To think that ArenaNet should let the "community" guide their hand in anything is wishful thinking at best, and dangerously misguided at worst. I can't express how relieved I am that ArenaNet would never do such thing. If there's one single thing worse than design by committee, it's design by audience.
So let's say that Hundred Blades did 5x the damage it deals right now... by design. Not a bug, not a mistype, but purposeful design.
Would you still say the same thing? That letting ANet keep that design in the game vs an entire PvP community voice their concerns about a fix... is the right thing to do?
I would hope with any community-driven game (MMOs are this very beast) that the community voice IS heard and IS considered when it comes to issues like this.
That being said - I'm not talking about completely changing the landscape of a game - I'm talking about enough people voicing concern that it
lights a fire under their asses to get things straightened out.
Big difference between "we're all having issues - hurry the hell up" and "do it my way or the highway".
I'm all for consumer entitlement (heck, I'm the first to complain when a company screws over their consumer, which is pretty much daily), but I think ArenaNet can't really do much more than what they are doing. Believe me, all the whining you can do is orders of magnitude less pressing to them than the company reputation they are perfectly aware of losing. I very much doubt any marketplace ever has gone from zero to hundreds of millions of items being listed worldwide without a hitch; crafting materials hover around the several hundreds of thousands of units each, and realize each individual item has an associated user id and price (among others). The volume of information being accessed in real-time is quite staggering.
That said, people fail to see the bigger picture, which is that the game itself is more stable and lag-free now, at less than two weeks after release, that most MMOs are within months of their launch. How quickly do people forget about stuff like WoW's loot lag, etc.
Finally, could we (and I mean both camps) please take the ad-hominem attacks out of this forum? We can discuss different and even opposing points of view without degrading those in front if you. I know we are better than this.
Personally, and I've said this before, I usually wait to pass judgement on MMO mishaps for about 6 months. Everything will be rocky.
Again, my concern with defending those who voice their concern is not defending their point of view directly, but defending them from people like Hawkian and thetrin who reduce their own points of view by resorting to childish attacks at posters in question because their experiences are different.
My respect for those two dropped by a zillion. People are often most vocal and judgmental about things they like - which is why I voice my concern for what I feel are
my game-breakers. Coming at someone with snide remarks for voicing concern because you don't happen to think those concerns carry weight - speaks volumes about the characters of Hawkian and thetrin.
Personally directed attacks because they don't care about X the same way someone else cares about it is uncalled for. It's bullshit behavior that belongs elsewhere.
I expect them to act better. Disagreement is 100% acceptable. Disagreement with personal attacks? PFFFFT.
EDIT: I also find it highly comical that an OFFICER of GAFguild would be the one to start "drama". Don't we have a no drama policy? Or are officers immune to guild rules and can freely talk trash to whomever they want? If that's the case - I'm out.
