Whats our future?

PTReese - Raging Tide
PTReese - Raging Tide Posts: 13 Arc User
edited April 2010 in General Discussion
Hi,
Sorry if this is answered somewhere else and i did not see, but can anyone say for certain what the future of PWI will be? I have read losts of posts about updates/future ideas, but there seem to be 10 times more posts about PWI dying out due to new games/difficulty of expanding and such..

Can anyone say they KNOW PWI will last? I love this game, but i dont want to spend my very limited spare time on a game that isnt going anywhere. Sorry if that sounds bad. b:sad

Just want to know that my time and spare change wasnt wasted on something that is vanishing.

Thx
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  • Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear
    Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,222 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    The future is packs, everything you need will be in a pack, only players will be heavy cash-shoppers, all PvE servers will merge and PvP servers will just be removed, levels bought directly from catshop. All i can think of right now.

    As for vanishing, the best days of PW are gone. Long gone.
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  • Sgt - Raging Tide
    Sgt - Raging Tide Posts: 35 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    MMORPGs can never die. Unless, of course, the company gives up.
    From the look of it, PWI will be around for a while.
  • Hellhowl - Sanctuary
    Hellhowl - Sanctuary Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    The future is packs, everything you need will be in a pack, only players will be heavy cash-shoppers, all PvE servers will merge and PvP servers will just be removed, levels bought directly from catshop. All i can think of right now.

    As for vanishing, the best days of PW are gone. Long gone.

    +1, but you forgot to mention the bugs. More bugs will be added to the 100+ bugs that already exist.
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    You call me a troll... like it's a bad thing. QQ more.

    No longer playing PWI.
  • Anri_Rose - Archosaur
    Anri_Rose - Archosaur Posts: 346 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    OH ya this isnt gonna get locked im sure (rolls eyes)

    PWI for all its faults is still enjoyable, IF you only play for your own goals
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  • truekossy
    truekossy Posts: 7,021 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Hellhowl - Sanctuary wrote: »
    +1, but you forgot to mention the bugs. More bugs will be added to the 100+ bugs that already exist.

    Don't worry. They'll eventually release a bug fix pack among all the other packs. 3% chance of a random bug fix (only affects the character that activated it, cannot be traded, cannot be put in the account stash), 97% chance of Perfect-Token of Luck (15)
  • PTReese - Raging Tide
    PTReese - Raging Tide Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Anri_Rose - Archosaur wrote: »
    OH ya this isnt gonna get locked im sure (rolls eyes)

    PWI for all its faults is still enjoyable, IF you only play for your own goals

    Probably, but understand i didnt ask this looking for flamers or trash talkers to bash on the company, i created "hoping" a GM might step in with some relevent news or update as to their knowledge of the topic.
  • Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear
    Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear Posts: 1,222 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    PTReese - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Probably, but understand i didnt ask this looking for flamers or trash talkers to bash on the company, i created "hoping" a GM might step in with some relevent news or update as to their knowledge of the topic.

    Get it right at least, just because we are being honest in our answers and more likely than not we are right doesn't mean we are pointlessly flaming or trash talking. If you didn't want honest answers don't ask.
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  • Cambury - Heavens Tear
    Cambury - Heavens Tear Posts: 11 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    only thing i can think of is packs and 99% lv90+ cause of Hyper/Drugs b:surrender
  • Anchali - Heavens Tear
    Anchali - Heavens Tear Posts: 84 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    PTReese - Raging Tide wrote: »
    Probably, but understand i didnt ask this looking for flamers or trash talkers to bash on the company, i created "hoping" a GM might step in with some relevent news or update as to their knowledge of the topic.

    D: GM will step in when you mention money D: just say the magic word (money) and they'll be there!
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  • Anri_Rose - Archosaur
    Anri_Rose - Archosaur Posts: 346 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Just cus its gonna get locked , I didnt mean that what were saying isnt true,

    AND OMG BUG PACKS when, i need to save up gold and sell them off after they leave the shop
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  • Hellhowl - Sanctuary
    Hellhowl - Sanctuary Posts: 81 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    truekossy wrote: »
    Don't worry. They'll eventually release a bug fix pack among all the other packs. 3% chance of a random bug fix (only affects the character that activated it, cannot be traded, cannot be put in the account stash), 97% chance of Perfect-Token of Luck (15)

    Nah, it'll be like the rest of the packs and have a 0.000001% chance of fixing a bug.
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    You call me a troll... like it's a bad thing. QQ more.

    No longer playing PWI.
  • PTReese - Raging Tide
    PTReese - Raging Tide Posts: 13 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Hunter_PT - Heavens Tear wrote: »
    Get it right at least, just because we are being honest in our answers and more likely than not we are right doesn't mean we are pointlessly flaming or trash talking. If you didn't want honest answers don't ask.

    i didnt say you were..
  • XanZerstorer - Dreamweaver
    XanZerstorer - Dreamweaver Posts: 505 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    There's not only the company's decision that affects a game's future. It's also what people make it to be.

    Personally I still enjoy playing - might change when I finally hit PK mode and realize how undergeared I will be (I know I am) compared to others, and how fast I'm gonna get huh... insert bad word here. Because I don't invest much in the game, because I have other priorities: rent, food, bills, and a marriage to maintain. That 20-40 bucks a week I spend going out with my husband (if even that!), I could put it in the game, but I don't. I'd rather hang out in a restaurant or in a caf-

    EDIT: Lost ALL MY POST thanks to the fact I can't put accented characters. I am NOT gonna type it all up again, but I'll make it short... it was pretty much a wall of text...

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    Anyways. I'm more waiting on bug fixes. I feel the game is turning from "free to play" to "pay to win if you're a PVPer". Thankfully I'm not much of a PVPer, I may get back into it but I do expect to see my butt kicked by players who wasted hundreds of dollars on this game. So far I've done a decent job at avoiding it.

    The problem I have right now is more related to bugs and balance fixes. I'm a game tester, and albeit new at it, I know the devs are fixing some of the stuff. Actually it's something I tend to keep track of. It's another MMO, we get new builds every 2 or 3 days, and they have bug fixes. They let us know, and they let the community know of the biggest ones. I feel it's not the case here, mostly because I never see much of "bug fixes" updates.

    For all I know they could keep track of it internally and not release it to the public, unlike other MMOs I play... but I really wish we'd get more bug fixes. I know it's not everything that's going to end up getting fixed, sometimes the devs won't bother with some minor ones, but there are big ones that may require times. However, over a year to fix major bugs like the 1k RB bug... I don't know.
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Contrary to popular belief, bugs do get fixed, however there are some really annoying ones that may be extremely difficult or impossible to solve... there's no way for us as players to understand exactly what some things would require to be fixed... like the 1k bug for rebirth or the Tournament bug... one they let live, the other they just ended up taking back out of the game.... so the Tourney bug was been removed. For all the people complaining, good job.

    Anyway, PWE has been pretty good with content updates, and they still look like they are planning more.

    They also seem like they're going to make the game a little bit more difficult again, removing bless boxes from instances, however they're increasing the squad size... so it's hard to tell where they're going, but I would like to see the difficulty rise. Everything is just given away now.... you have to put more long term goals in a game for it to remain viable.

    PWI used to be a lot more fun... hopefully they'll be able to fix things, but unless they remove BH from the game completely I don't see much of a recovery, but there is still hope.
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  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    however they're increasing the squad size...
    to expand on this, there have been rumors flying off the shelf about 8-10 man raids, not quite sure the legitimacy of these claims, but you hear alot of things in the TV underground.

    PWs not dying, theres just alot of extremist morons who claim it is all because its nothing like the original game they played a year or so ago due to over injection of rare items via the cash shop. the games still here, and plenty of happy cashers are still playin n payin. pw isnt going anywhere, though i really wish these fools who claim it is would gtfo.
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  • Longknife - Harshlands
    Longknife - Harshlands Posts: 4,843 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    truekossy wrote: »
    Don't worry. They'll eventually release a bug fix pack among all the other packs. 3% chance of a random bug fix (only affects the character that activated it, cannot be traded, cannot be put in the account stash), 97% chance of Perfect-Token of Luck (15)

    Oh man, you dunno how ridiculous you all sound right now...

    I used to play another MMO before PW....THAT'S where corruption and cash shopping is at ridiculous levels. What PW has is PEANUTS. I can easily play this game without using the cash shop and manage to pay my bills.
    Imagine having to pay a dollar per refine attempt. Now imagine every type of equipment (weapon, armor, leggings, sleeves, helm) requiring a different type of refinement item. Now imagine those refinement items being sold in minimum packs of 25, meaning 25 dollars per pack, but meaning 125 dollars minimum if you want to buy one of each kind of refinement item. Now imagine refine success rates to be ridiculously low, requiring you to have a minimum of 50 refinement items to get to a good refinement point; max equips would probably take 500 refine items minimum. Add 25 dollar fashion sets (yes, as in game clothing that costs as much as some real life T-shirts) and a special grinding area with double EXP and drops/cash that requires 20 dollars per month to get to and you're almost at the standards of my last MMO. I don't think you guys have ever been asked to pay 72 dollars for the best flying gear either, have you? And you'd still need cash shop items required to add shards to equipment (not like socket stones to ADD slots, but rather a scroll that prevents the imbue from breaking your item, but only gives you a small chance of successfully imbuing the gem, meaning you have to buy them in bulk) and various other upgrades that are solely dependent on the Cash shop. All this while the game is completely imbalanced with two classes dominating and three being completely useless. I laugh when people call the Tideborn overpowered, too; perhaps they are a bit, but stress on a bit. They can still be killed fairly easily; they just have a small upper hand in some cases. Perfect World has to be one of the most well balanced MMO's I've seen, to be quite honest...

    Perfect World's the only MMO I know that figured out three important things:

    1. Have a way for people to trade cash shop money for in-game money
    2. Don't make a dozen useless skills and 4
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  • Michael_Dark - Lost City
    Michael_Dark - Lost City Posts: 9,091 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary wrote: »
    to expand on this, there have been rumors flying off the shelf about 8-10 man raids, not quite sure the legitimacy of these claims, but you hear alot of things in the TV underground.

    It was mentioned on the official Beijing website, so I'm sure there is some validity to it, it's just a matter of if and when they decide to implement it here.
    PWs not dying, theres just alot of extremist morons who claim it is all because its nothing like the original game they played a year or so ago due to over injection of rare items via the cash shop. the games still here, and plenty of happy cashers are still playin n payin. pw isnt going anywhere, though i really wish these fools who claim it is would gtfo.

    Of course it's not dying. There are many new things wrong with the game, but the population of LC, for example, seems bigger than it ever has, but that might be partially due to the relocation of a lot of players to stay in Arch more often, as the other areas are visibly much less populated...

    PW is in perpetual open-beta, and many of the balance issues introduced will be worked out over a course of time, slowly but surely, and luxuries like Flesh Ream and -int gear are items people pay for so there is not much likely to change with that.

    The rate of suggested content updates is in large part due to all the pack sales. It gives them more money to put back into the game, otherwise all these new updates would have never happened...
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  • WaffleChan - Sanctuary
    WaffleChan - Sanctuary Posts: 2,897 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    The rate of suggested content updates is in large part due to all the pack sales. It gives them more money to put back into the game, otherwise all these new updates would have never happened...
    and sadly, the masses are blind to such. there was a similar manner, in which battle of the immortals had an in game bot for 60+ players due to the vast amounts of experience needed to level up to be strong enough for the higher level content. players saw the word bot, instantly screamed 'unfair' and shunned it away.

    the bot is currently in design to be removed now. yet another instance where ignorant masses outcry at something they dont understand is there helping them rather than being detrimental. the amount of cigs i burn reading this forum is amusing. im probably going to blow a lung trying not to go bananas on some people.
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  • Shadowboi - Harshlands
    Shadowboi - Harshlands Posts: 1 Arc User
    edited April 2010
    Eh, PWI will be replaced eventually. We probably have another year left in the old girl, but really? How much longer will it be the premier game?

    I think Forsaken World is shaping up to be the big draw from the company and PWI will soon be on the back burner.

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