The fuck you say....may they burn in the internal pits of hell for this.
So i started last week as a minor filler and fell back in love with the game even with all its flaws. I setup my 3 box accounts, subbed for 3 months each, spent another 100 on SC to get some flying mounts, unbinds, skele keys etc. I pull 2 up all nighters and lvl 2 new characters 1-50 for extra buffs, just finished my complete POTA tier 3 armor set, and got my 5th total main character to 55 who was 32 to start the week since i needed a tank for my 3 box plans. Lined up a raid spot with some old school pals from back in the day so I was back in raiding action with a guild clearing basically all content but the unbeaten new boss....life was good my friends, life was fucking good.
Sad face, seriously. But I definitely can't blame them. Its just sad because VG was the best game i've played in 15 years of my MMO career even with all its blaring flaws. The class diversity and uniqueness that allowed for very specific roles yet not a complete defined holy trinity was just amazing. Long epic quest lines not just at the end of the game but on the journey that had truly ass beat rewards that made it worth it was great and not been replicated before or since. There is alot of bad things with parts of the game but it was still awesome. Raid fights were diverse enough without everything just being a get out of fire type mechanic. I was in one of the top guilds when APW was out and that was some of the funniest raiding i've had. So many things you had to do as a raid and individual to maximize your potential; hell there was only 5 of us guilds that had Kota killed for months on months which is how I like it.
But alas, i'm part of a niche market that unfortunately doesn't help generate large revenue streams and this is a business afterall. I just wish they would try a 3rd option, make a premium priced game that is like 50 dollars a month but truly delivered the experience that I know most of us who have the means would gladly pay to play.
I'm going to go fly my dragon to the dark elf city one last time and then uninstall. I backed Pantheon for $250 for shits just incase but I guess I should have stayed in MMO retirement like I was planning for the next 1-2 years. The universe is trying to tell me something! Sadly i'd already be downloading FFXIV to go back to that since i have a huge MMO itch right now but i sold my damn black mage for 800 dollars just so i wouldn't return. Doh! Still had a 2 box warrior...but meh.
