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I do not [yet, at least] pay to play the game. So that you can identify me as part of the flooding. I do have an interest in the community here, and in being a part of the community here, despite. Hopefully, one or two paying players may even have occasional interest in reading my occasional posts.

Edited October 1, 2015 by Gnapoleon


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If you want special benefits for paying money, that is possibly something that Carbine could work on with their forum overhaul (Unique Forum Titles perhaps). I'd ask NOT to have any animated avatars or signatures because that will slow down the forums and is an eyesore to those who do not care for such things. At the minimum, the forums should let us hide/disable those animated avatars (or the animations themselves) just like we can disable all signatures. Quite frankly if people like you are the only ones entitled to an opinion on an online forum then I would choose not to visit these forums at all.

People with your type of hostile and threatening attitude are a big part of the reason the game was a complete barren wasteland just prior to F2P. Now you want to go back to that empty server style of playing? Carbine has responded to players (free and paid alike) as they feel is necessary. I've reviewed the NcSoft financials and I'm completely surprised they haven't already shut down the game after the disastrous exodus of just about all players after Q4 2014. If they can make enough money this holiday to stay afloat then we may see more staff hired and a better improvement on both customer service and game service (bug fixes & new content). Providing signature players with live chat support may be one additional benefit that would create added value. I hope they consider that and prioritize resources for those who are paid (like myself) before those who are completely free. The segregation of F2P players is not conducive to a welcoming forum anywhere. It does not happen. Now YOU are more than welcome to make YOUR own private WildStar-related fan forums and run them however you like. But since these are the official forums it is up to Carbine to determine what is necessary. Their game, their forums, their rules. Carbine does care what we have to say but the issue is using the proper methods of communication. I've asked about this in my thread here so that players can get the results they desire (acknowledgement that the issue has been received). Too many people make vague or incoherant bug report posts on the forums but never bother to do so in-game or via support tickets so that the issue can be properly acknowledged and forwarded to QA. They don't have the info so they can't do the bug fixes properly, alright? Send them the info and that will help them do their jobs. As someone who's dabbled in both coding and QA I know this type of thing firsthand. There are too many people doing the proper method to bother with filtering through tens of thousands of forum posts and reddit garbage trying to figure out a bug without the proper info.

Your post is both eloquent and appreciated. This is the first game I've bothered to 'subscribe' by buying the box code from a local retailer and redeeming it. Unfortunately my lack of playtime has rendered my 'signature' benefits mostly pointless. I wish there was a way to choose when to activate it rather than have it activated automatically but this may be a technical issue on Carbine's side that cannot be easily remedied. EDIT:  Added link because I'm a silly cupcake.

Edited November 26, 2015 by FantasticCupcake


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