Yes, that might be true. I know it is in my case.
But he is also correct about what he says here:
In my 2.5 years of absence, AO has suffered serious damage by half a dozen irregularities that I'm aware of.
Two of them were unprecedented in scope and gravity. Yet Funcom has done next to nothing to remedy the fallout.
Now they have the audacity to implement mandatory inspect, taking away a piece of privacy from rule-abiding players, so the paying customer can do Funcom's job and catch cheaters for them.
Monumental corporate failure!
I don't need to see another vague monthly update for the rest of the year, if Funcom would spend all their time correcting what went wrong in the last 2 years.
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For goodness sake. I had forgotten about that new inspect thing. Dear oh dear
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I am not discounting any of the posts you have made, because in a fair light they are true and make perfect sense. The difference being that after my 10+ years of AO i take it at face value of a momentary distraction or as a few hours of entertainment killing lvl 5 bio freaks and mutants with my 220's.
I don't take AO too seriously at this point and I see any change as not necessarily progress but as a new challenge to an old game. So bring on reflect, open inspect, and nano changes. It won't change how I play or who I play with honestly. I take it with a grain of salt. Serenity Prayer
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I guess the state of the game just shocked me when I returned after my long break.
Even though I have kept quiet for the last decade or so, I felt it was my time to speak up.
Some like to suppress the truth, rather than talking about solutions, but this time I thought Funcom needed to hear it loud and clear.
But you are correct, it is just a game!
I enjoy the people I play with and, ultimately, that is all that matters.
I have nothing to hide, but I value my privacy!
I'm not on facebook, twitter or any other social media.
I will never reveal my in-game characters or organizations on a public forum.
If that upsets all the virtual exhibitionists, so be it!
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The current state of AO reminds me of the game Theme Park, as i recall it was possible to open your park with no rides or stalls built and despite there being nothing to do there some people would still turn up and pay the entrance fee...
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FC is not forcing anybody to play their game. Stop complaining and move along people
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A big part of the population considers multiboxing fun. A big part of the devs do too. It's not an universal "problem".
If it's permanently disabled it won't benefit AO. It will cancel subs and make AO worse.
That said, I rarely multibox and only have two paid accounts. I have seen people do up to 4 and I find it awesome.
Always remember: Multiboxing didn't make the population small. The small population made a greater need for multiboxing. It's not a perfect solution but it works.
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Are you sure about this? I mean I know a lot of people with 2-6 accounts but most of them do not multibox (use 3rd party software to control the other clients), they just multilog using alt+tab and control each client manually. I'm willing to bet that due to the wording of the EULA that most players thought it was against the game rules until that thread last year where Funcom said it was ok. So I doubt a big part of the population considers it fun because a big part of the population isn't even doing it.
Most people don't like to pay for several very expensive accounts to be able to spend a few hours playing online.
Most people who now play AO "like" to multilog because all those who didn't left.
In a few months most people playing AO will like to multibox for the same reason.
Soon AO will become a game playable only by those willing to pay exorbitant amounts of real money on a daily basis.
And since there is a sucker born every second, AO might well have a playerbase.