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Massively Speaking Episode 185: Bree-to-play
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Posted: Dec 22nd 2009 6:52PM (Unverified) said
Because I'm an adult like most of EQ2's former players, not a kiddie who was aiming for Free Realms and somehow ended up in Norrath by mistake.
SOE's misperception of its EQ2 players as mental children is the real reason the servers are empty. Kids play WoW. Adults play something with challenge, like EQ2 used to have. Childifying EQ2 with dreck like "Gigglegibber Goblins" (gak!) shoehorned into a reasonably fun FRPG only alienated the adult players, and WoWifying it put the rest of the nails in the coffin.
Typical clueless management flailing around and creating fail for a formerly successful product. Nothing unusual for a big company...
Posted: Dec 22nd 2009 9:12PM Pigeonko said