hey hey hey, Aiwendil, Talad didn't hijack your thread, I did. Your thread on starting a char in PS reminded me of starting a char on PS and the difference between when I first started a char (new player, mid-2008) and starting a char in the past 6 months after giving my main the axe.
Not realizing that the post was actually a "bitter oldbie creates a new char and finds new reasons for old complaints," i.e. not meant to be helpful, interesting, or illuminating for anyone, I posted my opinion which actually closely matched Aiwendil's.
The similarities stop there. I love the game. I have two major global issues with it, too few people play it, and there is a small group of seriously nasty people. Just mean, to noobs and to oldbie-ish ones. The second issue is nothing anyone can help with, until those people disappear. But the first issue can be dealt with. I was extremely glad for Talad's post in this thread. I have suggestions, not a "fantastic unrealistic wish list" for grabbing new players, but ideas about why we lost the numbers that we did.
I'll start a new thread for it, since the owner of this thread is a pill. But I do like the comments here, they are illuminating. There are the people like me who really wish to help improve the game - Tlok especially - want to play, want to spend time here, and do not and have taken the time to post reasons. There are crusty old players - some of whom I like very much - who shoot down any complaints because the system works just fine for them. The newbs aren't playing right. So they give suggestions, meant well. But these oldbies stagnate the game like crazy. They are happy, but the numbers don't lie. There are not enough people in the game.
Ciao thread.
