Scarlet Shocker

I won't presume to speak for others but here's my take on it, as someone who may be perceived as a complainer by some in the community.

First off, I have played the game for over five years so that tells you something about how I feel about the game - but I often find myself at odds with certain elements of the game that the Devs can implement. That can be stories and the overall direction of the game - such as the Incarnate storyline. (Not to be confused with end-game content - but simply the fact that I have to be incarnate.)

Similarly there's other elements I dislike... but ultimately the things I dislike are far outweighed by the positives. So I continue to sub - although I have unsubbed for times when I felt that a section of the community that I care about was totally ignored. But once I learned those concerns were being seriously addressed, I subbed straight back.

Finally - and this is the most important aspect of this I feel - I am a paying customer. As a subscriber and buyer of Paragon product if I just sat back and let the Devs do stuff I really really dislike without voicing my opinion then there's two things going on: They don't understand what I like (and therefore have the opportunity to make more stuff I like and thus take more money off me) and then I stop enjoying the game.

But if I just post a small "I'm a bit meh about X" in a thread of 76,583 posts that won't get noticed. If I start a thread saying "I really hate XYZ" then at least there's a chance that somebody might notice it - whether they choose to do something about it is up to them. So far I'm still playing so it can't be all bad.

I really do not like these

I crash everytime Keyes completes.

The error I get is always:

Being the critical curmudgeon that I normally am I've tried all kinds of ways to think of the downside to this. I really can only think of a couple or minor points, but this actually seems better compared to other MMOs and indeed better than the deal we currently get.

As things stand, we pay our monthly sub and we have to buy boosters.

With Freedom, we can pay our monthly sub and earn the boosters anyhow.

Plus I can play my 2nd account without paying for it

Win. IMNSHO

/em Yoda
"you should be"

Seriously impressive

I feel so... dirty... or am I confusing dirty with "pending approval"?

*obligatory use of /em to indicate in game emote

Ah, the 80s. Not nearly as cool as those who weren't there remember them to be!

you have not experienced Shakespeare until you have read him in the original Klingon

In all seriousness come take a look. I never in my wildest dreams imagined I'd emigrate to the Black Country but actually it's got a lot going for it and in good commuting distance to Brum and around it. The people are great for the most part and the beer is reasonable and then there's Edgbaston!

The only thing I would say is avoid the Hagley Road... in rushour it's one of Europe's most congested highways and when it's not congested the toms are out in force, just waiting to give you a round of applause.

Brum itself is fab and has a vibe all its own and well worth checking out.

If there was a problem with the business it seems highly unlikely the powers that be at NCSoft would have invested so much in unifying the transatlantic communities.

Rather they would have done something like migrate EU accounts to NA servers and reduce their hardware costs by closing the five EU servers down.

They didn't do that. They invested quite heavily and made it happen. That tells me all I need to know about the health of the game.

Yow day worra bay coomin' boy 'ere, als yowm gunna bay loit fower yow tay!