Hi ya'all, I guess I need to blow some steam out but this rant will be most likely other than TT return/badloot. And it will be sadly long post.
I am no big fish in this EU bowl but I hunt and mine regularly, been plaing EU for about 5 years now but my account is much older - almost 11 years old (had a lot of breaks). The problem is that I cannot find anything interesting about EU anymore, even the rce aspect is dead for me since I don't care if I make 20 or loose 40ish some dollars. I am a regular depositor (not too much - on a monthly basis) and in general I oscillate around 110% tt return now (due to some really lucky shared mob events - killed some khal ferraks and najwirs and participated in 22k, and 2x 10k ped shared loot) but in general during normal runs I get back 85-101% of what I put in.
The problem is - the thrill is gone. Gone for good. I remember old good times when I was mining in pvp4 on amethera (it used to be a circle and smaller area) and I remember all the emotions, thrll and adrenaline shot in my veins when I was hitting blood moss. Maybe because it was about 2k% MU at that time. Recently I came back to pvp4 mining and hit blood moss also. Old times back? Not necessarily - I sold all BM to a occasional reseller for 200% MU. Nah.. boring.
I also believe all or almost all green dots in pvp4 which used to give me a lot of miex emotions are gone too. Where are you my friends? My beloved PK'ers? You don't want my belkar & dung no more?
I remember old port atlantis with yellow coloured walls, always full of people and traders. I used to have lots of trading connections, I was buying, selling, doing transactions with guys from India, Switzerland, USA - human aspect was huge - negotiations, talks, PED making, reselling etc. It was always a pleasure to do some trades & business stuff in PA with other players. Now PA is huge WTF for me, useless huge buildings and no lifeforms anywhere... no one to talk to, no one to trade with. I know, there are some players in Twin but trust me it's like 5% of the life and social aspect of what it used to be. Don't get me wrong, people are trading with each other but 10 years ago you could literally trade with other, wait for MU changes (it was so dynamic, prices where very much alive even on oil, you could analyze auctions, market and try to forecast future MU and make shieetload of PEDs on it). Now MU is dead to me and no one will convince me is any close to be ok. I will never again log to EU and be surprised in a positive way by the price of anything in EU.
This is what I feel internally, all the aspects I loved - thrill in PVP4, dynamic economy, trading, human aspect are all gone now. I sometimes feel like half of logged players are EP clickers, other half doing their stuff and putting all their loot to TT. People don't talk, don't negotiate, don't analyze the market because there is nothing to analyze. All is gone. 8 years ago I could squeeze out 2-3% MU and resell almost everything. I cry when I hear people saying that their loot is TT food now. Most of the times it is and its sad.
It's been so many years, playing, then making some break, than playing again and after every break I felt like i was coming back to some darker, more unfriendly place. I can not recognize my beloved game anymore (game? maybe entropia was for me more like social media that time or my man cave)
We have more planets, more stuff, vehicles, new guns, no ammo in loot but the spirit and emotions are no longer here. Entropia has become a simple buggy MMO to me with almost nothing to do. I'm so bored with looting shrap all the time, even swirls are bullshit to me now - there is no purpose, no goal. It is like falling into the void, like watching mindless tv shows that bring no joy.
There are so many activities out there in my life which drive me away from Entropia but to be hones I would give a lot to make this game great again. I've been playing some other games with great community and developers, one of them game launched in 2013 (pretty famous, now one of the best games on Steam and it' free to play), it was shiietty at the beginning but the bond that was developed between community and developers made this game really good, it wiped out pay-to-play similar games from the surface of the gaming earth.
I wish MA could develop such bond with us, listen to us, do weekly/monthly dev sessions with game-play and new ideas. Asking people what they want, introduce some good solutions... That game in 5 years made so much progress that it has millions players now, a the beginning there were few of us. We managed to make it great because we listened to each other, communication was clear and respectful. They wanted to do something big and they delivered! This will always be a benchmark for me regarding MindArk steps in area of EU development.
Don't get me wrong again, I think I can recognize potential in a project. I recognized it back then and I've always seen huge potential in EU. But after all these years I feel that it has been wasted. Almost all things failed. Can we do something about it? Move forward? Organize our thoughts about EU and introduce them to MA? Will they listen like earlier mention dev did to make their product not only acceptable but really great? Can you imagine MA making such step forward? Can we shake off all disappointment form that MA has put on our shoulders, learn from all the failures and help them make EU experience that we would really appreciate?
I do not know to be honest, and despite I am doing "good" in EU, I will probably withdraw again all my money and give up for another year or two. I feel like MA has let me down, I feel bad when I think about this project. It just makes me sad. I don't wanna be sad and envious. Envious you ask? Jealous? Yes I am! About what? About other MMO players, mostly... I am jealous that other communities in other mmo's out there are being listened and their wishes mostly come true. I feel bad when I see other projects being developed in solid pace and that community and devs fin enjoyment in their cooperation and joint effort.
I want my Entropia back MA, God damnn you I want it back. We want to help, we are grown up community. Let's make our thoughts sharing more efficient, let's talk, let us help. Let's treat each other fairly. Is there any account of MA representative registered here? Can someone somehow response?
I hope so. If you reached here, thank you. Share your thoughts, doesn't matter if you have had avatar for 10 years or 10 days. All input is welcomed!
11 years, time flies...
I am no big fish in this EU bowl but I hunt and mine regularly, been plaing EU for about 5 years now but my account is much older - almost 11 years old (had a lot of breaks). The problem is that I cannot find anything interesting about EU anymore, even the rce aspect is dead for me since I don't care if I make 20 or loose 40ish some dollars. I am a regular depositor (not too much - on a monthly basis) and in general I oscillate around 110% tt return now (due to some really lucky shared mob events - killed some khal ferraks and najwirs and participated in 22k, and 2x 10k ped shared loot) but in general during normal runs I get back 85-101% of what I put in.
The problem is - the thrill is gone. Gone for good. I remember old good times when I was mining in pvp4 on amethera (it used to be a circle and smaller area) and I remember all the emotions, thrll and adrenaline shot in my veins when I was hitting blood moss. Maybe because it was about 2k% MU at that time. Recently I came back to pvp4 mining and hit blood moss also. Old times back? Not necessarily - I sold all BM to a occasional reseller for 200% MU. Nah.. boring.
I also believe all or almost all green dots in pvp4 which used to give me a lot of miex emotions are gone too. Where are you my friends? My beloved PK'ers? You don't want my belkar & dung no more?
I remember old port atlantis with yellow coloured walls, always full of people and traders. I used to have lots of trading connections, I was buying, selling, doing transactions with guys from India, Switzerland, USA - human aspect was huge - negotiations, talks, PED making, reselling etc. It was always a pleasure to do some trades & business stuff in PA with other players. Now PA is huge WTF for me, useless huge buildings and no lifeforms anywhere... no one to talk to, no one to trade with. I know, there are some players in Twin but trust me it's like 5% of the life and social aspect of what it used to be. Don't get me wrong, people are trading with each other but 10 years ago you could literally trade with other, wait for MU changes (it was so dynamic, prices where very much alive even on oil, you could analyze auctions, market and try to forecast future MU and make shieetload of PEDs on it). Now MU is dead to me and no one will convince me is any close to be ok. I will never again log to EU and be surprised in a positive way by the price of anything in EU.
This is what I feel internally, all the aspects I loved - thrill in PVP4, dynamic economy, trading, human aspect are all gone now. I sometimes feel like half of logged players are EP clickers, other half doing their stuff and putting all their loot to TT. People don't talk, don't negotiate, don't analyze the market because there is nothing to analyze. All is gone. 8 years ago I could squeeze out 2-3% MU and resell almost everything. I cry when I hear people saying that their loot is TT food now. Most of the times it is and its sad.
It's been so many years, playing, then making some break, than playing again and after every break I felt like i was coming back to some darker, more unfriendly place. I can not recognize my beloved game anymore (game? maybe entropia was for me more like social media that time or my man cave)
We have more planets, more stuff, vehicles, new guns, no ammo in loot but the spirit and emotions are no longer here. Entropia has become a simple buggy MMO to me with almost nothing to do. I'm so bored with looting shrap all the time, even swirls are bullshit to me now - there is no purpose, no goal. It is like falling into the void, like watching mindless tv shows that bring no joy.
There are so many activities out there in my life which drive me away from Entropia but to be hones I would give a lot to make this game great again. I've been playing some other games with great community and developers, one of them game launched in 2013 (pretty famous, now one of the best games on Steam and it' free to play), it was shiietty at the beginning but the bond that was developed between community and developers made this game really good, it wiped out pay-to-play similar games from the surface of the gaming earth.
I wish MA could develop such bond with us, listen to us, do weekly/monthly dev sessions with game-play and new ideas. Asking people what they want, introduce some good solutions... That game in 5 years made so much progress that it has millions players now, a the beginning there were few of us. We managed to make it great because we listened to each other, communication was clear and respectful. They wanted to do something big and they delivered! This will always be a benchmark for me regarding MindArk steps in area of EU development.
Don't get me wrong again, I think I can recognize potential in a project. I recognized it back then and I've always seen huge potential in EU. But after all these years I feel that it has been wasted. Almost all things failed. Can we do something about it? Move forward? Organize our thoughts about EU and introduce them to MA? Will they listen like earlier mention dev did to make their product not only acceptable but really great? Can you imagine MA making such step forward? Can we shake off all disappointment form that MA has put on our shoulders, learn from all the failures and help them make EU experience that we would really appreciate?
I do not know to be honest, and despite I am doing "good" in EU, I will probably withdraw again all my money and give up for another year or two. I feel like MA has let me down, I feel bad when I think about this project. It just makes me sad. I don't wanna be sad and envious. Envious you ask? Jealous? Yes I am! About what? About other MMO players, mostly... I am jealous that other communities in other mmo's out there are being listened and their wishes mostly come true. I feel bad when I see other projects being developed in solid pace and that community and devs fin enjoyment in their cooperation and joint effort.
I want my Entropia back MA, God damnn you I want it back. We want to help, we are grown up community. Let's make our thoughts sharing more efficient, let's talk, let us help. Let's treat each other fairly. Is there any account of MA representative registered here? Can someone somehow response?
I hope so. If you reached here, thank you. Share your thoughts, doesn't matter if you have had avatar for 10 years or 10 days. All input is welcomed!
11 years, time flies...