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They didn't put their neck out for the playerbase, they did it to spite the company and leak information. NCSoft PR that spoke to me was pretty appreciative of my response and support for their interests and reporting this person to them.

It doesn't help the player base moral at all, it completely destroys confidence in the game.

It completely destroys potential sales they need to make salary to complete the transition to free to play and make sure the whole damn dev studio doesn't tank it.

Now that everyone knows the game is going F2P, people aren't gonna pay for their Subs or credd, they're gonna cancel them, and not buy credd.

Sales are going to TANK these next few months because some jerkass thought he was gonna spite the hell out of the company.

This jackass IS TRYING TO FRAME SOMEONE ELSE FOR THE FALL TOO.

You really think this guy has any respect for anyone or WildStar or NCSoft at all?

He doesn't give a damn, he was trying to spite Carbine, and NCSoft, and frame someone else for his downfall.

Now that everyone knows that WildStar is going F2P, expected sales and income for the game until then are gone.

Means a lot of people are gonna get their pinkslip, and the talent we did have working on the game will be come even more slim.

Leaks like this are extremely destructive to the game, and does nothing to the bolster the player base.

Stuff like this is what gets you fired, and your reputation in the game developement market destroyed, and people who do crap like this and get caught will never work another day in the dev side of gaming ever again.

He wasn't trying to help people, he was leaking information, being dishonest, vindictive and trying to frame someone else.

As I said before, Reddit administration probably did it because he was ban bypassing and spamming accounts after I had repeatedly banned him. And he was leaking NDA'd information.


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Did he do it partially for the reason that he is bitter with the current management? That is clear and not something i question. Nonsense it doesn't destroy sales, all carbine has to do is give a veteran status to people who bought the game before it went F2P with additional bonuses such as Tera did, this is an easy solution. Sales were already not increasing, i would argue this if paired with my previous suggestion would bump sales near the actual F2P launch. P2P is not going away, that option will very likely remain. The game is already not doing great, so even in the case of a further subscription drop it will hardly matter at this point before august, you think the planned transition is not covered in the books already? Valve was present supposedly, this is already set in motion and so stop the doom and gloom as that's just a falsehood.


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Yeah, well, I'm trying to keep a raid team together, and we've been seeing a great influx of players recently, to the point we've had to split into two teams. No new players means it's harder to recruit when people get tired or quit the game. And yes, I'd be worried about people getting pink slips if the game income drops off even further over the next few months.


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That may be, but that's why I'm still here when everyone else is gone. I didn't think it was fair to assume anything. Now I've got a lot more evidence at hand that allows me to assume quite a bit more. Sometimes, things are a lot worse than they seem in the moment, but this isn't even about the moment. It's about long-term. Truth be told, I've lost faith that this game's handlers are going to be able to pull this off in a way I'll be able to personally stomach.


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If its even the most standard and bare minimum employee agreement and NDA agreement. The moment that they broke that NDA not just to an individual but to the public consisting of 2 or more people outside the primary entity of carbine studios and ncsoft they, in turn spreading information that can potentially cause ANY player not to purchase a copy of wildstar digitally or physically they caused damage to the company. To top this said person also admits that they willfully and knowingly conducted their actions with the malicious intent to have someone else take blame and potentially be fired. This action potentially damages the victims income and harms the company by having the targeted person potentially pulled away from conducting their duties. Evidence given and can be used as static fact and value are the reddit pages, the outlets reporting on the subject, number of readers and or responders if information available and statement from existing and potential customers. And yes these can be used in a court This also enters criminal charges by publicly displaying confidential and private information of another person with malicious intent...


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This is a little thing that I like to call: Pure Speculation. Thank you for nothing.


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No worries Numsie,its a legitimate concern. I can't garuntee anything obviously as I'm not an employee there, but I personally think it is highly unlikely and not something you need be worried over as there are policies and such to help in those situations. :) While I can't garuntee either that they will respond at all, you could also try asking a carbine staff member too if it will give you peace of mind. Doesn't hurt to ask


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You must be new to the gaming industry then, or rather any industry.


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So... that's the best you've got? I mean, are we delusional for thinking WS is better than other MMOs and deserves at least better than all the negative comments even if it may go F2P. I think it's time for a slow clap!

I know I'd be willing to take w/e risk there is just to tell people F2P is coming in 2 months, (not really).


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The 14 in Final Fantasy 14 is for the length of the global cooldown.

Not alleged, since there is a screenshot somewhere in one of those reddit threads of him saying that exactly. Whether or not he was being truthful doesn't mean he wasn't making the claim.


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I have no particular attachment to the FF series. That doesn't detract from the fact that it is an extremely well put together MMO. It has its share of issues (Poor server quality, poor lag compensation combining to cause problems in particular), but it is far from accurate to call people 'delusional' for liking the game. Can I say that for a forum that in general (Yes, I know, individuals exist) bemoans how frequently Wildstar gets bashed, people are quite quick to turn around and bash another MMO.


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