Orion
Prowler
- Joined
- Apr 19, 2005
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- Germany
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- Eleria 'Orion' Starwind
The changes of VU 16 accomodate some players, which welcome them.
But as i interprete the playbase's reaction, the reception of the changes to hunting by VU16 seem to be unwelcomed by a vast majority of players.
An Analogy
The house is on fire.
The foundation is brittle.
The facade is down-and-out.
The financing is a hero with feet of clay.
The HVAR is leaking.
You fall through broken floors.
Telephone always needs to re-register, when you come home.
The penthouse resident's desires (who pay the highest rents) are neglected.
In this situation MA sends the maintenance for Quality of Life Improvements to replace panorama windows with narrow peepholes.
The "autouse-tool+select next target" elevator gets replaced with a labyrinthine staircase.
All pushbuttons get removed, randomly reassigned, functions turned upside down, turning on the light turns off the iron now, and even the grandmas and gramps in the house get told they now have to re-learn everything from scratch.
I heard i have to Adapt or Die!
Now WE have to adapt to the new system, or die?
Seemingly MindArk misunderstands the relation of service provider to customer.
Not the customer has to adapt to the offered service.
The offered service has to adapt to the customer's preferences.
Because i have looked up and down the road now and found there are lots of modern houses with customer-friendly and helpful concierges, intuitive floor plans and a working home automation.
They have lots of space for rent and their monthly rent is a fraction of my current rent.
So far i paid several hundred dollars rent per month, and i was okay with it. Without too much complaining about the rotten infrastructure.
When reading the price in this analogy, keep in mind we are talking about a leisure game here, which has to compete with 2019 state of the art competitiors, who focus on intuitive and user friendly handling for 9-15$ per month and Quality of Life Improvement being #1 on their priority list.
Dont get me wrong here, i dont ask for a lower rent. But instead i expect a minimum respect for customer preferences.
I havent moved yet, because i have so wonderful neighbors here (you know who you are).
But my neighbors only can cover a limited mismatch.
But as i interprete the playbase's reaction, the reception of the changes to hunting by VU16 seem to be unwelcomed by a vast majority of players.
An Analogy
The house is on fire.
The foundation is brittle.
The facade is down-and-out.
The financing is a hero with feet of clay.
The HVAR is leaking.
You fall through broken floors.
Telephone always needs to re-register, when you come home.
The penthouse resident's desires (who pay the highest rents) are neglected.
In this situation MA sends the maintenance for Quality of Life Improvements to replace panorama windows with narrow peepholes.
The "autouse-tool+select next target" elevator gets replaced with a labyrinthine staircase.
All pushbuttons get removed, randomly reassigned, functions turned upside down, turning on the light turns off the iron now, and even the grandmas and gramps in the house get told they now have to re-learn everything from scratch.
I heard i have to Adapt or Die!
Now WE have to adapt to the new system, or die?
Seemingly MindArk misunderstands the relation of service provider to customer.
Not the customer has to adapt to the offered service.
The offered service has to adapt to the customer's preferences.
Because i have looked up and down the road now and found there are lots of modern houses with customer-friendly and helpful concierges, intuitive floor plans and a working home automation.
They have lots of space for rent and their monthly rent is a fraction of my current rent.
So far i paid several hundred dollars rent per month, and i was okay with it. Without too much complaining about the rotten infrastructure.
When reading the price in this analogy, keep in mind we are talking about a leisure game here, which has to compete with 2019 state of the art competitiors, who focus on intuitive and user friendly handling for 9-15$ per month and Quality of Life Improvement being #1 on their priority list.
Dont get me wrong here, i dont ask for a lower rent. But instead i expect a minimum respect for customer preferences.
I havent moved yet, because i have so wonderful neighbors here (you know who you are).
But my neighbors only can cover a limited mismatch.
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