Black knighting on the forums

[Wasselin]

I think Black Knight is an appropriate term. At this point, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s nothing the devs could do to satisfy the people who claim the game is ‘dead.’ They seem to latch onto any bit of news they can twist into something negative, almost as if they’re actively rooting for the servers to shut down. It feels less like constructive criticism and more like a personal vendetta against the devs, willing them to fail.

Don’t get me wrong—I’m not against critique. But when the goalposts keep shifting, or the demands become increasingly unrealistic, it’s hard to believe these critiques come from a genuine desire to see the game improve. It makes me wonder about the psychology behind it. Are they players who want to quit but feel ‘stuck,’ so they hope the game fails to force themselves out? Or are they just deeply unhappy people who want to spread that misery to others? It’s hard to say, but it’s exhausting to watch.

[Hallarem]

I think Black Knight is an appropriate term. At this point, I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s nothing the devs could do to satisfy the people who claim the game is ‘dead.’ They seem to latch onto any bit of news they can twist into something negative, almost as if they’re actively rooting for the servers to shut down. It feels less like constructive criticism and more like a personal vendetta against the devs, willing them to fail.

Don’t get me wrong—I’m not against critique. But when the goalposts keep shifting, or the demands become increasingly unrealistic, it’s hard to believe these critiques come from a genuine desire to see the game improve. It makes me wonder about the psychology behind it. Are they players who want to quit but feel ‘stuck,’ so they hope the game fails to force themselves out? Or are they just deeply unhappy people who want to spread that misery to others? It’s hard to say, but it’s exhausting to watch.

Thats a communication issue. Because the devs do NOT communicate what IS and what ISNT possible. The whole "Ooooh, no datamining and everything is a surprise" was cute at the start, but you REALLY need to communicate with your playerbase so they have .. yes, SOMETHING TO LOOK FORWARD TO.

We have no info on hats, we have no info on graphical updates, we have no info on what their focuses will be for this "10-year" plan? Where are the ROADMAPS, hell even INDIE DEVELOPERS have roadmaps they publish every now and then? SE is lacking a huge amount of transparency, this secretive veil makes the playerbase confused not excited. It even makes some think that they have NOTHING being planned and are just winging it till the next expansion according to the formula or whatever they knit together just to keep our subs going.

Why people stay could be a mixture of anything from "Sunk cost fallacy" due to us building communities, having friends in the game, achieving a lot over the years, having a house you want to keep. If its exhausting to watch then don't watch it or the threads that are full of critique? Critique improves the build. If you see a shakey pillar in the foundation of a house, you go at them until they fix it or that house might crumble down in the future.
There's been plenty of constructive criticism, but they haven't picked up on it and just go their own way. Nobody asked for Viper changes, nobody asked for these BLM changes.
So until they give us some transparency, I'm afraid it will keep getting more and more toxic.