why do players have the need to make such a drama out of quitting the game, why do they feel the need to broadcast it to the world, I have stopped playing plenty of other MMO's and never told a soul, I just stopped playing and that was that.
I sometimes wonder if these "I QUIT!" threads are from players who are so full of their own self importance that the devs will immediately contact them to get a full list of the changes they want so the devs can get them to stay or perhaps they think that other players will be so incensed that they have quit that they will all stop playing as well.
simple fact, don't like the game then don't play but don't expect anyone else to give a damn if you go.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
I see the problem right away after the first few words: 'After playing PvP today...'
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Jasonmccord sayz:
"After playing PVP today and discovering that my only advantage was now stripped away thanks to gravity wells and tyken's rifts forcing you out of cloak, that I am hanging up my Star Trek hat once and for all."
@OP: I don't PvP. But I'd say relying on your cloak as your main 'attack' means you were either not really PvP-ing, or cloaks were totally OP! Either way, good to hear they took the cheese away from you! The Battle Cloak has always seemed too much for me anyway (especially when you could SS3 a person with it, and still remain cloaked; hilarity ensued).
You will get over it. See you back in game next week.
Haha so true. I actually think the game has gotten better...granted PvP is probably borked but at least the devs now aren't trying to give us the run around, they've clearly stated its just not their top priority. Still PvP can still be fun and besides if cloaking was your only means to do good in PvP you're doing it wrong no offense....
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Honestly, when people complain that the OP left an I quit thread, I have to laugh. Some quitters are just trolls. This OP seems to have well reasoned complaints, whether you agree with them or not. And as to why quitters post, because they care. If they did not feel bad about leaving and "had" a love for the game, they would not post. They are hoping things will get fixed or perhaps the powers that be will at least consider their complaints. Rarely happens but no reason to flame the guy. I've got my own complaints as I'm sure we all do but at least the OP wasn't a total jerk about it.
I think that with a reasoned post and lack of the code words in the Subject and original post that draw the Closure, it would be an informative and non-violating Thread.
'Here is what I see that makes STO difficult to play.' And then list the problems as you see it. Never mention quitting or anything like that. That will also prevent you from getting all the 'Can I haz your stuff', the 'Bye', the 'Who cares', and 'In before the Lock' nonsense.
You may also not be Closed, though lately the tendency has been to 'Minority Report' reasoning, you started a Thread just about that, or criticize Cryptic will you, type stuff so the outcome may still be unpredictable.
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
no trolling intended by me, just making the observation that if I ever decide I don't like the game and want to stop playing I will just do that without any I quit or even a its been fun but time for me to move on thread and I just cant see what others get out of making such a big deal over their exit.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Nothing there is wrong except some of the stuff about Fleet Projects. Stay away from the larger fleets and Armadas and you'd have lots of places to put your Fleet Marks and other resources. I don't think our Armada ever has them all completed at once.
It seems to me that if you are going to do a "I Quit" thread then you probably really don't give a damn one way or the other if the complaints you list got any attention or not. I mean you have one foot out the door anyway so what was the point of taking the time to make a big list of things you hate? And it's not like you give a TRIBBLE about anyone on the forum either because you probably don't know any of us. So my guess is you already said your goodbyes to your fleet or friends who had to hear you rage for days or weeks now and as a final "eff you" to the game developers and community here you start to post why the game sucks for you. I know, some folks posted here that your exit was not the worst way expressed. Well you can put a bow around a cow patty to make it look pretty but it still is going to smell like TRIBBLE.
"There is iron in your words of death for all Comanche to see, and so there is iron in your words of life. No signed paper can hold the iron. It must come from men. The words of Ten Bears carries the same iron of life and death. It is good that warriors such as we meet in the struggle of life... or death. It shall be life." - Ten Bears (Will Sampson)
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
You quit because of PvP? (I didn't bother to read farther than that.)
PvP in this game is broken and dead. Never been worth playing.
Bye.
"I quit" threads are against the rules.
*my sig*
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Seriously, in all the I Quit threads over the years,has any one of the quitters actually mailed away all their stuff like Santa Claus handing out gifts? I bothered to post in this thread, I should get something in your forum Will.
We get it OP, we do. The key to enjoying STO is not giving a s#!t. Just play it for the stories, which thankfully the official ones seem to be coming faster, and THATS IT. Dont try to be the best, dont worry about your toons having the goods, dont admire the new soon to be nerfed shiny ships and consoles. Just STOP CARING. Its so refreshing. Yes, theres SO much seemingly obvious things the devs can do to win everyone back, but they dont care, or are too incompetent to listen to sound feedback. Hey, its THEIR jobs they are risking, not ours. But when you stop caring about the game, its enjoyable in occasional logins. Maybe you'll stumble upon the occasional good foundry mission. Let your cares go, and enjoy your favorite parts of the game for as long as the game exists. Which by the sound of dead queues, may be dead within 2 years. But who cares, we dont. If Cryptic wants to the forever known as the devs who killed a Star Trek MMO, let them do it. We've all wasted our breath trying to save them. Now is the time of the game, like a loved one you know is dying soon, and they dont even know it, just enjoy the days you have left with them while it lasts. And take comfort in the fact that in the end, when they shut the servers down, the players will have been right, but the devs preferred to walk themselves into hell and out of a job. Really all thats left to see is if the game even TRIES to win us all back with REAL changes, or will they likely stay stupid and greedy and defiant to the bitter end, and the call comes from PW to shut it down, pack up, go home, and downsize. Just stop caring about the game, stop caring about the devs, and enjoy the few months it has left.
And seriously, I expect to see some loot in my mailbox from you when I get my new video card in a few months to be able to play this game again, since my GTX 470 can no longer render freakin GRASS without lagging to a stand still.
STO: @AGNT009 Since Dec 2010
Capt. Will Conquest of the U.S.S. Crusader
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
True that this will be Closed because it is an 'I Quit' thread, then knowing that why come here and Post?
'But to be logical is not to be right', and 'nothing' on God's earth could ever 'make it' right!'
Judge Dan Haywood
'As l speak now, the words are forming in my head.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
STO Member since February 2009. I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born! Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
OK, we get it, you're above piling it on, but knowing that the thread will be closed, why come here and post? On, wait. That's your line. Also, if you're going to judge how polished a post is, learn the difference between vein and vain. It doesn't make your post look very... polished.
Funny thing? I agree, haters should just buzz off, but you've bumped this thread at least 5 times just on this page with unproductive comments like "Here come the trolls!" instead of just letting it go.
Let it go. Let the thread die a natural death.
"Logic is a little tweeting bird chirping in a meadow. Logic is a wreath of pretty flowers which smell BAD." - Spock
It seems to me that if you are going to do a "I Quit" thread then you probably really don't give a damn one way or the other if the complaints you list got any attention or not. I mean you have one foot out the door anyway so what was the point of taking the time to make a big list of things you hate? And it's not like you give a TRIBBLE about anyone on the forum either because you probably don't know any of us. So my guess is you already said your goodbyes to your fleet or friends who had to hear you rage for days or weeks now and as a final "eff you" to the game developers and community here you start to post why the game sucks for you. I know, some folks posted here that your exit was not the worst way expressed. Well you can put a bow around a cow patty to make it look pretty but it still is going to smell like TRIBBLE.
brilliantly said and the BS with a bow got a good laugh from me, thanks for the best post I've seen this week.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Want a new game? STAR Citizen! And I agree, I don't play this game like I use to, due to all the above resions from everyone above. Sooner or later the game will be dead. It just a matter of time, I have been here since the 1st beta, And yes its gone down hill! so I don't blame you! I have noticed that there are not as many players as there use to be. Its slowly dying the slow death like so many game's like it before! Criptic only cares about one thing (Money) simple as that. But don't worry be happy! There are bigger and better games out there on the horizon! Bigger and better games than this have gone down due to being to greedy, and not caring what the player base wanted and desiging everything around a grind that in order to complete in any resionalble amount of time you have to spend money. They still have not figured out you can put as many ships out there as you want, You can put out as many new epasodes as you want, BUT if your player base is board and feel like they are ignored.... WELL.... they and there money goes bye-bye. These guys will not figure it out until they get handed a pink slip a year or two from now, when no one is playing and spending money anymore.. Think Not? You just wait and see!
Its happend many times over with bigger and better games and companies than this one!
why do players have the need to make such a drama out of quitting the game, why do they feel the need to broadcast it to the world
Simple, they want attention. No other reason.
Look at the OP, he has 1 total post and it's this. The only thing he's ever 'contributed' is this 'LOOK AT ME' thread that no one even cares about.
I have never understood it either. Like you, I have played and left many MMO's over the years, and when I find that I'm done, I just no longer care. When the time comes for me to leave STO, I simply won't care enough to post about it, I'll just.. go.
Some people though, crave the attention. He's either hoping that he'll get people begging him to stay or that Cryptic will be so devastated by his departure that they will start making changes to keep him here. Both expectations will end in obvious disappointment.
Comments
And since it won't come until monday...
Word of advice: If you don't enjoy PvP... Don't PvP.
I sometimes wonder if these "I QUIT!" threads are from players who are so full of their own self importance that the devs will immediately contact them to get a full list of the changes they want so the devs can get them to stay or perhaps they think that other players will be so incensed that they have quit that they will all stop playing as well.
simple fact, don't like the game then don't play but don't expect anyone else to give a damn if you go.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
@OP: I don't PvP. But I'd say relying on your cloak as your main 'attack' means you were either not really PvP-ing, or cloaks were totally OP! Either way, good to hear they took the cheese away from you! The Battle Cloak has always seemed too much for me anyway (especially when you could SS3 a person with it, and still remain cloaked; hilarity ensued).
Haha so true. I actually think the game has gotten better...granted PvP is probably borked but at least the devs now aren't trying to give us the run around, they've clearly stated its just not their top priority. Still PvP can still be fun and besides if cloaking was your only means to do good in PvP you're doing it wrong no offense....
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'Here is what I see that makes STO difficult to play.' And then list the problems as you see it. Never mention quitting or anything like that. That will also prevent you from getting all the 'Can I haz your stuff', the 'Bye', the 'Who cares', and 'In before the Lock' nonsense.
You may also not be Closed, though lately the tendency has been to 'Minority Report' reasoning, you started a Thread just about that, or criticize Cryptic will you, type stuff so the outcome may still be unpredictable.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
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l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Nothing there is wrong except some of the stuff about Fleet Projects. Stay away from the larger fleets and Armadas and you'd have lots of places to put your Fleet Marks and other resources. I don't think our Armada ever has them all completed at once.
But in general. Yep, you be right.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
You quit because of PvP? (I didn't bother to read farther than that.)
PvP in this game is broken and dead. Never been worth playing.
Bye.
"I quit" threads are against the rules.
*my sig*
Support 90 degree arc limitation on BFaW! Save our ships from looking like flying disco balls of dumb!
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
We get it OP, we do. The key to enjoying STO is not giving a s#!t. Just play it for the stories, which thankfully the official ones seem to be coming faster, and THATS IT. Dont try to be the best, dont worry about your toons having the goods, dont admire the new soon to be nerfed shiny ships and consoles. Just STOP CARING. Its so refreshing. Yes, theres SO much seemingly obvious things the devs can do to win everyone back, but they dont care, or are too incompetent to listen to sound feedback. Hey, its THEIR jobs they are risking, not ours. But when you stop caring about the game, its enjoyable in occasional logins. Maybe you'll stumble upon the occasional good foundry mission. Let your cares go, and enjoy your favorite parts of the game for as long as the game exists. Which by the sound of dead queues, may be dead within 2 years. But who cares, we dont. If Cryptic wants to the forever known as the devs who killed a Star Trek MMO, let them do it. We've all wasted our breath trying to save them. Now is the time of the game, like a loved one you know is dying soon, and they dont even know it, just enjoy the days you have left with them while it lasts. And take comfort in the fact that in the end, when they shut the servers down, the players will have been right, but the devs preferred to walk themselves into hell and out of a job. Really all thats left to see is if the game even TRIES to win us all back with REAL changes, or will they likely stay stupid and greedy and defiant to the bitter end, and the call comes from PW to shut it down, pack up, go home, and downsize. Just stop caring about the game, stop caring about the devs, and enjoy the few months it has left.
And seriously, I expect to see some loot in my mailbox from you when I get my new video card in a few months to be able to play this game again, since my GTX 470 can no longer render freakin GRASS without lagging to a stand still.
Capt. Will Conquest of the U.S.S. Crusader
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
Defending The Galaxy By Breaking One Starfleet Regulation After The Next.
l don't know.
l really don't know what l'm about to say, except l have a feeling about it.
That l must repeat the words that come without my knowledge.'
I'm Going to Continue Playing.
I Was A Trekkie Before It Was Cool ... Sept. 8th, 1966 ... Not To Mention Before Most Folks Around Here Were Born!
Forever a STO Veteran-Minion
OK, we get it, you're above piling it on, but knowing that the thread will be closed, why come here and post? On, wait. That's your line. Also, if you're going to judge how polished a post is, learn the difference between vein and vain. It doesn't make your post look very... polished.
Funny thing? I agree, haters should just buzz off, but you've bumped this thread at least 5 times just on this page with unproductive comments like "Here come the trolls!" instead of just letting it go.
Let it go. Let the thread die a natural death.
brilliantly said and the BS with a bow got a good laugh from me, thanks for the best post I've seen this week.
When I think about everything we've been through together,
maybe it's not the destination that matters, maybe it's the journey,
and if that journey takes a little longer,
so we can do something we all believe in,
I can't think of any place I'd rather be or any people I'd rather be with.
Its happend many times over with bigger and better games and companies than this one!
Simple, they want attention. No other reason.
Look at the OP, he has 1 total post and it's this. The only thing he's ever 'contributed' is this 'LOOK AT ME' thread that no one even cares about.
I have never understood it either. Like you, I have played and left many MMO's over the years, and when I find that I'm done, I just no longer care. When the time comes for me to leave STO, I simply won't care enough to post about it, I'll just.. go.
Some people though, crave the attention. He's either hoping that he'll get people begging him to stay or that Cryptic will be so devastated by his departure that they will start making changes to keep him here. Both expectations will end in obvious disappointment.