I understand and agree with your points, I really do. I'm only here because I was searching for honest updates as well.  We all pick and choose who to "listen" to and who to "ignore".

I didn't do beta or pre-order because I smelled the BS just in time.  I don't play now either.  I watched the outrage, read the posts, and tracked this thing like a bloodhound.  I shared and still do share the feelings of outrage at Funcom's attempted duping of my person. 

End result is that I still don't see anything that would entice me to buy this game as Funcom has not changed and I'm fed up with being blatantly ripped off by the mmo market.

Same...I left 2 accounts and after a little over 2 years for all the reasons stated above, even though I left my guild.

I have other reasons as well, but don't wish to waste any more time on this game.  Let's just say I left a little over a year ago and have yet to actually miss it.

Originally posted by Teran1987

How do they really expect a whole lot more people to just buy a game they can't even try? o.O There's no trials for this, and the only way in on a free no strings account is via buddy key, and that you have to get from subscribers, and evidently there aren't enough loaner subbers for the amount of people who want buddy keys.

Is this another bright idea bought to you by the idiots at Failcom?

You know, I'm not a huge fan of how this game launced etc.  But really, why do you even post when you've already decided that they're idiots and should rename themselves "Failcom".  Are you that anxious for a freebie?    If so, there really are plenty of crappy f2ps out there...pick one.

PVP is a sad joke as it comes down to a 1 point of ar/dr difference.  And to get that you have to spend tons of in game money as well as real money.

The business model is for the cash shop.  Just about everything in the cs is accessible by the f2per, however it all still originates from gold purchases and is then repackaged or resold to the f2p community.  The cs drives the ingame economy.

AFK is the way...period.  Zero socializing.  Not many goals.  Not much payoff.   After a year already, I still don't feel connected to my toons.

Originally posted by hyaru

The game is still unfinished, and the endgame content starts as you hit vet, en beyond.

This content is for high-end clans as well as requiring alot more of the stated behavior of the OP.   The zones as well as the spawns just do not keep up with the clan sizes . 

Yes, there are ways to get around the "clan requirements" but I think it takes alot more patience and money than the average player is willing to invest and possibly even strains the hard-core player as well.

Okay, so color me stupid, but which nostril do I need to pick to figure out how to get a paragraph break into a review?

I just posted a long one and the thing in one long block of text

Thank you very much!

I've read the reviews and posts about the decline of the community numbers but plan on moving there myself within the month.  I'm not really concerned about the raids since I won't be able to do them right away anyway and seems they have some pretty decent features available.   Luckily for me, I wasn't there in The Day, so I should gain some enjoyment from it - which is more than I can say for these imports.

I played Hero about 4 months ago....stayed for about 2 weeks.  The leveling was okay at first, then as I got into the older areas I was constantly encountering aggressively disruptive behavior from the playerbase.  I left because that playerbase has to have been the rudest, most immature group of people I've ever encountered in my 8 years of gaming.