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(08-07-2013, 07:49 PM)Zyrusticae Wrote:(08-07-2013, 06:56 PM)Selsix Wrote: You completely miss the point. The "bus mowing you down" is a metaphor for the chance that a legacy realm could completely screw you over. It might not, but the chance that it CAN is definitely there. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool. Granted, both options have risks associated. But while both present potentially toxic communities; only one exhibits a danger of broken game mechanics. Given that evidence? I'm going to take my chances with Gilgamesh.BS. There is absolutely no risk of of "broken game mechanics" whatsoever on a Legacy server. The only difference is that there are some people who are already ahead of the game, but judging from the "How far did you get?" poll a considerable majority of Legacy players never made it past level 30 with one character.
More to the point, I consider splitting the community to be THE WORST POSSIBLE SIN. There is nothing that justifies splitting the community. Nothing. Absolutely nothing! You can't do it. You just can't do it. There's literally no possible answer that would convince me that "yes, it's okay that people are splitting up an already niche and incredibly tiny community". Every single excuse - and they are excuses - that's been stated here and elsewhere on these forums has been far, FAR from justifying this ridiculous divide.
Right now, we number maybe in the hundreds, with maybe 3/4 going to Balmung and 1/4 going to Gilgamesh. I mean, that's bloody terrible. There are already so few of us to begin with, why do we need to be split up on something so incredibly trivial? The worst part is that there will inevitably be dozens of players who just burn out over time and that leaves us with a scant few dozen active players by this time next year. I've seen this happen so many times in so many MMOs that I'm absolutely astonished that this is even an issue. Why take the risk? Why? No, don't answer that, you already know I won't accept any of your answers.
Ugh, I can't even describe how angry all of this makes me. Yes, it's completely trivial, but it's BECAUSE it's so trivial that it makes me so angry. It really, really wouldn't be that difficult to just roll on a single server, but no, some folks have to take it upon themselves to be... different. To spite everyone else, just because they can. I'm sorry, but I cannot respect that. If you ever decide to reroll on Balmung, you are all welcome to do so (I won't be nearly as angry then because, y'know, I'll just be playing the game), but don't expect any sympathy from me whatsoever if things go south.
First of all, there are possible problems. People have already discussed possible economic issues with legacy players keeping their gear and cash. Not to mention the massive headstart you have on every other new player by having leveled up characters.
Secondly, there's no "splitting the community". A lot of people going to Gilgamesh are NEW players. Your community isn't being "split". Just new people are going to a new realm.
Also, it's not trivial at all. At least not to us. You argue "why can't everyone roll on Balmung?" And the short answer is because Balmung has high level pre-geared characters. This is a NEW game. You can't get angry at some people for wanting a FRESH server on a NEW game.
Lastly, nobody is doing this to "spite" Legacy players. Or at the very least I'm not. Every single time I explain this I'm getting told I HATE legacy players, or that I resent them, or am bitter towards them, or wish to spite them. That's bull. I don't HATE you. I wish I could play WITH you. But fact of the matter is, I see the head start all Legacy players have in the economy? Along with their pre-leveled characters? Forgive me if I want a free shot in a new game. But I think that that is a perfectly legitimate excuse, and I am sure plenty of people agree with me.
But seriously, just calm down. Getting upset won't fix anything. This is going to happen whether you like it or not, so learn to be okay with it or simply ignore it. Any other option is only going to drive you mad.