Travel methods is not the answer in my opinion, kind of skipped a lot of what I was intending to get across. These patches ARE overlapping this is not a minor issue. Every game that I played that turned into a ball of duct tape quick fixes flopped. plain and simple. I think the best example of this is AoC, the game was broken, yet a blast to play. They listen to people that want every game to be like WoW. they lost 80% of subs and the game is crap to due to lack of funding and population. I played wow for a while. It really is a great game just not my cup of tea so when they apply aspects of wow to their game it kills the reason I am playing their game instead.

If they intend for the player that plays a lot to run all over while the casual player can just port I guess they just want the casual player and not the person that is actually allowing the casual player access to better gear, materials, repairs and groups. This whole casual vrs hardcore is insane if you are paying to play a game which this eventually will be there should be no limitations or punishments based on the amount of time you spend playing the game.

Casual players don't stick around point blank. If they are casual they are not invested in the game and if and when they get frustrated they are more likely to go to a different game. There are so many online games right now that this is a major factor. This isn't back when you had uo. eq, daoc. There are tons of games and options.

The statement where 99% will come back easily I think is wrong. I have heard this before. From my view point if I quit a game for a month and play something else the first week is crappy then you get into it and like it better. Why go back to plucking your head bald when you are happy where you are.

End statement I think maybe this game is not for me. I like to be able to play with no limitations or punishments based on the amount of time I spend playing. Surplus, Anima, lack of listening to people that play a lot, knee jerk reaction patches that overlap, and general lack of foresight on their actions and this is what you get. A dead game where everyone is in one city burnt out from doing the same crap over and over and over.