorer points in Sands across multiple lives since it is exclusive. Smart players know how to use buyback. Digimonk wrote on Dec 22^nd, 2016 at 1:58pm: I will not chone. I did what I did intentionally and while my primary purpose was not to annoy the other Vaulties, I acknowledge that it was a side effect. Smart people don't elicit "side effects."� They understand in advance the consequences of their actions.
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Revaulting Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline Posts: 10143 Location: Not in my pants Joined: Apr 3^rd, 2014 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #21 - Feb 3^rd, 2017 at 5:52am	Print Post
	Be angry that people are being given something with marginal usefulness if you like, dude. Imo, you're crying like Metallica. Maybe you could go around issuing DMCA takedown notices to people you see in quests with a lion.

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Illiterate Titan Demolisher Offline Yataaaa Posts: 359 Location: France Joined: Jul 31^st, 2010 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #22 - Feb 3^rd, 2017 at 6:45am	Print Post
	Frank wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 1:26am: I'm not a lawyer That's OnePercenter's job to pretend to be a lawyer

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noamineo Completionist (i.t.p.) Online All men fear time, but time fears the pyramids Posts: 9185 Location: Titan Joined: Jul 2^nd, 2014	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #23 - Feb 3^rd, 2017 at 4:45pm	Print Post
	Is anyone else amused/annoyed that a thread about Ashron's Call devolved into bickering about a digital cat? The even weirder part is that we're all mostly arguing about who cares the least about it.

	I'll never understand the propensity of people to brag about being good at a video game. Its a toy you play with for fun. The only person who should be proud of you is your mother. If you're 3.
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5 Foot Step Completionist (i.t.p.) Offline I Hate Idiots! Posts: 11119 Location: USA Joined: Mar 8^th, 2014 Gender:	Re: Final AC Shutdown and the # of Dev Fucks Given Reply #24 - Feb 3^rd, 2017 at 5:54pm	Print Post
	[] wrote on Feb 1^st, 2017 at 12:26pm: I can't believe you fuken worms give a rat's ass about this shit; pussy, money?� No thanks, I gotta sweat changes to armor in video game, LOL: pathetic! This guy thinks this thread is about armor class. Priceless fail.

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