It seems that your dissatisfaction has been building for some time, but that most of it stems from accessories. As someone who completely ignores accessories and featured auctions, I am always amazed by how strongly people feel about these things. In some cases, it seems that people play SK just to acquire fancy stuff, and don't even enjoy the actual act of playing the game. If that's the case for you, then yes, you should definitely quit. Happy travels.

Bye! Jamoo bids Jygantic farewell. =0

Jim Dale did not know the Greymarch had ended.

Hes on hiatus, not quitting. He might be back, content willing.

is this a fancy way to say that he doesn't appreciate the work OOO does manage to do, and complains that they don't rush the more important stuff so he ragequits?

sigh. i wish the forums were more interesting and less whiny and hateful.

"i wish the forums were more interesting and less whiny and hateful."
You described op's wall of text pretty nicely, i do admit.

Oops double post sorry.

Off topic:

Is it me or does the cover of the drama queens box copy and paste that face over and over again? Looks like the same exact face but flipped horizontally.

Lazy artists are lazy.

Well Jygantic-Forum,

Let me get this straight: You are quitting because of the way dragon wings are being distributed, but your going to buy a pair "just in case" ?!?!?
Do you even know how hypocritical that is ? Did you even go back and read the post you typed before you posted it? Do you see the irony ?

What about the free accessories SK give away from time to time (pumpkin bandolier, and the free proto crest for example)?

What about the fact that this game is free to play? Convert crowns into crystal and the splendor's of this "wonderland" are yours.

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i wish the forums were more interesting and less whiny and hateful. - Tersakoff

I agree. I can barley read these forums any longer.

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*edit - I apologize for yelling a bit up there. I'm just so very, very worn out of people with asinine logic on SK forums.

Good luck to you Jygantic.

Also, what God-King says below this post .....

Let me tell you a story about a knight named bob. He once did Vana and was killed by mace to the face. Later he bought the acessory side blade and equipped it. Later he did vana again, and died with mace to the face.

Moral: acessories dont mean squat.

I personally grew tired of the monotony as a swordie. Instead im now trying as a bomber. Its refreshing from a swordie and a new challenge.

Moral: Try new things new levels. It breaks monotony well.

Daarke here, and thats the moral for today.

jyg, hope you have in whatever endeavors you aspire, meanwhile ill have my fun as i always enjoyed in this game.

Nicely said.

While its not for any of us to speculate what his intentions and reasoning is beyond what he has expressed, i think its fair to surmise that he does not agree with the direction the game is going. We are all happy that the game is moving (glacially) forward, but for many it seems it is doing so by going left when it should go right, and going down when it should go up.

OOO has done soooo many things that have enraged its player base, seemingly at every turn. Some of those were to fix mistakes they should have had the forsight to see, but didn't. What can you do?

But i think the thing that gets many players the most, is the way they randomly change the rules without a moment's notice. One can work very hard to put them self into an advantageous situation, and then have that jack-knifed with no forewarning or restitution. Be this right or wrong. Its almost like trying to play an important competitive game for high stakes (all word usage in proper context of playing a silly game. Yes, its all trivial in the end, but many people spend many hours into it, so we all have a vested interest that goes beyond the mere cute sprites and coding of fictitious variables) only you are playing vs a small child who makes up and changes the rules as you go; and worse yet, you are helpless to do anythign about it and simply must abide and try and "win" within the new frame of rules and hope they are not shifted or skewed again as soon as you recover and start to build new advantages.

I realize not everyone plays the game on this level, that for many, its more than enough to log on, play thru your mist, buy some ce, craft a weapon, maybe plop down 10 bucks for random wings, play some more and then do it again tomorrow. Not everyone is trying to build up an "empire," not everyone is obsessed to DOMINATE the game as best they can. But for some of us, thats just a mindset and personality trait that comes through in all aspects of life. Chess, Competitive athletics, work, spiral knights, whatever it is that you apply your limited time and energy into, you want to do it well, to the best of your ability, and innately driven to try and do it better than others. For people like that, playing a game where the rules are reconfigured on a moment's notice, without notice, it can be very, very, very frustrating.

Also, i think he mentions accessories as a left when he wanted a right, or down when he wanted an up. Its part of the inevitable progress forward of the game, and has sadly shifted to the predominant force of the game, as content is "used up" so there's not much to do than delve into the only new and expanding portion of the game (endless accessories). And then, and then, we are mislead and hoodwinked at every turn.

1. these are all available in lockboxes.
--but they weren't. Most of the most rare and desirable accessories were not avaiable until featured auctions. never mind the 1000s of dollars that were spent trying to get them.
--shadow keys were secretly being seeded into the auction house by OOO with no acknowledgment from them they were doing this. (i can't prove either of these. but i am 100% certain both are true. it is what it is).

2. Featured Auctions themselves were a bit misleading. Never did we know that these weren't going to be rare, but rather flooded into the market. This could have been forseeable. but no one really foresaw it. so be it.

3. Finally, take this dragon wing thing for example. OOO gladly accepted over 100m crowns for wings of all sorts. Then, after they collected all those bounties, they create new wings that move and stretch and give them away for 10 bucks. Kind of a slap in the face. One that didn't catch many people full-on, but enough. I am fine with it, and i'm over it. I still like the old school wings more. But still, it is an odd decision.

I don't think we can blame triple O for focusing on money making endeavors. I am glad they do. With rose regalia, sonic gear, dragon wings, explorer packs, all of it. I want them to make money. I want the game to thrive. I want them to be able to pay their bills, hire more staff, keep the lights on, drive fancy cars and eat steak dinners. They deserve to profit greatly off of this game. We use the anology of "u hit the lottery" if you get shadow wings, or if you were to craft a vh asi + Vh ctr sword. So its fair that the dev's hit the lottery in creating the entire game.

There are just many of us, granted we are a vocal, entitled, minority most likely, who feel like we should have the right to "work and live" within a firm, set, static world of rules. That careful planning, manipulating, spending, organizing, and analyizng of the environment should be rewarded effort. Not render null and void, with assets becoming liabilities, and perfect plans turned nightmares with the wave of a magic wand. A magic wand held by a fat, chubby, jelly covered child's hand making up the rules as he goes.

tl;dr

it sucks that the game can completely change without warning, and the collateral damage is YOU. and no one cares but YOU. (and a couple of your friends maybe). But i'm still around, and plodding along.

Hope to see you around Jygantic :)
maybe some day play experience and content contributions will be the main driving force of the game. If not, hope whatever game you switch to is a ton of fun and can keep your interest and allow you to flourish via hardwork and craftiness. At least long enough to SK to reload and offer some more fun.

>I see (more) things being taken from them [the players]
>Cosmetic items that nobody sane cares about yet give OOO money are BAD!
>I do not see any forthcoming generosity nor even fairness being awarded to the hard working players and payers that are still here today.
Are you on drugs?
Really, I'm shocked and appalled.
More so since SK is just a game.

I don't care why he's leaving, I just don't see why there's a need to post about it with a thread that goes over the same, tired, obnoxious things everyone else has since the beginning of Spiral Knights.