Point is, they are pretty useless know. I found it very dissapointing in my early years. I could imaging that players making the switch from a " big " game to our beloved Ryzom, will find this a bit unprofessional, to say the least. This brings me to the point there is always the same excuse, that content , upgrades and all that is needed to keep a game exciting, can't be done bc it mainly runs on volunteers. I find that point not very valid, don't get me wrong i appreciate the hours of work done by these volunteers, but Ryzom is basicly run by a company, not an NGO...
If someone makes some money with running this game, doesn't bother me, it's a company and companies need to make money. But every time a player makes a valid point about some things that could be improved or altered, chances are tha the first reaction is " but there are only volunteers working on this "...
I know this runs on volunteers, but maybe one should ask him or herself if that explanation doesn't run out validity.
To be clear, i don't want to diminish the efforts from the volunteers, i just find it very easy for a company to give people the feeling that itself can't do any more than it does and it requires people who wan't to play this game, to work for free.
This is only to put my disinterest in this game atm in some perspective, i heard that phrase to much...
If someone makes some money with running this game, doesn't bother me, it's a company and companies need to make money. But every time a player makes a valid point about some things that could be improved or altered, chances are tha the first reaction is " but there are only volunteers working on this "...
I know this runs on volunteers, but maybe one should ask him or herself if that explanation doesn't run out validity.
To be clear, i don't want to diminish the efforts from the volunteers, i just find it very easy for a company to give people the feeling that itself can't do any more than it does and it requires people who wan't to play this game, to work for free.
This is only to put my disinterest in this game atm in some perspective, i heard that phrase to much...