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There are alternatives. They could have coded it so that people who wanted to disable PvP permenantly on their character could do so, and be flagged as such. Then they would not be able to be the...

I wasn't emphesising the need to be able to disarm someone's weapon and keep it. I was using that as an example. I also said that I personally wouldn't utilize that particular situation unless there...

When I say "Lack of true RPers", I'm not downing people who play stereotypes. I have no problem with people playing cliche's/stereotypes.

My problem stems from the people who will buy something...

I don't see how that is rellevant. I'm talking about the main body of "hardcore" RPers that are no longer around to influence the quality of the game in a good way. I was in no way saying that...

See, there's where you and I differ. I don't place GS in the same genre as EQ and WoW. They're different types of games, and attract different types of players. EQ and WoW will NEVER really go after...

If I thought the game could be turned around by proper decision-making at this point, I'd buy the rights to GS from Simu myself.

Thats not good business. Just because they're getting income/planning to get income from the hero engine doesn't mean they shouldn't still attempt to get the most out of their current ventures.
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Yes, having premium accounts available hurts the game. It takes merchant events that could have been avilable to everyone and makes them available only to premies. It takes features that everyone...

Yes, I'm quite sure. But I DID play federation briefly on AOL and Genie. :P

As far as what happened to all the "RPers" who DID exhist? I suppose a number of possibilities are out there;

They could have just stopped RPing altogether, not having any easy way to do so. They...

I agree with you. There isn't an RP heavy medium that is popular enough, or easy enough to find to draw people away. (They do exist, they just are not popular enough to provide a fulfilling...

I'm sorry, how long have you been around? I'm not second-guessing you if you say you've been here for a long time, but before plat and premium were started, there were a LOT more events scheduled and...

[QUOTE=Warriorbird;630304]To address your points though, Kentashi...

Charging RL cash doesn't hurt the game in the slightest. Upsells fuel a renewal market, which is what GS is.

Actually...

But the events are scheduled, nonetheless. The events aren't scheduled in GS prime any more because if they had events regularly in prime, what would be the point in having platinum, right? There...

I know they don't make money off of the OOC silver market. What I'm saying is that their business model is flawed and will ultimately fail them if they maintain their current course.

Charging...

Platinum hurts GS because before platinum was around, those merchants and events that take place ONLY in platinum now, would have happened in standard GS. Platinum takes GM resources away from GS...

That could all be mitigated by charging silvers in-game. And the people who wanted to spend the $40 to go to the event would be able to, with the OOC silver market being the way it is. They could...

Well to be honest, the keeping a disarmed weapon thing wouldn't effect most of my characters one way or another. I was simply pointing out a single policy that lowers the quality of RP. There are...

I've been reading the boards for the past couple months, and buying/selling goods and items in-game. I just came back to GS after a long hiatus, so I was trying to catch up on various changes that...

Hey, um, just curious, but whats the current status on the main gauche and the longsword? I bid quite awhile ago. I don't have time to check back on every board that I bid on, so I rely on PMs to...

I'll take it. Sent IMs from my AIM account. My AIM is Betray69.

If there's a sudden surge of interest in the raffle idea, let me know. I'd probably be willing to invest some in a few raffle tickets.

I'd be interested in the fel hafter as well. PM me here, or I'll try to IM you on AIM tomorrow.

Thanks for the info. I still want one. Bump.

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