But you guys - every time the game is upgraded there are gains and losses for those of us who have been playing for years - that's what always happens. Some of the losses are quite painful. When all the levels changed, those of us who were maxed/expert fighters or mages suddenly became weaklings. What did we do? Most of us trained again to get stronger. I toned down my rhetoric in the tavern and when meeting people, so that I wasn't rping a strong fighting Nolthrir while being quite weak. My backstory is skeletal, so I didn't need to change it, but it can be done.
I agree that it is harder to rp a race change than a sudden drop in all stats, but we're going to have to deal with this kind of stuff as we play. And it can be done. I suggest a distasteful discovery about an affair of a parent, or a realization of a mixed-blood union further up the family tree. In any case, besides the fact that the name diaboli is awesome and so is the oily black skin, anyone with imagination can run with anything that happens as the devs advance the game.
I would say the same thing if it were my race being made non-playable. Anyone who pays attention to the numbers - how many of us are playing these days - should applaud the devs for doing whatever it takes to speed up the upgrades. It's obvious they are trying to make the game better faster. That's what will bring the people here to play.
If you don't like it, and you leave, then that's ok. Probably there should be more transparency. But I promise, this sort of thing will happen to us as testers since the game is in development. I also promise that devs do listen to what people say in the forum - not to all of the things, but to many things. I know because I've read buckets of old threads, and I see how the game has changed in the past years. We are really treated like a testable player base, and the game modifications reflect this (two servers, banking, stronger emphasis on rp on the rp server just with the daily messages and others I don't remember but can dig up).
I'm not saying this to kiss up to the game admins, I have trouble often with gms and haven't liked some things I've heard around. But I think they are doing what needs to be done to make the game better and have broader appeal. By doing what Talad and weltall have said - pruning races to increase efficiency. I guess they also know how many play which race and many other statistics which allow them to choose which race will least affect the player base by being eliminated.
Don't troll or hate. Talk and reason, and even if it is not clear at the moment, I am telling you, opinions are taken on board as anyone who attends to the forum carefully knows.
