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All Posts by khartman2005 - 191 found

7/19/08 11:01 PM
Viewed 187, Replies 6

Originally posted by tvalentine

why was the thread called "Where is shayde and iskareot" deleted? There was no trolling or flaming last i checked in it. You mods need to pull the stick out of your ass and lay off the delete button. This is the second thread ive seen that didnt warrant for a deletion.

 

I bet you willl really be mad when they delete this thread and then issue you a warning.. I guess you can take your own advice and pull  your head out of your ***. 

 

I once made the mistake of breaking the rules, I have since learned to abide by those rules.

7/19/08 7:24 PM
Viewed 165, Replies 9

Originally posted by Dlore
Originally posted by khartman2005
Originally posted by Dlore

Hey, a friend of mine got into Closed Beta and I'm in Open Beta. Simple question, can someone who's in Closed Beta get into Open Beta? I thought I heard WAR Team saying that everyone goes into Open Beta they just call it that because it's more "Open" I dunno if that's true though... I don't even know if this breaks the NDA...WTH is the NDA? I never read stuff that I don't really need to!

 

If it is truly an open beta then yes of course as anyone will be able to download and play the open beta. That is the whole meaning to the word OPEN.

 

No no, Open Beta is different for WAR, people who pre-order get to go into Open Beta, thats why they say 'Open' because you're buying the beta pretty much not putting in a ticket and hoping.

 

In almost every single MMO I have ever beta tested they have offered a guaranteed spot in open beta for preorders and only one did I ever see where you had to have an account to get into beta (like fileplanet or gamespot).

My guess is Mythic/EA is giving away guaranteed open beta slots to preorders. However, I have been burned in so many games by preordering that getting into a beta stage (closed or open) is not enough to make me preorder.

7/19/08 7:17 PM
Viewed 165, Replies 9

Originally posted by Dlore

Hey, a friend of mine got into Closed Beta and I'm in Open Beta. Simple question, can someone who's in Closed Beta get into Open Beta? I thought I heard WAR Team saying that everyone goes into Open Beta they just call it that because it's more "Open" I dunno if that's true though... I don't even know if this breaks the NDA...WTH is the NDA? I never read stuff that I don't really need to!

 

If it is truly an open beta then yes of course as anyone will be able to download and play the open beta. That is the whole meaning to the word OPEN.

7/18/08 12:51 PM
Viewed 1656, Replies 67

Originally posted by maskedweasel

Wow the trolls came out early, shouldn't you wait until after next month to see if they produce something first?  For all I know they won't produce another video... maybe they will... so many complainers just jumped the gun.

 

They are not trolls, the developers of Darkfalll have been making empty promises for years. Nothing ever comes of what they promise.

7/17/08 11:14 PM
Viewed 486, Replies 17

Originally posted by DerekHarumi

"Close topic please.

Obviously I misaid that word, I think I ment a 70gb card.

 

You said it wrong again.. I think you mean drive.. there is no such thing as a CARD that has 70Gb's. The highest video card that are out now come in 1Gb. Now hard drives come in all different sizes. I would recommend that you upgrade that hard drive as they are dirt cheap.

7/15/08 12:09 AM
Viewed 2689, Replies 73

Darkfall has been in and out of development for well over 10 years now. Go research it.  If it does release it better deliver or it will fail.

7/12/08 2:03 PM
Viewed 1373, Replies 38

Originally posted by demc
Originally posted by AlmondMan

You must realise that "moderation is not a topic for discussion" on the funcom forums, it's there in the rules. So maybe if you didn't break the rules all the time your posts wouldn't disappear.


 

Dude I am not a sub on Funcoms forums but they are moding stuff that is on topic  and within the bounds of fourm rules but just does not suit their interest. some topics are vanishing that say 'I quit but here is why' type and I been acutally reading all the posts. Some are just plain stupid but the policing is gotton out of hand when a player can't state simple flaws or discontent.

 

 

No they are deleting and locking threads that started out good but ended up with tons of trolls in them.  I do have a sub to AoC and I can access and reply their and I see how the idiots ruin perfectly good threads.

The mods have no choice but to delete or lock those threads. Get your facts straight.

7/11/08 11:04 PM
Viewed 1373, Replies 38

Originally posted by fiontar

 


RANT like a spoiled child and post their concerns in a constructive manner do not get their threads deleted.
People can express their concerns and Funcom welcomes negative feedback as well as positive as long as it isn't presented in a non constructive manner. All those threads do is invite more trolling and people calling each other names etc.. Those threads spiral out of control.
Of course people are upset that AoC was a bit rushed and a lot of stuff that was promised never made it to release. I just wish people could be a little more mature when raising those concerns.



Well, that's a lie right there. I've seen many, many threads closed or deleted that were honest discussion of the game's flaws, with out immature bantering or inflammatory exposition.

 

 

Not a lie, but as the trolls infested those posts the mods had no choice but to either lock or delete it. 

7/11/08 12:07 PM
Viewed 1373, Replies 38

Originally posted by rav3n2
Originally posted by khartman2005
Originally posted by rav3n2
Originally posted by khartman2005
Originally posted by Cubed27

 

For the past 2 nights in a row I have bore witness to 2 different guys come into the General Discussion forum over at the official forums starting threads about how they were in-game banned for violating PvP rules?!?  The first guy 'griefed' another player at a waypoint that attempted to gank him.  Claims he killed the guy 10 times over and then made a profane retort at him when the guy whispered him telling him to stop camping him.  He claimed to get perma-banned for doing this..   Seriously?!?

 

When people come to the forums to complain about a ban the people reading the thread only get the OP's side of the story. Heck I can get banned then come to the forums and make up a completely one sided story also (that doesn't mean I didn't lie). Secondly, it has been my experience in several MMO's that on the official forums it is a violation of the rules to bring issues about gm actions to the forums. He broke their rules they removed the post. It is quite simple.

 

Ok, I can see how MAYBE he might have deserved a temporary ban for the profanity..but permanently and without warning?   Yikes!   So he comes into the forum to tell his story and basically get other players' opinions about said GM action.. and 15 minutes later his thread vanishes completely.   He was silenced by a moderator, obviously.  I just shook my head in disbelief. 

 Griefing players is subject to banning as per the rules, if people would read them and then follow them we wouldn't have these problems. My guess is he has done it before and was warned and did it again and was permanently banned. However, since I wasn't there and neither were any of you none of us can be sure now can we?

I pretty much spent a good chunk of my day and night browsing through the massive churning of disgruntled players after the 7/10 patch was released..poking my opinions in here and there in random threads.  It was somewhat amusing and at the same time..somewhat disturbing that the general discussion forum had become more fun than playing the actual BROKEN game!  Like a trainwreck, I just had to keep periodically looking at the newest complaints and Funcom trashing threads being made.

Please be aware that the vast majority of players play the game and do not visit or post on the forums. Those that do post on the forums are usually disgruntled players. They are usually ones that jump from MMO to MMO and complain in each one of them.

Please do not try to label me a fanboi as I have had an active account with AoC. Unfortunately because of my job transferring me to another location for 3 months I have had to temporarily suspend my account. I do know there are problems with the game but eventually those will be worked out. AoC will be a great game soon.

 

Well, a little while ago another guy posted that his brother had JUST been banned in-game shortly after arriving in Poitan having recently left Tesso where they were being camped on by a bunch of members of some guild.  Apparently his brother had run into the water at the docks to avoid a guy meleeing him to death and he was attacked while in the water and something glitched giving his brother the ability to attack from within the water.  This was the ONLY thing they can think of that he *could* have been banned for.  

Once again you see one side of the story, this is why all the companies that run MMO's that have official forums prohibit the bringing of disciplinary issues to the forums.

I, as well as many other people, expressed shock towards his situation in our reply posts.  We were trying to ask him specifically what had happened..pressing him for more information.  He then updated saying that his brother logged into an alt and put in a petition and his alt was also permanently shortly after placing the petition!  I pressed the 'quote' button and typed out a reply to him and when I pressed 'submit', I was looking at a "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah" screen.  I pressed back and refreshed the list of threads and sure enough his thread had been deleted by a moderator as well.  

Do you all really believe everything you read on the net, seriously?

 

I had already been quite disturbed by the many disgusting things going on between users and moderators and I really wanted to know what the deal was with that guy's brother being banned but I had neglected to note his user name (otherwise I would have sent him a private message.  I made a thread titled, "to the guy that posted brother's banning" and in the post I typed that it looked as if a moderator silenced him and deleted his thread and I asked again for more information on what happened.  I clicked back..waited a few seconds..refreshed..saw a reply had been made but when I clicked it I got the same message, "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah".  Ok..wtf.  I clicked back and refreshed again..thread gone!   Wow!  Now I am being abused and silenced?

You are on THEIR forums, you abide by their rules or you lose the right to use those forums. The rules are their for a reason.  I guess your one of those people that think you have the right to free speech anywhere. Do me a favor and go research "Freedom of Speech". I can guarantee you that it does not apply to private organizations.

 

At this point, I am angry and make one more thread titled, "was it worth it?" and in the post said, "to whichever moderator it is that is abusing their power..you just earned Funcom another 2 cancellations!" This thread was pretty much immediately removed and when I pressed back again it said I was banned for 6 months!   Now, I don't know about the rest of you..but I will NOT be treated like that and I had already meant what I had said in that last post..being already tired of the crap going on with the game.  I made good on my promise and my account is now canceled and my girlfriend's will be canceled tomorrow.

See above.. you acted immaturely and pretty much posted a trolling message, broke the rules and got banned. Act like an adult next time, PM a mod and debate the problem with them in an adult manner.

Suffering the out of memory errors and being virtually ignored was already enough.  Moderator abuse was the icing on the cake!

 

Do they think it's ok to keep messing the game up more and more..KNOW that people are getting increasingly more angry about it..say next to NOTHING about it and then have the nerve to start locking and deleting threads and posts that contain legitimate gripes?  I have never seen such bad business conducted in my life!  I thought my former employer & Company was bad!  Holy god!  ...Funcom! 

I wonder how many other paying customers have been treated this same exact way today?  They are obviously frustrated and taking extreme measures to shut people up.  They need to learn to take some personal accountability for all of the hatred being slung at their company.  The customer service is horrible and the message boards over there speak volumes.

 

What do the rest of you think about this entire situation?

 

Oh..and here are the screens I took and put on my desktop so that I am constantly reminded why I will NEVER EVER purchase another Funcom product again!

 

www.newtragedy.com/forumban.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/conancancel.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/accountcancel.jpg

 

This post is nothing but a huge whine. I see this in every MMO since UO and the games have survived. If SWG can survive what it went through then AoC will be around for along time.

Remember this for future reference, if you all act like this on WAR's Forums (if they have official forums) or any other website that host forums for that game you will most likely be moderated also. They have rules in place for a reason. If you disobey them they have the right to moderate their forums.

If you have issues with moderators you bring the issue up with the head moderator or the Community Manager via a PM and engage them with your issue in a polite and adult manner. You will find that they are alot more forthcoming if you act maturely.

 

What mmos are you playing? havent seen this type of action since... well DnL after ppl got sent the CD-RW as "pre-order".

 

Well let's see... every one of them pretty much. Go read the rules for posting on the forums. They all specify that bringing disciplinary actions by the gms to the forums are against the rules. They do this because players only get one side of the story. By law a company cannot comment publicly on actions taken against it's customers.  Therefore they do not allow discussions on it on their forums.

 

Alright so we got this one sorted, what about all the other posts with ppl posting about a flaw in game? Does it say as well that ppl cannot discuss the current state of the game on the rules? just wondering.


The ones that do not RANT like a spoiled child and post their concerns in a constructive manner do not get their threads deleted. 

People can express their concerns and Funcom welcomes negative feedback as well as positive as long as it isn't presented in a non constructive manner. All those threads do is invite more trolling and people calling each other names etc.. Those threads spiral out of control.

Of course people are upset that AoC was a bit rushed and a lot of stuff that was promised never made it to release. I just wish people could be a little more mature when raising those concerns.

7/11/08 4:33 AM
Viewed 1373, Replies 38

Originally posted by rav3n2
Originally posted by khartman2005
Originally posted by Cubed27

 

For the past 2 nights in a row I have bore witness to 2 different guys come into the General Discussion forum over at the official forums starting threads about how they were in-game banned for violating PvP rules?!?  The first guy 'griefed' another player at a waypoint that attempted to gank him.  Claims he killed the guy 10 times over and then made a profane retort at him when the guy whispered him telling him to stop camping him.  He claimed to get perma-banned for doing this..   Seriously?!?

 

When people come to the forums to complain about a ban the people reading the thread only get the OP's side of the story. Heck I can get banned then come to the forums and make up a completely one sided story also (that doesn't mean I didn't lie). Secondly, it has been my experience in several MMO's that on the official forums it is a violation of the rules to bring issues about gm actions to the forums. He broke their rules they removed the post. It is quite simple.

 

Ok, I can see how MAYBE he might have deserved a temporary ban for the profanity..but permanently and without warning?   Yikes!   So he comes into the forum to tell his story and basically get other players' opinions about said GM action.. and 15 minutes later his thread vanishes completely.   He was silenced by a moderator, obviously.  I just shook my head in disbelief. 

 Griefing players is subject to banning as per the rules, if people would read them and then follow them we wouldn't have these problems. My guess is he has done it before and was warned and did it again and was permanently banned. However, since I wasn't there and neither were any of you none of us can be sure now can we?

I pretty much spent a good chunk of my day and night browsing through the massive churning of disgruntled players after the 7/10 patch was released..poking my opinions in here and there in random threads.  It was somewhat amusing and at the same time..somewhat disturbing that the general discussion forum had become more fun than playing the actual BROKEN game!  Like a trainwreck, I just had to keep periodically looking at the newest complaints and Funcom trashing threads being made.

Please be aware that the vast majority of players play the game and do not visit or post on the forums. Those that do post on the forums are usually disgruntled players. They are usually ones that jump from MMO to MMO and complain in each one of them.

Please do not try to label me a fanboi as I have had an active account with AoC. Unfortunately because of my job transferring me to another location for 3 months I have had to temporarily suspend my account. I do know there are problems with the game but eventually those will be worked out. AoC will be a great game soon.

 

Well, a little while ago another guy posted that his brother had JUST been banned in-game shortly after arriving in Poitan having recently left Tesso where they were being camped on by a bunch of members of some guild.  Apparently his brother had run into the water at the docks to avoid a guy meleeing him to death and he was attacked while in the water and something glitched giving his brother the ability to attack from within the water.  This was the ONLY thing they can think of that he *could* have been banned for.  

Once again you see one side of the story, this is why all the companies that run MMO's that have official forums prohibit the bringing of disciplinary issues to the forums.

I, as well as many other people, expressed shock towards his situation in our reply posts.  We were trying to ask him specifically what had happened..pressing him for more information.  He then updated saying that his brother logged into an alt and put in a petition and his alt was also permanently shortly after placing the petition!  I pressed the 'quote' button and typed out a reply to him and when I pressed 'submit', I was looking at a "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah" screen.  I pressed back and refreshed the list of threads and sure enough his thread had been deleted by a moderator as well.  

Do you all really believe everything you read on the net, seriously?

 

I had already been quite disturbed by the many disgusting things going on between users and moderators and I really wanted to know what the deal was with that guy's brother being banned but I had neglected to note his user name (otherwise I would have sent him a private message.  I made a thread titled, "to the guy that posted brother's banning" and in the post I typed that it looked as if a moderator silenced him and deleted his thread and I asked again for more information on what happened.  I clicked back..waited a few seconds..refreshed..saw a reply had been made but when I clicked it I got the same message, "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah".  Ok..wtf.  I clicked back and refreshed again..thread gone!   Wow!  Now I am being abused and silenced?

You are on THEIR forums, you abide by their rules or you lose the right to use those forums. The rules are their for a reason.  I guess your one of those people that think you have the right to free speech anywhere. Do me a favor and go research "Freedom of Speech". I can guarantee you that it does not apply to private organizations.

 

At this point, I am angry and make one more thread titled, "was it worth it?" and in the post said, "to whichever moderator it is that is abusing their power..you just earned Funcom another 2 cancellations!" This thread was pretty much immediately removed and when I pressed back again it said I was banned for 6 months!   Now, I don't know about the rest of you..but I will NOT be treated like that and I had already meant what I had said in that last post..being already tired of the crap going on with the game.  I made good on my promise and my account is now canceled and my girlfriend's will be canceled tomorrow.

See above.. you acted immaturely and pretty much posted a trolling message, broke the rules and got banned. Act like an adult next time, PM a mod and debate the problem with them in an adult manner.

Suffering the out of memory errors and being virtually ignored was already enough.  Moderator abuse was the icing on the cake!

 

Do they think it's ok to keep messing the game up more and more..KNOW that people are getting increasingly more angry about it..say next to NOTHING about it and then have the nerve to start locking and deleting threads and posts that contain legitimate gripes?  I have never seen such bad business conducted in my life!  I thought my former employer & Company was bad!  Holy god!  ...Funcom! 

I wonder how many other paying customers have been treated this same exact way today?  They are obviously frustrated and taking extreme measures to shut people up.  They need to learn to take some personal accountability for all of the hatred being slung at their company.  The customer service is horrible and the message boards over there speak volumes.

 

What do the rest of you think about this entire situation?

 

Oh..and here are the screens I took and put on my desktop so that I am constantly reminded why I will NEVER EVER purchase another Funcom product again!

 

www.newtragedy.com/forumban.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/conancancel.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/accountcancel.jpg

 

This post is nothing but a huge whine. I see this in every MMO since UO and the games have survived. If SWG can survive what it went through then AoC will be around for along time.

Remember this for future reference, if you all act like this on WAR's Forums (if they have official forums) or any other website that host forums for that game you will most likely be moderated also. They have rules in place for a reason. If you disobey them they have the right to moderate their forums.

If you have issues with moderators you bring the issue up with the head moderator or the Community Manager via a PM and engage them with your issue in a polite and adult manner. You will find that they are alot more forthcoming if you act maturely.

 

What mmos are you playing? havent seen this type of action since... well DnL after ppl got sent the CD-RW as "pre-order".

 

Well let's see... every one of them pretty much. Go read the rules for posting on the forums. They all specify that bringing disciplinary actions by the gms to the forums are against the rules. They do this because players only get one side of the story. By law a company cannot comment publicly on actions taken against it's customers.  Therefore they do not allow discussions on it on their forums.

7/11/08 4:21 AM
Viewed 1373, Replies 38

Originally posted by Cubed27

 

For the past 2 nights in a row I have bore witness to 2 different guys come into the General Discussion forum over at the official forums starting threads about how they were in-game banned for violating PvP rules?!?  The first guy 'griefed' another player at a waypoint that attempted to gank him.  Claims he killed the guy 10 times over and then made a profane retort at him when the guy whispered him telling him to stop camping him.  He claimed to get perma-banned for doing this..   Seriously?!?

 

When people come to the forums to complain about a ban the people reading the thread only get the OP's side of the story. Heck I can get banned then come to the forums and make up a completely one sided story also (that doesn't mean I didn't lie). Secondly, it has been my experience in several MMO's that on the official forums it is a violation of the rules to bring issues about gm actions to the forums. He broke their rules they removed the post. It is quite simple.

 

Ok, I can see how MAYBE he might have deserved a temporary ban for the profanity..but permanently and without warning?   Yikes!   So he comes into the forum to tell his story and basically get other players' opinions about said GM action.. and 15 minutes later his thread vanishes completely.   He was silenced by a moderator, obviously.  I just shook my head in disbelief. 

 Griefing players is subject to banning as per the rules, if people would read them and then follow them we wouldn't have these problems. My guess is he has done it before and was warned and did it again and was permanently banned. However, since I wasn't there and neither were any of you none of us can be sure now can we?

I pretty much spent a good chunk of my day and night browsing through the massive churning of disgruntled players after the 7/10 patch was released..poking my opinions in here and there in random threads.  It was somewhat amusing and at the same time..somewhat disturbing that the general discussion forum had become more fun than playing the actual BROKEN game!  Like a trainwreck, I just had to keep periodically looking at the newest complaints and Funcom trashing threads being made.

Please be aware that the vast majority of players play the game and do not visit or post on the forums. Those that do post on the forums are usually disgruntled players. They are usually ones that jump from MMO to MMO and complain in each one of them.

Please do not try to label me a fanboi as I have had an active account with AoC. Unfortunately because of my job transferring me to another location for 3 months I have had to temporarily suspend my account. I do know there are problems with the game but eventually those will be worked out. AoC will be a great game soon.

 

Well, a little while ago another guy posted that his brother had JUST been banned in-game shortly after arriving in Poitan having recently left Tesso where they were being camped on by a bunch of members of some guild.  Apparently his brother had run into the water at the docks to avoid a guy meleeing him to death and he was attacked while in the water and something glitched giving his brother the ability to attack from within the water.  This was the ONLY thing they can think of that he *could* have been banned for.  

Once again you see one side of the story, this is why all the companies that run MMO's that have official forums prohibit the bringing of disciplinary issues to the forums.

I, as well as many other people, expressed shock towards his situation in our reply posts.  We were trying to ask him specifically what had happened..pressing him for more information.  He then updated saying that his brother logged into an alt and put in a petition and his alt was also permanently shortly after placing the petition!  I pressed the 'quote' button and typed out a reply to him and when I pressed 'submit', I was looking at a "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah" screen.  I pressed back and refreshed the list of threads and sure enough his thread had been deleted by a moderator as well.  

Do you all really believe everything you read on the net, seriously?

 

I had already been quite disturbed by the many disgusting things going on between users and moderators and I really wanted to know what the deal was with that guy's brother being banned but I had neglected to note his user name (otherwise I would have sent him a private message.  I made a thread titled, "to the guy that posted brother's banning" and in the post I typed that it looked as if a moderator silenced him and deleted his thread and I asked again for more information on what happened.  I clicked back..waited a few seconds..refreshed..saw a reply had been made but when I clicked it I got the same message, "you do not have permission to access the forums..login..blah blah".  Ok..wtf.  I clicked back and refreshed again..thread gone!   Wow!  Now I am being abused and silenced?

You are on THEIR forums, you abide by their rules or you lose the right to use those forums. The rules are their for a reason.  I guess your one of those people that think you have the right to free speech anywhere. Do me a favor and go research "Freedom of Speech". I can guarantee you that it does not apply to private organizations.

 

At this point, I am angry and make one more thread titled, "was it worth it?" and in the post said, "to whichever moderator it is that is abusing their power..you just earned Funcom another 2 cancellations!" This thread was pretty much immediately removed and when I pressed back again it said I was banned for 6 months!   Now, I don't know about the rest of you..but I will NOT be treated like that and I had already meant what I had said in that last post..being already tired of the crap going on with the game.  I made good on my promise and my account is now canceled and my girlfriend's will be canceled tomorrow.

See above.. you acted immaturely and pretty much posted a trolling message, broke the rules and got banned. Act like an adult next time, PM a mod and debate the problem with them in an adult manner.

Suffering the out of memory errors and being virtually ignored was already enough.  Moderator abuse was the icing on the cake!

 

Do they think it's ok to keep messing the game up more and more..KNOW that people are getting increasingly more angry about it..say next to NOTHING about it and then have the nerve to start locking and deleting threads and posts that contain legitimate gripes?  I have never seen such bad business conducted in my life!  I thought my former employer & Company was bad!  Holy god!  ...Funcom! 

I wonder how many other paying customers have been treated this same exact way today?  They are obviously frustrated and taking extreme measures to shut people up.  They need to learn to take some personal accountability for all of the hatred being slung at their company.  The customer service is horrible and the message boards over there speak volumes.

 

What do the rest of you think about this entire situation?

 

Oh..and here are the screens I took and put on my desktop so that I am constantly reminded why I will NEVER EVER purchase another Funcom product again!

 

www.newtragedy.com/forumban.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/conancancel.jpg

 

www.newtragedy.com/accountcancel.jpg

 

This post is nothing but a huge whine. I see this in every MMO since UO and the games have survived. If SWG can survive what it went through then AoC will be around for along time.

Remember this for future reference, if you all act like this on WAR's Forums (if they have official forums) or any other website that host forums for that game you will most likely be moderated also. They have rules in place for a reason. If you disobey them they have the right to moderate their forums.

If you have issues with moderators you bring the issue up with the head moderator or the Community Manager via a PM and engage them with your issue in a polite and adult manner. You will find that they are alot more forthcoming if you act maturely.

7/09/08 11:19 PM
Viewed 1039, Replies 33

Originally posted by Abrahmm

I quit just after the NGE hit. I had an Elder Jedi on the Kauri server.  I just got an email from SOE saying I had a free month to play, so I loaded the game up to check it out.

I log in... I'm sitting down near the Warren. I look at my friends list, 0/159 people are online. Not really surprised by this. I pull out my speeder and head for the shuttle port to get my star ships and start re-visiting the galaxy. Right away I notice bugs that were in the game when the NGE went live. Clicking on my speeder made me pull out my lightsaber and try to fight it. Riding my speeder, when attempting to go in a different direction, I instantly go in that direction but the speeder graphic turns slowly, making the speeder look as though its flying backwards and sideways... nothings changed.

I fly to dantooine mining outpost, a pre-nge hub for grouping and grinding. There is one person, an Expert Armorsmith who appears to be afk. I fly to Theed, the pvp hub pre-nge. When I get there, there is one person there. He too was on the trial account, and we had actually interacted a little bit together just before we both quit after the NGE. We conversed a bit about the game and such. I fly to Mos Eisley, a hub for everyone post-NGE. There is no one in the star port, or the town for that matter, and all I find is 3 afk entertainers in the cantina. I then fly to Coronet, where I am surprised to find 2 other people, both afk. This is getting sad.

I attempt to fly to my old guild city and visit my houses, but my city lost its shuttleport(from lack of people I assume) so I must fly close by and speeder there. I get there and it is a ghost town. I revisit the guild hall, where we had meetings every week, and remember the two great battles we had at the steps of our guild hall with 2 of our biggest rival guilds(Some of them my favorite times in the game). I go by old friend's houses, long abandoned and empty. I go to the pvp command center, where my office was located, but it is condemned and I can't get in. I go into my houses. the first two are scattered with items an