I am providing a link to an article on Slashdot that talks about the problems with EQ specifically but can be applied to online gaming in general. I see many of the same mistakes happening here with AO. I really hate this since I do like the people that I know here in game. Funcom, please learn from their mistakes. I know that you have stockholders and a board of directors to answer to, however; There are too many options now and people can, and will, and have given up. Please, save the game from the management. Read this article, and replace "Sony" with "Funcom". Replace "Guide" with "Ark". Tell me that any of this can be denied right now? We are pleading with you to save AO from extinction. By reading this article you should know everything that you should have to do (or more precisely what not to do. We want to work with you. We have a vested interest in making our world better. Help us. This is sincere. This is not a flame. I am not the only one.
Fenris
Edit: Grammar Edit.