Lack of content and another level increase looming

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I'd like to think that with their talk of introducing a test server that the worry of lack of content will be the thing of the past. However with all these issues with changing of payment plans and such it does look pretty grim if next month the population is reduced in half.

It's pretty careless of SE to force this upon people who have been playing for years and expecting them to deal with it, even though they do say it's for more safety, for those who have had no issues or even purchased security tokens for extra security feel as if there is no need to change something if it ain't broke.

Though back on topic, ya I think test servers should help with the issue of content since their objective with test servers is to allow a means to produce content faster so instead of these 3 months in between with a mini-update we may be seeing monthly updates and such.

Though what really disappointed me is how lazy this "news" "udpate" was. The last level update notice we got was so much more informed and interesting. http://www.playonline.com/pcd/topics...91/detail.html

I feel like this news update just treats us like idiots lol. The way it's worded it's like they needed a certain character limit in order to publish it, like seriously
"A new limit break quest will be added, the completion of which will unlock levels 91 and above.　The level cap increase will be accompanied by an assortment of new job abilities, job traits, and magic spells."

Cause by now we have no idea what a limit break does? It just strikes me odd how they reinforce the level cap being raised by saying it'll be raised to 95 which means you'll be able to go from 91-95. Oh really I thought a 95 level cap meant I'd be able to go to level 99.

So true...these things are still around and are still fun to do

An MMO is an online environment...as such, there is more to do there than just endgame stuff, no need to ignore old content just because it's not as challenging.

The issue people have with previous content is the lack of reward for the effort put into it. Pankration has beastmen hats that improve taking pictures but that's it. besieged and Brenner have el zilcho. Choco raising has the neat racing body pieces but since there isn't anything that offers an increase in battling ability only those that like how they look will really look into it or those who like the challenge of choco racing/raising. Gardening was pretty much killed by abyssea since it's main souce of usability came from ele ores but with gold chest dropping them like candies along with random NMs the need for gardening was severly diminished. Crafting itself doesn't see much use aside from the expendable items, gear isn't as sought out as it use to be since for the most part abyssea armor and weapons can trump it along with magian trials.

While synergy tried to save crafting it really isn't enough to make it viable except for vanity purposes. I think that's the main issue, most side activities only offer vanity rewards nothing battle worthy even if it's a slight boost. Like what would be the harm of adding a neck piece in pankration that offered the most STR. Perhaps you know make something fun out of it, like in the sense of fish ranking or choco racing perhaps you could have a weekly season in which players compete for first place and the one with the best win/lost ratio (only counting fights that are deemed fair aka the same monster level range) will recieve the STR neck piece or something like that. I mean seriously so many people would be competing and working their asses off in an attempt to earn the best STR neck piece in the game, at least on the melee side. perhaps instead of just adding one reward the winner can choose a reward from the following choices of melee/mage/tank so everyone would have a reason to pankration.

Finally last thing that pops into mind is MMM, which was basically killed by abyssea xp, while the fishing MMM can still be done for the rings overall their is a severe oversight on the team not to utilize MMM like they could. There is so much potential in it that it's quite depressing that they pretty much just tossed it aside like the evolith system which as it stands now SE should just write a formal apology for adding in a game concept that was so horrible they had to use trials of the magian to overshadow their awful mistake lol.

While sure some events can just be done for the fun of it, after a while just doing things for the fun of it isn't worth it if you can't at least get something to show off for your dedication of said activity.