Curse

Mr. G · May 08, 2008, 10:14 PM // 22:14

wait...this is punishing the new players?

as much as I understand the fact it sucks its not retroactive...dont the "vet" players have the $$$ to buy the title anyway?

Longasc · May 08, 2008, 10:21 PM // 22:21

The problem is,

totally new players do not get drawn into the game by double X weekends.

But lets talk about players who are playing GW for a while.
They might kept going by this double X, double that weekends!

But they burn out their loyal fanbase of day 1 and spit on it.

I just got told you get a riding rhino if you preorder Age of Conan on Play.com, but I am not convinced it is a good game. Waiting for your reviews once it is out.

TheHaxor · May 08, 2008, 10:21 PM // 22:21

I'm speechless after reading the OPs rant. Pure idiocy

Big_Daddy · May 08, 2008, 10:22 PM // 22:22

I have never given a flying fig about Titles.... am I the only one that does not care about them? What the hell is wrong with me?

trialist · May 08, 2008, 10:22 PM // 22:22

They have your money, why bother keeping you on and wasting bandwidth? This is not p2p.

Just move on, plenty of other games out there to keep you occupied, even if it is not a mmo.

StormDragonZ · May 08, 2008, 10:23 PM // 22:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by natural_Causes

THey need to draw new players to make money. Its that simple.

I can't agree with that statement enough. QFT.

Tyla · May 08, 2008, 10:23 PM // 22:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by HawkofStorms

Because when they first program something, how are they supposed to know that later they will be adding a system that will require a counter for how many times that action has been performed.

I really do believe that they should plan ahead.

Either way, 'veteran' players were really only punished here with it not being retroactive.

Arkantos · May 08, 2008, 10:28 PM // 22:28

Most veterans have paid for all 4 campaigns. We're now giving ANet no money. New players on the other hand start with one campaign. ANet would rather have the new players be interested and spend more money on other campaigns than keep veterans happy who can buy...bonus mission pack and character slots?

Like most businesses, it's all about the money.

Moonlit Azure · May 08, 2008, 10:32 PM // 22:32

This happens with every damn game. The company brings in new things to spice up the game and draw new players in, and the veterans cry. Theres not much they can add to even please the veterans. They still care, but they need to priortize.

The same methods were used on you as a noob, so stop crying. Play or leave.

Rohan · May 08, 2008, 10:51 PM // 22:51

Shut up.

This game is obviously on its final leg. Just be happy Anet is actually trying to do something for this game instead of ignoring it and putting all focus on GW2.

All the people that bitch and moan about Anet seriously need to stop and quit if they are really that unhappy.

Pandora's box · May 08, 2008, 11:36 PM // 23:36

It has nothing to do with noobs or veterans. Its because of the low level cap and game balancing issues causing players to be maxed out quite soon that Anet decided to create alternative ways to keep players motivated. therefore they created titles. And because of the same gaming restrictions promotion weekens are only about title leveling. Most of them are just fancy, die hards wont have a reason to join, but there is no alternative. Maybe this will change with GW2.

ElinoraNeSangre · May 08, 2008, 11:45 PM // 23:45

Just the other week, the noobs were supposedly getting "punished" because they didn't get the cool expensive minipets first. Oh noes!

No one is getting screwed nearly as much as they think...

Shai Lee · May 09, 2008, 12:05 AM // 00:05

I don't see any type of favortism/punishment going on to new/old players. Sure, most of us have played since the beginning, but those double weekends aren't just for new players. They also help old players with lots of characters, like me.

It seems we all may just be too spoiled by Anet sometimes. We complain when there are no updates and we complain when there -are- updates. :P

Kapral · May 09, 2008, 12:09 AM // 00:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cale Roughstar

Age of Conan, here I come!

From what I've read you will probably be disappointed.

HuntMaster Avatar · May 09, 2008, 12:15 AM // 00:15

After 26 months I think I'm veteranish. And I love the weekend events even though I don't play most of them. I am waiting for the events for booze and sweettooth so I can get r1 in those titles without needing even more items.

I skipped the hero battle weekend, And I will skip the elite cap weekend. I got 60+ skills points free and about 12 cap sigs, so I'm good for awhile.

The problem is the OP plays too much and takes things to personally. Anet doesnt care much about older players because we already spent our money, Newer players who are just starting out see these events and get motivated to buy the other installments.

I don't see sony giving ps1 owners special offers, Its all about ps3. Sega CD has no benefits, its all about X-box 360. Dungeons and Dragons 1st edition hasnt gotten new material in decades. Its all about 3.5-4e.

Its the way things work. Gamers these days have way to much hostility.

PS: Age of Conan will be LOLishis. I'v always been a conan fan, But I'v seen the crap thats gonna be in that game, Its gonna flop. Even the ps3 Conan game was utter crap with a few great ideas.

CagedinSanity · May 09, 2008, 12:19 AM // 00:19

Doesn't Diablo 2 still get updated and stuff? It did last I left it, and it was old even back then.

GW will have seemingly random updates in the future, gotta deal. I just anticipate these things otherwise I'd quit out of boredom.

Lyonette · May 09, 2008, 12:23 AM // 00:23

@ OP: lolwut?

HuntMaster Avatar · May 09, 2008, 12:25 AM // 00:25

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Originally Posted by CagedinSanity

Doesn't Diablo 2 still get updated and stuff? It did last I left it, and it was old even back then.

GW will have seemingly random updates in the future, gotta deal. I just anticipate these things otherwise I'd quit out of boredom.

Diablo2 LOD gets updates sometimes, The last update removed expiration, now when a characeter expires you can simply click on it and the expiration is gone and you can play that character again. So no more fear of losing characters.

I have heard of no added content since the release of the uber clones and the torches. I havnt played in about 6 months, Normally I check up on the game which I will probably do soon. But that games is basically unmaintained, they come in and sweep the servers maybe once or twice a year for dupes and hacks.

pfaile · May 09, 2008, 12:27 AM // 00:27

It is amazing, no matter what they do or don't do for use, some one is going to find a problem with it. If you can get your HoM maxed in 1 month, gg. I just finished legendary skill hunter today, should I start a QQ thread about this weekend not meaning anything to me? Maybe the OP could do it for me. I will be happy doing something else.

PS....I feel this is a small perk to veteran PvP players. I am a PvE player, and I could not even imagine the farming/power trading to buy keys to max this title. All pvp players could do up to this is sell keys or keep the junk out of the chest, now they can a least get something for their faction.

Narcissia · May 09, 2008, 12:29 AM // 00:29

veterans get bday minis way b4 the new players. good luck to the new players trying to sell a mini raptor for 100k when they get it

. not gonna happen for them. but was easy for us to get silly amounts for them
a crap load of free money is good enuff for me

i also like making new chars, so having the double weekends is good for that as well. up to 16 chars now, and its nice to have the double weekends if i decide to work on those titles for skills and whatnot *shrug*