Cheap and Easy ways to keep players entertained (devs please read)

[Hyrist]

SE won't be doing anything substantial about this because they anticipate exactly what you're doing. They know the majority of you will come back in November when the patch comes out, and they know they'll get more subscriptions to make up for the permanent losses.

There is a delusion of self-importance that persists among a customer base that does not translate into practicalities on the corporate side of things. An individual or a subset of people don't want to hear that they're not important, that they're an expendable commodity already figured in some marketing's numbers, but it's there. It's the PR's department to talk to the talk to get you to feel like you're special. And while if we all lived in an ideal world something like that would be possible, the developers, executives, and staff all know it's just not possible within their constraints.

Of course you won't hear such things from them, because stating the stark truth is bad for business. Terms like "Please bear with us" and "Look forward to it." and "We apologize for the inconvenience." are coined to calm the overly temperamental, and expectant. In spite of the fact that some of the developers would love to wring your little necks once in a while, they genuinely want to further develop a game that their fans will enjoy, and your money, in spite of you not being a fan in their eyes, helps with that.

So, chill out. Find a therapist who's job it is to listen to your rants. Go play some other games if getting ready for the patch doesn't suit you. This isn't a big deal and frankly, it seems like most of you guys could use a little unplugging.

[Lambdafish]

@Hyrist Your post is very destructive to a thread that is trying to be different from other threads of a similar nature. This is not supposed to be a complaint thread, nor are any of these ideas things that I am demanding be implemented right now. This thread is to acknowledge that there is a problem, and that the player-base is not happy, and to prove that this could have been prevented and can be prevented in the future

A) Yes the playerbase is greedy, and its the devs job to feed this greed. SE are a company who make a lot of money from feeding hungry customers new content. It is the method of how they feed their customers that determines how happy the customers are. The title of this thread is "cheap and easy ways to entertain" and its supposed to discuss ways that it can keep these players happy and still give devs their time off for vacation.

B) Yes, it is a PR machine, and I'm surprised so many "SE white knights" have bought into it, though not as surprised at the brutal honesty of "sorry guys, we as a BUSINESS (individuals deserve breaks, businesses do not), took a break, though you shouldn't take a break from your paying for your subs"