I'm honestly heartbroken over the direction this game seems to be heading. After the ban of Mare, I've had multiple friends tell me outright that the game is dead to them. These weren’t "just" people who modded, they were dedicated players who raided, roleplayed, and built a thriving community around this game. Seeing them quit one after another is honestly devastating.
While I understand that the TOS was technically broken, I still think this was a bad decision. I've heard assumptions that Mare was removed because it collects player data in a similar way Playerscope did. But this issue will persist until player IDs are properly protected from within the game itself. Everything else is just a bandaid, and deep down, I think we all know that.
I might even dare to say the Blacklist feature is a failure in its current form. Blacklisted users can still read everything posted in (semi-)public channels. Players can still track the location of anyone on their friend list, even after that person removes them. What's the point of a blacklist if all it does is cover my own ears and eyes? I want to be invisible to them as much as they are invisible to me. We all know deep down, the problem is not the plugin, the problem is that the gates to player data are still wide open.
It feels like the joy is being chipped away piece by piece, and this latest decision was the final straw for many. I'm not going to repeat every complaint that has been voiced countless times here, but it adds to the recent events. It's painful watching a community I love fall apart like this.
I'm not sure where this is heading, but I sincerely hope the devs have some very convincing content and features ready to make this game worth the subscription again, because right now, yes, it feels like they're shooting themselves in the foot. Please, stop driving away the very players who have kept this world alive for so long and fix the issues that have been addressed multiple times before.
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While I understand that the TOS was technically broken, I still think this was a bad decision. I've heard assumptions that Mare was removed because it collects player data in a similar way Playerscope did. But this issue will persist until player IDs are properly protected from within the game itself. Everything else is just a bandaid, and deep down, I think we all know that.
I might even dare to say the Blacklist feature is a failure in its current form. Blacklisted users can still read everything posted in (semi-)public channels. Players can still track the location of anyone on their friend list, even after that person removes them. What's the point of a blacklist if all it does is cover my own ears and eyes? I want to be invisible to them as much as they are invisible to me. We all know deep down, the problem is not the plugin, the problem is that the gates to player data are still wide open.
It feels like the joy is being chipped away piece by piece, and this latest decision was the final straw for many. I'm not going to repeat every complaint that has been voiced countless times here, but it adds to the recent events. It's painful watching a community I love fall apart like this.
I'm not sure where this is heading, but I sincerely hope the devs have some very convincing content and features ready to make this game worth the subscription again, because right now, yes, it feels like they're shooting themselves in the foot. Please, stop driving away the very players who have kept this world alive for so long and fix the issues that have been addressed multiple times before.
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