Yah, that does seem fun, and not driven into the ground UNLIKE NOW.

It's possible some of the things you've mentioned could one day make it to full release, at least.

The thing about ''previews'' is that there's often content shown that might not make it to full release, and there's often content that isn't released -initially-, but released at a later time in full release, usually when it's worked on a bit so that it might work in a more balanced way, or just makes more sense.

The game you played then didn't have anything written in stone, and the game that's up now is the same. Anything could be worked on, developed, etc. We don't know exactly what they could be messing with in the office unless they tell us specifically themselves.

chill pill needed!

Nope, no way to block posts because Drupal sucks. I'm not making up facts. In fact I've made up nothing. If you go and read the entire forum of GD you will understand.

I'm not making up facts.

Yeah guys, he's not making up facts.

He's just flat out lying.
There's a difference.

AND FOR THE LOVE OF GOD I WANT MY TORTODRONES BACK!!!

I really miss the Tortodrone. I have fond memories of getting my face pounded into the ground the first time I met one.

If you truly believe that if anything from the old Spiral, added to what it is now, would be ruined then why not quit the game? Just leave if you're obviously not enjoying yourself nearly as much as you used to. Your ''precious'' Spiral is gone and won't come back because this is an MMO.

MMOs never just revert back to beta, ever, unless 100% absolutely necessary due to major, crippling issues that might be in full release, but this is usually only until it's fixed. You said it yourself, ''It's a lot to ask for''. It's a ridiculous amount to ask for actually, and terribly unrealistic. Nobody goes, ''Hey, let's re-release our Beta again, you know, for old time's sake.''

Betas are just testing phases, and normally not even meant to ever be played by just anyone who wants to. Heck, for Spiral they didn't even want people so much as showing pictures. If you really want to stick to the word ''preview'': Spiral's preview phase was a preview of a game that was a work in progress. Nothing in it was guaranteed to make it to full release.

Also, about ''this game has been officially released'': Where did I say otherwise? Read my post again, and again, until you can comprehend it.

There's games I've played for around five years now, and have seen many changes made to, and sure, I think fondly on the old times, but realistically they'll never come back and you have to get over it. Either wait it out until maybe the game becomes more enjoyable, just flat out leave, or continue and be miserable. Make a decision.

@GoS
You're annoying because you constantly attempt to derail threads by inciting hate and declaring that SK is dying/doomed. Grow up.

Personally I'm sticking around because of all of the content they had during the alpha/beta stages, and I think that eventually, they'll add it back in. I think my patience will pay off.

Online games are always changing. That's the good/bad thing about them. And there will always be people for whom the latest change is a 'dealbreaker' that damages their fun. There is nothing new about that, SK is not special in that regard.

Also, in every game, it seems there are jaded 'old folks' on the forum who gripe every opportunity that appears about how much they think the game 'sucks now'. SK is not special in that regard, either.

I found, personally, once a game changes in a way where I can no longer say more good things than bad, that it's time for me to go play something else. I learned this about WoW years ago -- being a crabby geezer going on about the 'good old days' is just a waste of time that I could be using to play another game that was still fun to me.

I think some people here need to move on with their lives, seriously. Nothing will change in the game based on folks constantly complaining on the forums -- it will only be changed if the ingame metrics and data reflects a problem (either in player numbers or profit or some other inbalance) that 3R wants to fix. Period. It ridiculous how some people think 3R doesn't already know the negative feelings many players have about various things (they read these forums too, even though they don't reply to every single comment), so still harping on it all at this point is just useless.