(12-19-2014, 05:00 PM)Naunet Wrote:(12-19-2014, 04:52 PM)Warren Castille Wrote: "What is 'anything players have been looking forward to.' I'll take 'Things SE somehow bungled' for 1600, Alex."
There are greener pastures. It's all up to y'all to go find 'em.
SE has an obsession with controlling every twitch your character may want to make, though. I don't think they know the meaning of "keep it simple, stupid", much less have any familiarity with the design concept that you should let your players have as much free reign as possible.
Good thing the RP in this universe is so engaging, I suppose.
It's Stockholm Syndrome for some of us now. This sort of stuff dates back to FFXI, too. It's sort of a joke, anytime SE teases us with something, the old guard know better than to expect it to be handed to them or without a million hoops to jump through.
Is... is it bad I sort of find it charming?
"Ha! Requires alchemy 2 stars! We should have knooooown!"
This is why I hoard every currency going into a patch, FYI. Paid off for Animus books, paid off for Spring waters. FOOL ME ONCE, SE.