Hi there!
Here's my 2 cents on stuff... idk if it will help or not; I mean it can either be taken as completely useless (i.e. ROFL N00B NO ONE CARES!) or a brutally honest viewpoint from the outside looking in.
I played here really casually for 2 years or so.. and fully quit around the time T5 was revamped (when bosses started being casters.. so like half a year ago? I can't remember). Only had a few UC1 done and made it to T6, so... far far from uber type player! I'm here right now because I like to see what's new or what neat content is being updated from time to time. I don't know why
Anyway, I pray my post isn't taken as a troll and/or a rant. It's just being honest (and of course, JUST one person's opinion!). Here goes:
What made this server easy to quit was the community. I just really got the impression after a good while that the player base here on EZ is generally just a negative bunch. It was apparent in /ooc and apparent here on the msg boards. IMO this is no surprise when you look at the format of this server: It's a solo server. Your 18 boxes don't count as group play. There is no /ooc 70 mag LFG. Ever. Everyone is wrapped up doing their own thing. Nothing wrong with that, but don't be surprised when people who are looking to play one character and have fun grouping don't stick around.
I personally enjoyed boxing on live, and would sometimes box on raids. It was fun! ..with 2 boxes ~_~ I think it's awesome when I see the videos of some of you guys handling three groups with macros and doing a jillion dps. Unfortunately I just found trying to box a full group to be cumbersome and inefficient at best; downright maddening at worst. But this is a 'suit yourself' type of thing, for sure! It's just the reason
I personally was turned off by EZ the further I went. If you guys are wondering why the population is getting stagnant... I dunno... this
may be a possible reason why /shrug !
Hunter... sigh... I got the impression he knew his plan, knew what he was doing, knew how to balance stuff, knew how to best go forward. Everything. I think everyone really trusted his ideas and vision for the server. I really can't say the same for new management. Not trying to hurt any feelings so I'll leave it at that.
Lastly, a big turn-off was just the one-two punch of a lack of fresh ideas + timesinks. As I was rolling through T6 confidently, it just hit me like a truck: okay, now you'll have to do this literally hundreds of times before you're set for T7. ...and all it really was for was just so I could turn this 6k item into a 8k item (or whatever the actual value was
). Wait, didn't I just do this process in T5 ? Yup!!
Anyway, feel free to pick apart my post! It's a great server honestly and I pray that it'll stay healthy just for you guys sake! Be kind to each other
