I just got this in my email and while I dont play anymore, I would just like to say to the existing players how sorry I am that this has happened to the game and your characters.
While I'm glad OP's and cats are gone (I hated them with a vengence), I would suggest that you do not penalise non subbed players with your XP plans. I cant think of any other MMO currently doing something like this.
I went back to Lineage and its still got a vibrant population, it came out at the same time as Ryzom, but to survive it (like many MMO's) has gone f2p, but it busts its ass to enhance gameplay for non subbed and beginner players, it gives double XP, at certain milestones it gives you free armour, weapons and jewellery that are bound to your character, but you can keep them and it also gifts you top tier equipment for certain periods of time to get you through levels faster and with style, it has buff bots in towns to give you free buffs.
As I said, it busts its ass for the players to enhance their gameplay.
Here you are busting your loyal players asses, you cannot expect them to accept something like this when every other MMO is busting their asses to help loyal players.
These player LOVE their gameworld and their characters, in many cases they consider their ryzom characters an extension of their real life personas, kill their characters and its like murdering them, then asking their owners to come back and pay to dance on their graves.
So on behalf of the existing players, I hope you will reconsider your position on the matter or do something like give each one a lv 250 character for their account, with an amount of skillpoints to spend as they see fit, something to assuage their distress at what you are doing here.
I know Ryzom has always bucked the trend vs other MMO's, but from someone who has played many subbed and f2p MMO's, you are not shooting yourselves in the foot, you are shooting yourselves in the head.
Good luck all and I hope you get some sort of positive reaction to your issues.
/Peace, Valda.
While I'm glad OP's and cats are gone (I hated them with a vengence), I would suggest that you do not penalise non subbed players with your XP plans. I cant think of any other MMO currently doing something like this.
I went back to Lineage and its still got a vibrant population, it came out at the same time as Ryzom, but to survive it (like many MMO's) has gone f2p, but it busts its ass to enhance gameplay for non subbed and beginner players, it gives double XP, at certain milestones it gives you free armour, weapons and jewellery that are bound to your character, but you can keep them and it also gifts you top tier equipment for certain periods of time to get you through levels faster and with style, it has buff bots in towns to give you free buffs.
As I said, it busts its ass for the players to enhance their gameplay.
Here you are busting your loyal players asses, you cannot expect them to accept something like this when every other MMO is busting their asses to help loyal players.
These player LOVE their gameworld and their characters, in many cases they consider their ryzom characters an extension of their real life personas, kill their characters and its like murdering them, then asking their owners to come back and pay to dance on their graves.
So on behalf of the existing players, I hope you will reconsider your position on the matter or do something like give each one a lv 250 character for their account, with an amount of skillpoints to spend as they see fit, something to assuage their distress at what you are doing here.
I know Ryzom has always bucked the trend vs other MMO's, but from someone who has played many subbed and f2p MMO's, you are not shooting yourselves in the foot, you are shooting yourselves in the head.
Good luck all and I hope you get some sort of positive reaction to your issues.
/Peace, Valda.
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