playerbase down 25% in 4 months?

[Abriael]

On the other hand, you're continuously saying that someone is "overreacting" when he's just easily countering your points in a quite relaxed way, but you look like you're the one that's overreacting quite a lot to the criticism to your points.
You're overreacting so much that not only you resort to personal attacks against the one you're talking to, but you even managed to involve with a gratuitous personal attack someone that isn't even posting in this thread? Sorry but... lol?

Again, it takes one minute. if that minute is so terrible for you (and for the HORDES lol), that you'd advocate scrapping a system that works to implement a redundant one (with less functionality and eyecandy), with all the utter waste of development resources that'd involve, honestly, There's a lot to laugh about, and it goes to show how certain people really dig deep to find something to nitpick about.

It isn't a matter of opinion. It's a simple matter of risk/reward. Scrapping the wards and introducing an AH would not improve the game's quality in any sizable way, but would involve a massive waste of development resources that are much better spent on things that *everyone* can enjoy, and not just the ones that can't get over the fact that the market wards aren't named Auction House.

[Preypacer]

On the other hand, you're continuously saying that someone is "overreacting" when he's just easily countering your points in a quite relaxed way, and even managed to involve with a gratuitous personal attack someone that isn't even posting in this thread? Sorry but... lol?

You posted a list of items. I disagreed with one of those items. You immediately went on the defensive and lashed back over it. Yes, that is an over-reaction.

Whether your unnecessarily defensive and abrasive response was "calmly written" or not doesn't change the fact that it was unnecessarily defensive and abrasive. I didn't attack you. I didn't insult you. I didn't troll or flame you. I merely expressed a counter-statement to a single item you posted. Your immediate need to go on the defensive and lash out over it demonstrates quite clearly that you are intolerant of such a thing. Trying to spin it at this point only makes you look dishonest, on top of being intolerant.

The record speaks for itself. People can go back and read my post, and your response to it, and judge for themself.

I'm sure you'll keep trying, though.

To point out the obvious, comparing your behavior to someone else who has repeatedly demonstrated the same in similar situations does not require that person having posted in this thread. Ironically, that you tried to spin it that way is another very Neptune-worthy tactic. You're 2 for 2! Gonna go for a hat trick next?

Again, it takes one minute. if that minute is so terrible for you (and for the HORDES lol), that you'd advocate scrapping a system that works to implement a redundant one (with less functionality and eyecandy), with all the utter waste of development resources that'd involve, honestly, There's a lot to laugh about, and it goes to show how certain people really dig deep to find something to nitpick about.

Sorry to interrupt your little tangent there, but are you going to re-join the conversation and address things I'm actually saying? Or shall I let you just continue rambling off into fantasy-land, arguing over things I haven't.

For the last time, and please pay attention this time: I never brought personal opinion into the topic. You did. I merely pointed out the logistic difference between the current MW system compared to a true AH system.

It isn't a matter of opinion. It's a simple matter of risk/reward. Scrapping the wards and introducing an AH would not improve the game's quality in any sizable way, but would involve a massive waste of development resources that are much better spent on things that *everyone* can enjoy, and not just the ones that can't get over the fact that the market wards aren't named Auction House.

So... At this point you've stopped even attempting to address anything I'm actually saying and have chosen instead to rant on about things that exist only in your head... 'cause I never opined on anything in my posts that you're rambling on about there.

I'm gonna put it really simply for you, and then I'm going to stop wasting time and keystrokes on you, because you've clearly gone way off the deep end at this point.

1. You stated:

AH -> The wards now work like an AH.

2. I responded by simply pointing out the *logistic* differences between how one obtains items in the MW, versus how they would in a true AH system. I stated that due to those verifiable logistical differences, that MW are not "quite there" in terms of "working like an AH".

That's it... That's all that happened between my first post, and the point in your post which I was responding to.

From your first response to me, you have blown the entire thing out of proportion, repeatedly tried to argue things that I never addressed or asserted in the first place... and at this point, have pretty much just decided to have an imaginary debate with the rambling voices in your head, considering nothing in your last two paragraphs here have any bearing, what-so-ever on anything I actually stated.

But again... Knock yourself out. Don't let me interrupt your little... whatever you want to call it.

[Abriael]

You posted a list of items. I disagreed with one of those items. You immediately went on the defensive and lashed back over it. Yes, that is an over-reaction.

Actually I just disagreed with your disagreement, and explained why. To which you got bent out of shape and overreacted. Chill.

Whether your unnecessarily defensive and abrasive response was "calmly written" or not doesn't change the fact that it was unnecessarily defensive and abrasive. I didn't attack you. I didn't insult you. I didn't troll or flame you.

nor did I. Your point being?

The record speaks for itself. People can go back and read my post, and your response to it, and judge for themself.

You seem to think that in a conversation, replying and countering your arguments is somehow akin to "Overreacting". Hint for you, it's not. Calling people "arrogant and demonstrably intolerant" because they dare to respond to you is.

To point out the obvious, comparing your behavior to someone else who has repeatedly demonstrated the same in similar situations does not require that person having posted in this thread. Ironically, that you tried to spin it that way is another very Neptune-worthy tactic. You're 2 for 2! Gonna go for a hat trick next?

Looks who's trying to spin You've overreacted, resorted to personal attacks and even personally attacked someone uninvolved.

Sorry to interrupt your little tangent there, but are you going to re-join the conversation and address things I'm actually saying? Or shall I let you just continue rambling off into fantasy-land, arguing over things I haven't.

For the last time, and please pay attention this time: I never brought personal opinion into the topic. You did. I merely pointed out the logistic difference between the current MW system compared to a true AH system.

What logistic differences? But even more, compared to *what*? Every AH system has different nuances. Some involve bidding, some not, some (actually quite a lot of them) even send you all the way to your mailbox to recover the items that you purchased.
Having to walk to an NPC is no sizable difference.

The only real logistic common point between all the auction house systems is that there's a search engine that lets you but stuff from people in a localized area of a world. Further logistics vary from game to game.

There's no "true AH system" as every game has a different one. The Market Wards as they are now are just another variation.