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Originally Posted by chilko
hi guys,
i'm intrigued by this poll.
As you may know we have other ways to meassure the results of any given update besides the forum and this kind of polls
I would love if you can help me explain why all of the statistical data (average playing time, concurrent users, revenue, etc) has increased on all servers and why this poll's result is so negative.
I am not being ironical. I would really like to get a grasp on this issue.
Is it a hardcore vs casual thing? Old users vs new users?
thanks,
-Chilko
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Hi Chilko,
the main issue with Warmasters update is, while it is a good idea, it doesn't address any of issues that were already there since a long time.
Activity increased mostly due to Zombrex's work: facebook + twitter + blog + new releases + new partners + new level cap ....
Ok, great, more income for you and theorically more fun for us.
Most of the players here are not new to the game, and many are playing since years now, so we can compare.
With 1.0.8 you partly "fixed" warriors vs archers issues, but you destroyed a part of the game dynamics, we (the players) reported on forums about that.
With the "big" balance update, you did a great job, exchanging with us, and released a not-so-final-but-has-to-be-released version, promising further fixes, most changes are great, but you destroyed hunter class, and made barbarians/marksmen OP instead (and more...).
With Warmasters update, you added new stuff (armours/weapons/places/spells), increased level cap to 60, but you forced people to endless grind (the most boring thing in RO), destroyed balance you tried to fix in previous updates, introduced new OP spells. You also made most stuff we had obsolete (Xims bought level 50 items and magnatite weapons).
Overall, how the gameplay improved ?
What i would like to see:
- fix most OLD bugs we reported over and over
(see compilation here)
- implement significant interface improvements
(see compilation here)
- Fix Invasions (new rules made things worse, especially the weak gate + fort immunity)
- Rework Warmasters spells to not be that OP
- Reduce OPness of marksmen and barbarians
- Give hunters a true role in war
- Coherent content (no more stupid events, how do rabbit's ears hats and soccer clothes fit in this dark heroic fantasy world ?)
- Work on story and universe, this is an (mmo) RPG !!