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sylenthunder wrote: »

This is the last straw for me.

P.S. Feel free to remove me from the PW Moderators group.​​

Considering how much Sylen has helped the community over the years, this is really saying something and it definitely isn't saying something positive AT ALL about this Arc debacle.

kalystconquerer#0876 wrote: »

Steam, Blizzards own client, theres other examples out there. Steam was the first thing that jumped into my head for the security processes they have in place, not necessarily for any precieved value from the platform users can gain. Steams axuilary value isnt the comparison Im making here, as Im pointing out that extra security layers is present on various other platforms.

As far as any benefits Arc can give outside of the security layer...thats another side conversation I can have.

North Korea and China are communist countries....So by your logic... The USA should be as well....I see a lot of radical doublespeak and lots being typed with NOTHING being said. I feel like I am not alone in this feeling. Just admit it...PWE could care LESS if this game dies. That or they purposefully want it to. There is NO POSSIBLE exploit that could effect the game anywhere NEAR as negatively as this will. RIP PWI, It was a fun 8 years (would have been 9 this year) !

*month

Dear PWE/Arc/PW CN,

I was about to congratulate you for the 9 years we went through together, in good and bad moments alike.
You survived rivalries and beyond terrible choices, there was still some fun to get.

But now? Faction bases of the past fully annihilated? Arc-only launching?
You managed to destroy the game in less than two weeks.
Voluntarily.
That is quite something.

I wanted to play a bit less per day, but that is forcing my hand. I never would ask for this.
.
There is I guess no way to resolve it properly.
Congratulations on sabotaging yourselves. Even spies would not do such a clean job.

It was a fun ride. I guess we reached quite the dead-end.

Yours Truly,
Lestaroth.

What was the new expansion going to be called? Wonderland? Might want to change that to Wonderwheretheyallwentland instead

What about just signing out of one account into another just to check if you might have something you need. Now we will have to log out of game. Then log out of Arc and then back into the other accounts Arc just to log on to check out something. I'm not even talking about multi clienting. I don't know what security issues you guys are having but those ppl who abuse the system will find away to do it and this just hurts the everyday player.

The most telling thing for me....2 years ago, a situation like this, with the bases, and then this kind of arbitrary "forced security" would have generated an outcry that would have multiple threads and hundreds of posts from the user base. This user base is shrinking so fast that the issue is barely a ripple in the forums. That's sad and clearly points to the demise of Perfect World as a viable game.

Okay, I have seen A LOT of bashing to our CM when clearly it isnt her fault!

THE ABSOLUTE best thing to do is..... vote with your wallet. Everyone wants to complain about different things but they keep cashing in. If enough people stop cashing in after tonight, they will be FORCED to reverse this change so they can keep the doors open.

There is absolute no advantage to sitting here and blaming our CM who BTW is ONLY responsable for dilivering our news and taking our opinion on to the higher ups. She is NOT responsable to translating the hate speaches to the devs.

If you want to blame someone, look in her origonal message where she CLEARLY STATES that she is working to reverse this and so are a few others. ALSO to all those who are complaining about using are to play while ON ARC weither it be web or app, your opinion is legit tossed aside. Your complaining that you NEVER use this platform yet your commenting with it? GGWP there!!!!

I beleive her claimed 3 client will be MORE THAN ENOUGH. This may actually fix our flooded markets and constant price goudging because now you will have to stick to ONE or TWO shops while you still play.

ALSO TO THE CM!!!!! please consider adding new items to the bidding hall.... can we get some talk about that going with higher ups? the old skill books that you can get for free now basically flood the system and there never really was very good items in there. I beleive things like the following would be a nice change.

+12 bound ORB
+10 bound ORB
+11 bound ORB
bound soulgem packs that give bound gems
devil stones
serenity stones
Level 10 homestead statue box (as a rare find with high starting bid)
bound ruby HP charms
keep fashion, mounts, and other items but remove the skills.

Even if it is not these items, it would be nice to get a refresh to an old system that has become outdated with current updates.

thank you!

kalystconquerer#0876 wrote: »

Ok I've been pretty leniant with the constant polls and the general aggressiveness both here and one Facebook, but this is enough.

This decision was not made lightly on our end We'll be working with the devs to get multiclienting back for users.

It's not just multi-clienting. I have accounts with emails I no longer have. So tonight I am reading I've lost two accounts, possibly more, forever, with no warning to save my stuff? #NotHappy

On a positive note....xNW and normal NW we won't have as many do-nothing alts clogging the various nations making nations filled with alts lose so badly lol.

kalyst i starting to get all this so there was a issue with arc loging cuz ppl abusing of multiclient? . i wanna arc devs make it like before no arc log required since u can double click the element client from deskop but no with launcher so. no matters arc loging anyway . asking a diff thing. i saw littlefoot there , we will have that event back permanent? since isnt no easy to reach to 400 unleast u be very active and geared to go through all the stages if its so i apreciate im still with 390 jades on my bank ready to continue with the past event

LOL! completely LAUGHABLE!!!!!!

i mean, i thought the past week of faction base as bad. You guys at PWE have completely gone insane!

i quickly noted also, how many more people are enraged at this.... mostly ppl who were very nonchalant about the base issues.... *whistles*

anyhoooooo...... PWE, yall really want to kill this game (that bears the company's name). this is yet one more in a startlingly rapid series of REALLY obnoxious and irritating moves that really highlight that there doesnt seem to be a single person with a working brain making decisions at this company.

now kalyst, i fully understand that it is IMPOSSIBLE for you to make any comment that goes against the company line here. your function is to represent the company and its interest. what you say about safety and correcting things that have been allowed to go unchecked for so long was also something that WOULD have been taken in good faith... if ya'll displayed any ability to plan/execute/implement anything other than cash shop updates then these events would see mixed results.

but no.... you quickly cut off the ability to multi-client, something YOUR COMPANY'S INEPTITUDE has forced the playerbase to learn to accept as a rule of life, and then try to defend forcing people to use a platform that was proven since it's inception to be probably to least quality checked mechanism in this company besides PWI expansions.....

i mean really, do you actually expect players to stay given this rapid succession of literal "eff ya'll" moves??

well i stated with the base problem that players need to stop spending money with your company since you all just give ZERO thought to what ya'll do. I started this game right after tideborn and i left just before neverfall.... but i NEVER wanted to leave, its just your company has made playing this highly enjoyable game a LIVING HELL expansion after expansion..... with your greed and inability to empathize with ALL your customers.

so when you are just left with the top 10% (actually not because they are the people who multi-client the most and account share the most) cash shoppers and they leave because there are no noobs to abuse with their OP toons.... ya'll gonna be looking at some layoffs.

i was even contemplating star trek or neverwinter, but at this point i REFUSE completely to patronize your companies products and everyone should too.

i hope yall lose sleep over this, or stub your toe on every corner you come into contact with, because all of ya'll are some really cold heartless people.

P.S.

where i work, in IT, we are not allowed to implement any fix for any problem without ensuring that additional problems will not be created. we TEST solutions and give clear timelines for fixes and down-times.

even if we have to give vague explanations for the reasoning behind decisions we have to make, we at least make sure that our clients get what they are paying for.

just stop serving every one of the players you still have this giant bucket of nonsense you call a response.

kalystconquerer#0876 wrote: »

*Cross posted from the other thread*

This is a very harrowing and difficult situation for everyone involved and I hope we can not only come to a speedy resolution, but turn the overall Arc experience into something positive for users going forward.

We wont be able to trade stuff to ourselves now either. your gonna have to make bigger bags or double bags or thriple bags. most of my other accts are bank toons. as far as how many to allow when u get it fixed, i vote for at least 6. cant even get ppl to help open tt anymore without paying them so u need four for that