graill said:-

will this game just die already. as i have stated in previous posts, the games owners are not to be trusted. they have not, and will not to this date help any customers in any direct way, old or new.

hmmm, ok you dont like it, why keep on about it - just dont play it....

uncus said:-

"solidly researched?!" No, this is all OLD NEWS except for the last 3 paragraphs or so [the part about Pixel taking over from IE - and even that is month old news!]

 News Flash:  Julius Ceasar stabbed at Senate!  More at 11!

lol - though many dont have the time / inclination to follow the trials and tribulations behind the scenes of MMOGs, so any reporting of this type from MMORPG.com is appreciated

thepatriot said:-

What a sad sad tale and a pathetic attempt at fixing their reputation by forming a new company.  Hey, I have an idea, why don't you actually treat your customers with respect.

this sounds suspiciously like common sense, wrapped around the truth

kyote said:-

It is just unplayable and always was.

it certainly had (lol has) its problems, but i fear you were playing it on an abacus, even my pretty ropey laptop could make a satisfactory attempt at running it.

the facts are... the game is too long in the tooth to warrant the premium subscription rates (it should be <$10/month - $25/quarter). at least that is what it should be without the thieving ineptitude, getting anyone to pay anything now will be difficult

a company treating the clientele like sh1t deserves to fail

the reputation of the game and the companies involved with it are all tainted, so best thing for it would be for those that care - the community to "stop getting bent over by the companies and EMU Horizons." aviendeha dec. 2006

An update to this ongoing saga

Andercheck is incorrect billing on some accounts is still borked and are still being over billed.

Not everyone has been refunded

And now they shut the test server ( Blight ) to use the hardware for the new Unitas ( old unity ) people.

Blight based players are now with out a home and the email address eii/pm supplied was non operational for five days.

The official forum is heavily modded to suppress the outcries about this.

End result : No Blight Shard no further development contrary to what eii/pm will report

Since taking over in July '06 horizons EII/Pm or whatever they call themselves have flushed customers down the gurgler at every change they have implimented.

I have no trust in Andercheck nor faith in the company he runs

Originally posted by Mustasio
Again, wonderful job by Miss Carolyn Koh, looks like she put some real work into this.

I guess Andercheck learned that taking over an MMOG game company is sort of like taking over a sports team, except every single fan travels with the team.  The community of an MMO game IS the MMO, and to ignore and mistreat them is the worst idea you could have.  I can't help think that if Horizons didn't already have such a devoted player base, then it never would of gotten off the ground with Andercheck.

-Mustasio

I remember beta testing this game and I think a lot of the testers were on some sort of floating city or something. As a special treat, David Bowman decided to unveil what an ancient flying dragon looked like by flying in as one and landing nearby. I never did buy the game, which apparently was a good thing, but the game in itself seemed to have a pretty solid crafting system. It was a sad day when Shadowbane died, but atleast its still playable for free. Perhaps they should do that with Horizons, cause I doubt anyone would pay to play it now, no matter who owns it.

Originally posted by Rhoklaw

Perhaps they should do that with Horizons, cause I doubt anyone would pay to play it now, no matter who owns it.

I started out in the beta and canceled my account a few months after it went live. I really wanted to like the game as it had so much going for it, including one of the best crafting systems. However, there was always something screwy on the management side, leading to a YARTEQ -- Yet Another Return To EverQuest.