#StopBlamingVetex

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Recently I read this forum post from Vetex, and I’ve also been observing the drama that’s happening across servers since the patch update. and many of them have changed my perspective of the community and the development.

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I honestly think that we as a community should consider a few things before blaming/lashing at Vetex

Sure I’m not saying that Vetex is 100% perfect/correct , but for a solo dev he is trying his best out here. You could argue against it in many ways, pointing out even the smallest mistakes but he is a human for god’s sake

Please give this man a damn break, I understand that from a communities’ perspective we think and see different then that of a dev or any higher up but that’s not an excuse to attack these individuals.

So stop attacking the testers, stop attacking the balance team and stop attacking Vetex.

Because despite everything, Arcane Odyssey is still a well crafted and unique game built on Roblox which is not gonna die out any time soon.

So my request, Just take a break from the game. play some other game. Maybe even hop off Roblox and play something else or even take up some other hobby.

The more we attack Vetex, the balancers and testers the more they will move away from communication. and IMO that’s the biggest problem with our community overall.

I actually liked it when Vetex came out explaining about why he delayed alignment and changed to weapon skill and spirit weapons as it helps the community gain insight on what’s going on with the development.

So please, don’t force any of these people away from the community anymore. It only causes unnecessary troubles and problems which we can avoid VERY easily.

and for Vetex, PLEASE talk with the community more. I understand how annoying it can be to deal with people constantly complaining. But I’m sure that with a bit more proper communication we can establish a mutual understanding or at least anything close to it.

Instead of using forums, maybe keep a dev channel in the main server where you just talk about some of the problems your facing or having with the community. It would reach a lot more people and change their perspective. which should in-turn help us connect more.

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What I’ve seen and experienced so far is that people tend to forget that AO is a story game, well an MMORPG, with PvP being extra content when you have nothing to do and clans are also so optional.

Some people are overly focused on the PvP aspect of the game and forget that AO is not a competitive fighting game, it’s a casual story game first and pvp second.

I don’t know what the fuck I’m talking about, I’m probably wrong here.

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No, you’re exactly right

Clans are optional but they are not the main focus of the game, that’s also a very big point lmao

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i think its a matter of people who play the game for 4 hours a day, getting burnt out, and then complaining about it because theyre only used to roblox games that get updated weekly

ao is a complex game being made by 1 guy with help pretty much only for visuals so i never expect huge updates, i personally felt burnt out around the dark sea update and when i came back for nimbus the game felt refreshing and the update felt large

i dont expect vetex to do this though, he already responds to pings in the patreon chat but its incredibly daunting to talk to a community as large as ao especially since the dedicated players are mostly pvpheads and the non dedicated players are mostly kids

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I’ve seen few other devs who solo dev a game just as good as AO

(starscape community)

The didn’t update in years, and he even made a schedule to make updates but couldn’t fulfil anything. but he always made a youtube video (literaly low quality no script) now and then where he talks about his personal life and how things are for him

it helps him connect with his community and removes many problems and misunderstandings, id say their community is just as big as ours and yet they keep things more civil then ever.

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Keth cannot be called a solo dev. He had a team, but then he just fired all of them because he wanted a rest from developing after his wedding (Not fully sure about the reasons, cuz it was long ago). Past multiple months he was working on advertisements system and he still couldn’t release it. Besides, Starscape is far lower quality than AO, lol.
(Starscape is still cool tho, no hate towards it from me. It is litteraly the best space game on roblox. They are just on different levels)

You are litteraly saying this as if you want Vetex to act the same. But you are not saying that Starscape’s discord chats were frozen and nobody can tell anything to Keth, so it is only one-side connection to the community.

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NGL I think his biggest problem is the expectations he creates for himself, like saying updates will become monthly and then immediately failing to meet said expectations

(Well I expected 3 months so I was pretty happy)

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Isn’t good to add that last line doubting yourself, when you’re completely right. Be confident in your opinions even if they’re wrong, because the one you posted here is at least 100% correct.

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I just dont want to get flammed and roasted on :frpensive:

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I don’t see constant “doomposting” on other starscape servers. infact, I’ve never seen anyone complain about the lack of updates or talk shit about keth at all. it’s not like starscape is entirely a shutdown community lol

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People already gave up about the situation with updates and firing dev team. Btw, there were never high expectations, bc updates always were slow.

Talking about balance… you are comparing anime-like fights with space ships, these are different things.

People in Starscape don’t cry over pvpers/pirates because map is huge and separated into zones where pvers can play and where pvpers can play. If pvers ever wanted to enter pvp zones (unsecure and wild systems), they either would risk or team up with clanmates.

Dividing zones for pvers and pvpers is actually a good way to prevent complaints. Starscape is even more harsh than AO due to loss of ships on death in unsecured and wild systems, but nobody complains.

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blud can you just let me set a good moral example and leave it at that :sob:

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Example of what, lol? You litteraly picked Keth, who has nothing same with Vetex and put him as an example. I told you where is the difference and you parried it with “But on their servers people don’t cry”, bruh… at this point you can pick absolutely any game and say the same.

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#media is still unblocked, is it not? I dont see people there constantly doomposting, although the cooldown probably has more to do with that.

Maybe vetex needs to go on a year long hiatus and fire all his staff, because the way I see it the more toxic memebers of starscape left when the future of the game, if it was even going to recieve updates was uncertain.

Maybe the constant Free Us reacting is their form of doomposting…?

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this might come off as a little tone-deaf but what event is he talking about? I don’t know because I play more than one game

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Lol, probably.

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It is locked behind special role. I doubt that anyone can achieve it now.

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