CodeNut wrote:
Smarmy self pitying drivel. I feel sorry for you.
I quite literally LOL'd. Good Night and Happy Gaming!
Wow, I just read this whole thread, and I have to say is "Code-dude, are you friggin serious?"Are you really trying to say :A. we have complained since launchB. have a lot to be thankful for in SOE, andC. We are the cause of a lack of playerbase?!
OMG! HAHAHAHA You are one funny guy. I mean really, to say that we have complained since launch is ridiculous. I was here in beta and then in and out until present... And never in the forums have I seen the complaints you swear your alligence by. I want you to go through these forums and find a single (non-player caused) complaint that was not justified by an action taken by SOE; what do we have Monolith leaving, "Server Merge" complaints from the beginning, "Killing Morpheus", "Bringing back Morpheus", Walrus leaving, LESIG Team removal, Cinematic removal, event removal, mission removal, Rarebit leaving, and now losing more advertizement. So we really aren't justified in our complaints? In some low hope of SOE hearing, we are not allowed to mourn the loss of these things in our game? Hell Id like to see if you didnt complain in SWG or Everquest if the same happened.
And thanking SOE? Really?Monolith: Made MxO, made the LETeam, laid down the basics of the game we have today.SOE: Offered more money than Monolith had for the licience to this game so they could get DCU... REMOVED LET, and added nothing to the game, other than... oh wait the lowered the amount of servers we used.Wow, Thank you SOE.
Where is your source for why New players leave? What was the last Trial player you saw on the forums, other than one complaining about the lack of players. PEOPLE LEAVE BECAUSE THERE ARE NO PEOPLE. We dont get new players BECAUSE there are no veterens. Old players left because the game died, new players leave because they see that its dead. Most gamers arent very willing to pay 15$ to be technical Necrophiliacs dude.
There is no harm in voicing your opinion, unless your opinion is wrong. "The Earth is FLAT, believe me or die" mentality is not worth listening to Code... Now "The Earth is ROUND, believe me or die." Is understandable.
If you can prove your idea of SOE being the next generation of gaming greatness for MxO then by all means demean us and show us the light oh holy one! But until then, Shut the -blank- up, and deal with the QQ Player base.
Lt0Brien wrote:
I have to say "Code-dude, are you friggin serious?"
Took the words right out of my mouth.
This guy said:
Who cares about other MMO's?
Well at the moment I don't, I only care about this one along with many others, which is why we're complaining when we're getting right royally screwed by SOE.
Funny that, for someone who's been 'playing since launch', his eyes are screwed shut from the reality of whats happening. So unless he or someone else who seems to be living in that dreamworld can point me toward another Matrix MMO, as soon as SGW or TOR or ST:O comes out I'm out of here and I suspect a good deal more have the same plan.
Croesis wrote:
Indeed, it's just a shame that it seems that most of the subs we pay seem to go toward supporting other games. This view could be dead wrong (Although I doubt it is) but we don't get told otherwise, hell we don't even get any type of communication on the forums from the Producer anymore.
That view is dead wrong... I can honestly say that 100% of all MxO Subscriptions go towards MxO.
Virrago wrote:
Appreciate your chipping in on this Virrago but I don't suppose you could tell us what it gets spent on? I realise asking for figures is out of the question. I can only think of staff and server maintenance but considering Rarebit has left and the monthly sub has not gone down it is quite puzzling.
Also you do realise that you will be quoted quite firmly on this from this point in?
Croesis wrote:Indeed, it's just a shame that it seems that most of the subs we pay seem to go toward supporting other games. This view could be dead wrong (Although I doubt it is) but we don't get told otherwise, hell we don't even get any type of communication on the forums from the Producer anymore.That view is dead wrong... I can honestly say that 100% of all MxO Subscriptions go towards MxO.
I'm glad you posted...I hope you can at least do some "rumor control" at the very least. Because, with a complete wall of silence from everybody, we have to assume the worst....that being that the plan is to "starve the beast" and hope that we eventually leave through attrition so justification can be made to pull the plug on this game.
I don't suppose you could tell us what it gets spent on?
Actually, no, I can't.
Croesis wrote: I don't suppose you could tell us what it gets spent on?Actually, no, I can't.
Thought that might be the case, worth a shot though right?
Still as Villemar said anything official from yourself or even Walrus goes a long way to keep the rumour mill in check, even if it does creat more questions!
Is this like thread 105 in the MXO wake postings or what? Either enjoy the game or find another to play.
Fen wrote:
"We want to get rid of it, but it brings in money, and it's still profitable as long as we don't spend any time on it. We need to essentially stop supporting it in the hopes that people will stop using it. However, we don't want to actively drop it since people are still willing to pay for it. Some people are paying for it and aren't even using the product any more, and it could be a problem for us if they realize that they still pay us every month for something they're not using."
QFT
So how close are things to not being able to afford the server bandwidth?
Virrago can barely manage to show up once a week to spawn a few npc's at mara , really does nothing but monitor forums , and claims to know how SOE spends it's $$ vis a vi mxo subscribers. Sure. Next he'll try to sell someone a bridge in Brooklyn. The pollyanish view that things are ok here is absurd. People criticising SOE are doing so in the hopes they will get SOE to CARE ABOUT THE MXO!!! If you don't see that you are blind. Other mmo's have player bases and customer support. MXO does not and WILL not unless you stand up for yourselves and demand it.
I don't mean to be offensive but I'm not sure that's good enough.
I bet all the subs go straight to Virrago, Dracomet, 9mmfu and anyone else still in our office. They're just sitting on piles of individually signed 15$ checks counting into the 200's in number (not cash value).
XD, but no, I can only imagine the amount of electricity for the computers, and servers plus cooling systems, maintenence payments and just paying these 3 to five guys a decent amount must cost from those subs.
