OMG 1.19 has broken the game

[Vingtdeux]

Ok, now that I've got the attention of the angry minority, let me show you what exactly is happening to you.

People who studied/work in management or HR will be familiar with this: the change curve.

Please click here to see the change curve.


The General Phases of the Change Curve

Denial – The first stage: Once information has been received as to the ideals of change, this natural reaction is to deny that there is a need for change and in fact it is not happening. In a change sense, typical words that are used at this stage are, “It won’t work here,” “Tried it before – It doesn’t happen,” “Why is this happening to me?”

Anger – After learning that this change is not going away, the next natural step towards change is to go through the anger phase. At this point, people affected often can’t see a way out of the situation, often resorting to anger and bitterness.

Exploration – Maintaining the commitment to Working with individuals, facilitating them through the change curve, it will eventually become clear that the change is here to stay. It is no fad and big changes in their lives may need to happen. At this point, people will often try to compromise a favourable outcome to the change. Comments like, “Ok, what if we do this…” “Can I fit here?” “Can we just do…”

Acceptance – Congratulations! The individual has successfully come through the change curve. Acceptance as to the need to change is understood and now the person, in this phase, is learning to live with the change, getting involved in change and dealing directly with it.


Déjà vu ?

This concept proves itself at every patch, just look at all the anger threads, and analyze the forums again in few weeks.

If you realize and accept the phase you're in, you will begin exploring and trying new things faster, meaning fun and performance will come back faster (rather than being stuck in the anger phase).

[Charismatic]

Except those few who skip straight to the quitting phase.

[Vingtdeux]

Except those few who skip straight to the quitting phase.

Yeah, every major change taken by an enterprise/community most often brings a few people who quit. That's part of the game, and the long-term benefits are usually worth more than the short term loss (if it's well planned).

[nasomi]

It's a handful of anger threads, because those who enjoy it are busy playing the game. So that means thousands are playing, while a couple are complaining. I'm having fun and enjoy the new patch.

[nasomi]

Also, you didn't post any information regarding the game, just copied an article. Way to be intuitive.

[Antanias]

Except those few who skip straight to the quitting phase.

And then they return to the game the next day, and another laundry list of complaints with it.

[Travesty]

Uh... actually in MMO's developers pretty frequently make adjustments based on community reaction. So this post is kind of dumb.

[Vingtdeux]

Uh... actually in MMO's developers pretty frequently make adjustments based on community reaction. So this post is kind of dumb.

Hmmm ... don't think you understand the concept and its relation with the current situation.

The adjustments, even if they come directly from the players feedback, will still make a number of players unhappy. The origin of the adjustments have no relation with this.

Also, while we're at it, the customer isn't always king. There's a balance. At release it su**** because they didn't listen, but it would also su***** if they would listen to every complain.

Anyway, the point of this thread is to show that most complaints are coming from people being blind and angry, and that in few weeks thay'll see the benefits of the latest changes, accept them and move on. It happened with every patch ...

[grandm]

yay rage thread. what? hang on this is not a rage thread. you tricked me:P

nicely done sir

the sooner ppl pass the anger stage the better their own life will be. think of your blood presure ppl

[DNO]

Except those few who skip straight to the quitting phase.

who are completely over shadowed by the huge number of pople who came back.