Good day everyone, I have been thinking about this for quite sometime now and have come to a realization that Ryzom as I once knew it has died and at the current state it is in, will die soon.
I have spoken with several toons since the merger and the main reason why they have left is because people are taking the game to serious and to crazy extremes. Last time I checked this is just that, a game and the nature of this game yes is Faction vs Faction and Player vs Player but the actions of a few have driven off the many. It may appear that there are plenty of people playing but not as many as one would think and not nearly as subscriptions as pre-merger for those who remember the game before.
A new time and era is coming soon and will be upon us faster than we think. The first indicator should have been the combination of all servers into 1. The next should have been the new hosting company as you can see it is not stable and several more "Please Waits" than I can ever remember (daily actually) and now with the latest patch to prevent or curb the argo attacks and death pulls for boss stealing. This tells me that the company is losing money hand-over-fist and cannot afford to ban paying toons so this latest action (patch) is an attempt to help with ticketing and as a last ditch effort or absolute worst case scenario, ban someone who is paying for a game that helps pay their monthly fees. You may not agree with me but unless something drastic happens, Ryzom will not last another 10 yrs as previously and in all honestly, probably will not last another 2-3yrs.
I have said enough and could go on with more, but honestly doubt many care and this will probably fall on deaf-ears anyway.
Zatarga
I have spoken with several toons since the merger and the main reason why they have left is because people are taking the game to serious and to crazy extremes. Last time I checked this is just that, a game and the nature of this game yes is Faction vs Faction and Player vs Player but the actions of a few have driven off the many. It may appear that there are plenty of people playing but not as many as one would think and not nearly as subscriptions as pre-merger for those who remember the game before.
A new time and era is coming soon and will be upon us faster than we think. The first indicator should have been the combination of all servers into 1. The next should have been the new hosting company as you can see it is not stable and several more "Please Waits" than I can ever remember (daily actually) and now with the latest patch to prevent or curb the argo attacks and death pulls for boss stealing. This tells me that the company is losing money hand-over-fist and cannot afford to ban paying toons so this latest action (patch) is an attempt to help with ticketing and as a last ditch effort or absolute worst case scenario, ban someone who is paying for a game that helps pay their monthly fees. You may not agree with me but unless something drastic happens, Ryzom will not last another 10 yrs as previously and in all honestly, probably will not last another 2-3yrs.
I have said enough and could go on with more, but honestly doubt many care and this will probably fall on deaf-ears anyway.
Zatarga