What went wrong? Is it the game or the grenre?

[Battlewrench]

Hi Red, probably noticed but I've basically quit, can tell the company to kick me from the roster if they haven't already. Sub runs out in like 70 days though so....probably wont be back on though.

Edit : I'd honestly say it's the game AND the genre though. With so many MMOs currently out there giving the same if not a similar experience there isn't a huge reason to play another. Hardly anyone justifies spending time or money subbing for two different games at once so people usually stick to the one. The people who played this game for the short time usually end up going back to whatever MMO they came from. They probably wanted something fresh and new but with all of the friends they met on the old game, probably still playing, why sub for another game so similar without your friends and as much content? Some people hop from game to game constantly looking for the perfect game they'll never find.

The genre in a whole is hard to break away from because so many are used to playing the game they've played so long that when they join something new they want all those features and conveniences that the game had. All these new games are almost expected to be similar if they want to survive and no company is willing to take such a risk in the AAA MMO market that they'll deviate from the blueprints of the theme park genre. I'm being pretty vague but I think I made the point I was going for.

Edit #2 : As for the game itself I think you have three subcultures who've joined. The game is pretty solid but it does have its many problems putting it, in my eyes, below the other MMOs out today.

Subculture one is the people who've come from FFXI or 1.xx and want something similar or at least up to par. I think I honestly fall into this category of players. I played FFXI for years and enjoyed the experience. It felt like I was a part of the world and an actual person in this world instead of "Neo the chosen one". You were a member of the party, instead of playing the entire party in a Final Fantasy game every member of the party was an actual person. I loved it, and think that we can have a more modern MMO that has that feeling again.

The second subculture is those who have come from other MMOs. Honestly I think I've said enough about it so see above.

The third subculture is the newcomers to the genre. I feel like most of these people are the ones who might enjoy this game the most. The game is pretty standard in MMO terms and fairly easy to learn making for a good experience for new people to the MMO market. They might not stick around either though, once they have gotten used to what an MMO is I think they'll either quit altogether or join a one of the other subcultures.