I feel like its been like this since the very release. Especially when new people started coming. Maybe it is just my conservative view over the situation, but I cannot remember anything similar during WoM days, even despite the fact that WoM’s developing seemed less productive than what we have now.
By saying this I mean that the problems are coming from both sides:
The pampered community (This is due to the emergence of games that can give more, thereby raising the bar for all other developers).
New Players that are not used to AO’s management (Or to be more exact: Their hate towards the game, that breeds more hate when they discuss it with people, who haven’t played AO before).
Regular Players that didn’t accept changes. I can feel this factor myself, since I started playing in 2020, but semi-quit after AO’s release until I managed to adapt to the new game and its rules.
Some systems like “Leaderboard” and “Bounty\Fame Hunting” are engaging people into more agressive playstyle, slowly transforming community.
The Dark Sea and other mechanics that bring a huge impact on player’s time spent in the game. It is not okay, when you meet a mechanic that is fully random and luck based, but also takes a lot of time from the player. It should be either way only luck based or only time spent based, cuz those things are actually act the same and I haven’t seen any good combinations of these two.
There are a lot of “half measures” mechanics that weren’t completely done. For example I can mention huge build customization, but we saw like 25% of its true potential at maximum. Due to this fact, we are forced to use what is effective and not what we would like to use. I want to be a Lightning Paladin, but any Water Paladin will be simply better until we get the Poseidon’s spirit weapons. (And this problem has two origins: 1. Game being in early access. 2. Vetex trying to hug all mechanics without being able to finish any of them)
As you can see some of the problems come from AO’s management and development style, but some are brought by players. There is no good or evil here, everyone put their own brick into this wall of madness. But still there are people, who tries to enjoy game and accept it for what it is. This gives me the hope that this situation still can change to the better.
I didn’t really explain what I was replying to. You are right, people lost their trust, but we should not forget that we still have power to influence things around, but unfortunately… in the end we use it for mass-hate, instead of guiding new players, helping eachother and trying to find a compromise that will suit both - Vetex and the community.
Like really, remember people reaction to classes name change. Before trying to change anything, they just exploded with hate. And it was too late before they understood.
I feel like this community (including Vetex at some point) has the minimum understanding of eachother and no willing to negotiate.
wait so this means Prime Theos is the strongest character in the verse
if Prime Theos > Peacekeeper
Then by definition, Prime Theos > Arthur bc Arthur < Durza + Zeus and Peacekeeper > Durza + Zeus, so if Prime Theos > Peacekeeper then Prime Theos is stronger than Arthur
And this also confirms Mage Peak > Curse User peak
morock is the strongest man to ever man.
If Cursebeard is the glazed one, Morock is the exalted, beautiful, fertile, strongest, elegant, graceful, prestigious, pious, merciful, and just one.
Don’t get me wrong, I can believe the GN is stronger it just kinda depends on the individuals within it and also how many and what curses they possess. However, arresting Nero was not casual it was like a whole thing and technically not the GN though once they did form 2 years later they got him in their custody. That said they most definitely have gotten stronger since then.
It wasn’t very “casual” though, they had to form an entire coalition to beat him. And they hadn’t even formed back then. Besides, Nero himself wasn’t at the absolute tier of strength, he was high, sure. If we had to compare, then most of the One-Shot pirate commanders would surpass him in skill and power through sheer experience.
Then why did Vetex put Aether, which goes in the upper sky in Greek Myth in Elysium? I’m willing to accept that he pulled another stupido.
At least, I’m under the assumption that’s what the yellow wind is, and not like, chlorine gas or something
Idk, Elysium being in the underworld but having the sky could just be a magical projection or maybe it’s a pocket dimension or maybe it’s a vetex thing
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