how is SEGA supposed to keep this game alive if there isn't any profits from it? >_>

I'm about 100% sure that they aren't keeping content generation on the back burner due to these promotions.

These items are almost 100% graphics artist effort (with maybe the exception of animating them). The graphics artist may not have had any other work since they are probably re-using all the monsters and levels graphics in this new mission system. Yea, there is a new king, so I guess he has a few things to work on, but either he is already done that, or it doesn't really matter because they aren't ready for the finished product yet. Not everyone does every job. As a programmer, I wouldn't touch graphic artist work since I suck at it.

OOO already stated that there was no ETA on the new mission system, so expecting it now was just giving yourself false hope. There are a lot of things we don't in this situation and you can't assume that the person who worked on these updates would also be the ones designing the other new game content.

To top it all off, things like the Sonic suit, Tails Tails, and Dragon Wings could have all been done at the same time weeks ago. They bring in a good amount of money (as obvious by the sheer quantity I see in game) and help fund other development.

How could we have been so blind? <-------Joke

"I don't think any one can claim to know how much money this game makes or what people do behind the scenes nor should it be a topic of conversation. The bottom line is we are customers of OOO and have the right to rage complain about the fact that for the entire time that this game has been in existence they have only added shadow Lairs (cash grab) and PVP. If you frequented a restaurant that only served 4 items and never added any new ones but continued to make little updates to the decor would you continue to spend your money there?"

While I am not a fan of this update, I will defend them when you're downright wrong.

Things that have been added since release:
Flourish line swords
Brandish lines advanced from 3* to 5*
Snarby added (giving BTB, DBB, and BTS line items)
Twins added (giving Pulsar, Catalyzer, Voltaic Tempest line items, making Quicksilver set easily obtainable and advancing it to 5*)
Blackened Crest added to Vana's token rewards
UV and Unbind shop
Shadow Lairs
Accessories
PvP added (giving Voltedge, Stagger Storm, and Freezing Troika lines. moved Troika line to 5* also)
Heart Trinkets added to PvP rewards
Polyps and Howlitzers
Drones
Candlestick Keep
Scenario Rooms
Completely changed out the Danger Rooms
And constant behind the scenes additions to the randomly generated levels. I have been playing since the month SK was released and I still occasionally encounter rooms that I have not seen before.

And to your question about the restaurant... yes, as long as I was in the mood for what they offered.

~Gwen

Eurydice said, verbatim, promos are not offered "instead of" content. The dev team has been working steadily on missions. In parallel with that, some promos are offered. I'm amazed that a GM finialy made a comment in response to a complant, and people keep rambling on. I guess GM don't use the fourms not becuase they're lazy, but becuase they acknowlage no one will read what they write anyway. Eurydice is so much cooler than all of you nubs. She has swag.

yup half the people here [tarting] about (ingame) CE prices beeing to high
other half [tarting] about them putting in a stupid item (and boosting income wich in turn equals to more development)

yes i'm also waiting for new content so i can start playing again... but if OOO wants to take their time and make it something good (or even better) and with as few bugs in it as possible i'm not going to [tart] about them taking that time.

lol "If you opinion isn't the same as mine, I don't want to hear what you have to say!"

-slowclap-

"If you're argument is "
That is not correct at all. You're means "you-are". You cannot say "You are argument". Well, I can't. At least not with a straight face.

"If any of you are 5star players that have been running vana since you can remember and have all the items you want and are getting bored with the game then you understand where I'm coming from."
Cough cough me. Well, still going after a wee bit of shadow lair items. Did you even read my post though? Eurydice said these were working in parallel to new content, not putting it on the backburnner. Then all the kids keep flipping out "WHERE ALL DA LEVELS AT," "WHERE ALL DA GM POSTS AT," then sit baffled that your requests arent fufuled, generaly becuase you guys act like jerks when you submit them! Everyone that disagrees with things like promo gear either acts like a ghetto trailer trash chick all "up in der face" with horrible grammar, or like a complete snobb saying things like "Psh, I, for one, refuse to buy this, 'pro-mo i-tem', and feel I should tell everyone about it and complain until they agree". For the most part, you seem like a little bit of both in my eyes.

"I don't know what 4channer means. I assume it's nerdspeak of some kind. Does it make you feel good about yourself when you join in with other people flaming a post? You feel like you're part of the flamer community? You're awesome"

Oh, sorry, I didn't Read your Post because it was too long. I just Read "You're Awesome."

And Yes, Yes I am.

You're the Same person as Technodragon, because it takes a Delay between your Posts in Both Threads.

I shall now continue to Simultaneously Post in Both Threads to Prove this, until a GM comes & Locks up these Posts.

I wish I could say another word. I'm saddened that only the GMs understood my joke.

It's not pathetic to call you out on your grammar since, well, your usage of "you're" was indeed wrong. Furthermore, your argument initially had at least some weight behind it, but looking at the way you're posting now, it's just downright sad.

"Well, this post I going to keep going until I get the last word."

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EDIT: The second you Joined 4Chan, your Life already Ended.

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TL;DR after Myllakka ;)

And lol I can't say that you're right.
The devs (and GMs) Are obvious to the numerous threads about new content being wanted.

To be honest, this is how i see it:

The devs know that they need new content.
The devs are unsure what will keep the players (who WANT new content [End-Gamers]) happy for a while, and not bore them out within 20 runs for the new stuff.
For the time, thy throw in accessories. Everyone is happy and it keeps them busy for a long while.
While thinking what to release, they give us a bit of new accessories, primarily ones that will appease us.
We like the accessories that they made off the top of their heads in one workday, so those that want them buy them and stockpile.
OOO gets $$$ without doing much, and buys themselves (or more sells themselvs) some more time to work on a REAL challenge for us.

I will say this. We DID contribute to brining non-stop accessory updates, but its neither us, nor OOO fault.

The devs and players collaborated for a while, to ease any tension (I'm looking at you CE complainers)
They made some promos, and they will eventually set up an expansion.

The trick is: They don't want to "end" the story with the core, but they want to give a lot of new content all at once, instead of mini updates that will probably make everyone rage (since its not enough content for them)

They are making the missions, as Nick stated, and they are finishing them up ALL AT ONCE. to give them out ALL AT ONCE.

That's my two cents

~Xeirla

Take this into consideration. you're a teacher and parents are criticizing your teaching although you're a great teacher.

Think of it this way. Making a game is like writing a story, like Phsyco said. ANyways, you first have to make a rough draft, and a big idea. You have to find the beginning and the ending, and then find how to mak them connect. You try some stuff, see how people react to it, rinse, and repeat. and repeat. and repeat. until you have one thing that almost everyone likes. then, you put it out into the game/story, and listen to every rage about how long it took you to put it out, and that they don't like it, and that they want more content. and then you have to make even more new stuff, cause that was only one update.

TL;DR: I'd like to see you make a MMONRPG, Negro. Lets see how much new content that your players like that you can pump out in one year.

The reason we've been getting lackluster content updates like this one is because THE DEVS HAVE BEEN BUSY WORKING ON AN AWESOME LOOKING MISSION SYSTEM!!!

Seriously though, it's not like they started doing that a month ago. They've probably been holding onto it for ages, testing it internally to see if it's even viable and ready enough for public consumption. So they got the art guys to churn out some cool stuff for people to purchase if they want to. It's not like it took anywhere near a significant amount of time from the main project: development of new content for the game. They've got to pay the bills, and if my free gameplay is subsidized by players who want to buy cool dragon wings, so be it.

TF2 regularly churns out cosmetic items and the community loves them for it, because they also release good content (in that game, balanced weapons,maps, etc.). SK is in the same boat, but they can't exactly release "half" of the mission update, so they've had to keep quiet while working on it.

What do players get by sucking up to Nick and devs? Do we get updates faster?

Most people, no matter their stance on your topic, don't like it when one person says my opinion is right, and if you disagree you are wrong. That, is why people respond harshly to your posts.

Especially how you say nobody should know the progress of developement, then follow up with comments on how things are on backburners and not cared about.

A very apt analogy as I've seen first hand how absolutely moronic parents are with education.

Sometimes it makes me want to stop studying to be a teacher... but not for very long.

"and the GM priest."
I am but a sheep.