Quote Originally Posted by zosia View Post

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Neither of us know the sub numbers, but the developers are well aware of them. Why people were subscribed, in comparison to other patches, what content they regularly participated in, what content they didn't participate in, etc. They have all that data and will utilize it in making their decision, rather than base it off the emotions of a few hardcore posters on the forums ranting. Normal's difficulty had nothing to do with the story, if that were the case Void Ark would be universally dismissed as garbage which is not the case, just about everyone I've interacted with loved the story of Void Ark so I'm unsure why you feel the need to bring that up.