Is the player base demanding too much?

Unfortunately no one is going to come here on a random day trying to convince you to stay here. They have said they are working on a way to produce content quicker. I guess that statement is not enough for you.

But trying to press like this doesn't mean they can make those tools or the content any faster than they are already trying to do.

It's not a passive-aggressive press, @Kyno , but sincerely asking a genuine question on the background of a novel situation. 2020 Smartphone gaming where a large percentage of the player base has had the game with them for 5 years is new territory in terms of human behavior. The time that smartphones have had us behaving this way is a blip in human evolution.

In the grand scheme of human behavior, relationships with technology, expectations from a game, seriously it might be the best decision and reasonable 1 for veteran players to move on.

Perhaps that gives you enough context to reevaluate the question.

I think CG struggles with a lot of things they probably shouldn't. But I also think the easily convinced army of pitchfork wielding fans of you-know-who gets worked up about the littlest things and expect so much more than they should. The middle ground between the forum people here who defend the company no matter what and the people screaming for blood because one account got banned for violating ToS is the way to go.

Should we be wanting more right now? Absolutely. But we're also still in the middle of a pandemic and the programmers of this game live in the middle of one of the biggest impact areas for COVID in the country, so even being able to work from home has likely slowed them down quite a bit.

Right now it's the people in the pitchfork crowd that are making dealing with the community of this game unbearable. The forums have merged a huge batch of posts into a "bitching about Arnold" thread and still 95% of new posts are complaining about the same thing. It's toxic right now and do they have some reasonable ideas and complaints about cheating? Sure. But they also need to realize no one at CG really cares what a clickbait youtuber has to say because they are bound by certain rules from EA and because they continue to make loads of money despite the overwhelming negativity from said youtuber for a long, long time now.

What expectations? That they invest in something for us to do with all the p2p characters? Most of the time on this game is spent staring at the character screen. That isn't hyperbole.

They have time to make new puzzles but not time to address lucifers daddy negotiating with cheaters?

I guess we can agree to disagree, but you seem to be expect someone to come on here and convince you to keep playing, or to convince older players to keep playing.

We all play this game for our own personal reasons and choices. If you feel the game is not for you, as I'm sure many have done after they picked it up at any point over the last almost 5 years.

They have stated parts of the plan they have and are working on the broader post, with RA. Again if that's not enough for you and you dont want to keep on keeping on..... not sure what anyone else can tell you.

You are absolutely right that there are many things going on in gaming that are in "uncharted territory" and I'm sure that makes things difficult on both sides of this.

I dont think you can speak to the best actions to take for anyone but yourself. Your view on what is going on is how you see it and may not be indicative of the "human nature" for everyone else.

Many years ago a person I know told me he quit World of Warcraft because it required him to change his lifestyle. Raid scheduling, dailies, etc...

Veteran players are asking for more content, likely content that newer accounts would not see for 2 years. I'm feeling like for those veteran players it might be time for CG to be the bartender that says, "Okay man, I think you've had enough."

"Mephisto_style;c-2125385" wrote:
Many years ago a person I know told me he quit World of Warcraft because it required him to change his lifestyle. Raid scheduling, dailies, etc...

Veteran players are asking for more content, likely content that newer accounts would not see for 2 years. I'm feeling like for those veteran players it might be time for CG to be the bartender that says, "Okay man, I think you've had enough."

That sounds like some very personal understanding of your own situation, I dont think any one person can tell a group based on any single factor (in this case then being "veterans") why they should or should not do something.

Again, they have said they have content coming, and that may not be enough for you, but that's what we have and you can base your own situation on that.

I think the word veteran player is a very broad reaching term and means different things to different people.

Personally I think the game is fine and I would prefer no new content for 6 months. Take a break and let things calm down a bit and let people catch up.

Most of the people are bored.