Ditto Hexzyle's statement :3

Well let me ask you a question.

Do you really want to play a game where the Devs don't care about player satisfaction?

aren't we playing one right now?

Hell, SK's one of the better MMOs already. I don't see in the life in me why I should buy the same game every year, and why I should really climb a steep and featureless mountain.

Interesting way to put it, Shoebox. ._.

yeah i realized that a little 2 late ;-;

Psycho just earned a few points of respect with me.

I've defended so many past updates against random players raging in game, and guildies and friends going off about updates being scams and other silliness (and sometimes outright stupidity) like that. Sometimes it comes from rage, and sometimes from false senses of entitlement, sometimes just disappointment that the items/content/features we've been hoping or waiting for still aren't here.

Time and again, I've explained calmly to people that just because an update doesn't personally give them something new, but gives someone else in the game something new and fun, or something to do, doesn't mean it's an awful change.
I've explained at length how selling expansions for CE or other in-game currencies would be absolutely idiotic for OOO to do even if some players expected that they ought to get it for free for their past loyalty or whatever other reasons (I even wrote a short article and submitted it to an SK blog because I was tired of repeating my explanation to people.)

Now I have friends who're used to getting a "profound perspective" about an update or a fresh take that they might not have thought about asking me what I think about this one. I've been giving them a resounding "meh" and telling them briefly what I don't like, and why. Mostly I get to tell them why I understand why some people are upset, even if they're acting like children (as usual, I guess.)

Like many, I don't care for some of the changes, but I'm not going to whine and b****, because it's not my place (and it's really not that important. I have better things to spend my time on, like playing the game or going on with my life.)

We know full well that OOO listens to its customers and players, whether or not it always does what we want.
As far as the game, and bottom line go there is a massive spectrum of things that we, as players and consumers don't necessarily see or even know exist, whether they're things about coding a game, or legal obligations, or just things that run contrary to OOO's vision for THEIR game.

For some reason, people seem to have this idea that just because they've paid for the game, or invested many hours that they are entitled to impose their will on the game.

Sorry, buying CE gets you CE, not company shares.
Even when I agree with someone's rant, I can't help but shake my head. Every time someone with a sensible idea or reasonable opinion goes off on a rant or ragequits, it WEAKENS their argument, and detracts from any useful help their position may provide.
Polarizing player opinion, or trying to "call out" OOO just makes everyone involved look a bit dumber, and might even bias OOO against what would otherwise be a good idea.
I might agree with the basic idea behind the "petition" on the forums right now, but I'm not signing or supporting it because it's not our place, as players or consumers to "petition" OOO to do anything at all.

Like Shoebox said, we can express our satisfaction or dissatisfaction with the game by either spending or not spending our time and money on the game.
OOO is also very nice and has provided a forum, complete with suggestion section (both of which they read) where we can socialize and discuss, and share ideas.

Pooping all over it, publicly threatening to leave, or being rude really is just taking it all for granted, and makes everyone involved look like children with absolutely no understanding of how the world works, though.

You may have a reason to be mad, but some peoples' expectations are ENTIRELY unrealistic.

(sorry for having a minirant in your thread, Psycho. XD)

i know someone else is agreeing with me on this

Are you asking what OOO is? OOO is an acronym for Three Rings, the game company that makes Spiral Knights.

...but I skimmed a bit, and I figured this would be a decent thread to voice my opinions. The way I see it:

OOO has no obligation to keep players satisfied who have reached "endgame" status. These players have already invested their time and/or money in Spiral Knights. Instead, OOO should focus on attracting new players who want to reach that endgame status. In the process of reaching this status, these new players will sink their time/money into Spiral Knights. Simple as that.

As a video game company, OOO would do well to sell as many copies of its game as possible. For a game like Spiral Knights, "selling copies" means getting players to spend time/money achieving endgame status. If players decide to stick around after reaching endgame status, there's a chance that they will spend more time/money after future updates, but this amount is negligible compared to the amount that a new player will spend on the game.

Imagine yourself as someone who's just found out about Spiral Knights. You think to yourself, "wow, this game looks pretty cool, let's give it a whirl." In the event that you find yourself enjoying Spiral Knights, you will probably continue to put your time/money into it until you reach endgame.

Now imagine yourself as an endgame player. After any given update, your willingness to spend time/money to get your hands on new content will probably be weaker than the willingness of a new player, who sees much more new content than you do, because he/she hasn't already gone through all of the content that you have.

Long story short, OOO will likely gain more profit by attracting new players than by catering to endgame players.

If you need an example to show that maximizing profits (regardless of the "responsibility" that a business owes to its stakeholders) is a standard business practice, look at outsourced labor. Companies outsource labor, putting local employees out of their jobs. However, it seems like these companies should have some kind of "moral responsibility" to the local employees. These employees haven't done anything wrong, and once they've been laid off, they'll probably start complaining that their companies are being unfair to them. The employees have helped the companies in the past by acting as its workforce, but the companies don't care - they can get more money by taking advantage of the (relatively) new practice known as outsourcing.

The same idea can be applied to OOO and its existing playerbase. Players have contributed to Spiral Knights (for example, spending money to get crowns for UV rolling), but updates may seem to throw these contributions in the dump. Players get upset at their wasted time/money, but at the same time new players who hold no stakes in Spiral Knights see the update as something really cool (they can more easily customize their gear! Awesome!).

/endtextwall

I am angry, and therefore, your completely valid arguments shouldn't be taken into consideration!

Instead, I shall spawn dozens of threads kissing my behind just begging OOO to make changes to make me stay.

you're all bound by the TOS. if you don't abide, leave.

@ TL;DR part:

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