Hi
I have effectively left the game. 6 months is too long to wait combined with Time Capsule gambling and people over taking me with SP in leaps and bounds, leaving me wondering how much they spent..yeh.. much more besides.
I gave up. it finally happened. I stopped hoping they would open up Central City as a proper City like Gotham and Metro, I (and others I have spoken to) had assumed that each DLC would be a new city to play in, I assumed that from Launch.. and when it didn't happen I just kept hoping, this hope died sometime in the last three weeks. Areas are too small, for me to justify how much I spend/spent to support this hobby.. I can get a whole WORLD for that much, never mind a city.
I am down to around an hour a week from 10 hours a day.
About TC's well.. they seemed to 'fix' the problem then un 'fix' it. I have no idea what's going on there. They were meant to be removing the 'trash' aspect of TC's then the next week they put it back in.. i have no idea.. but I had stopped playing before that situation took place.
I fell out of love with DCUO.. and with the new fighting system that is laughly called 'stats revamp' I don't imagine I will ever be back. I will log to spend the prestige for any remaining league members, say hi to any friends maybe hangout.. but this as a hobby for me has died.
It's a shame.. they fixed so many systems in the last DLC, and made much needed quality of life improvements for legendary members..but the idea of ;
1. No Lantern Healer.. and I'll be honest, I realized that it wasn't just 'a' lantern healer I wanted.. but the one I outlined on these pages, it is so crystal sharp in my mind and heart, that I couldn't accept another, it's specifically how I laid it out, THAT'S what I want and NO other. With the fighting system changes coming.. that Lantern Healer can never be, even if by some luck and/or prayer some dev pushed my ideas to fruition, the new fighting system is set to nerf everyone.
2. DayBreak doesn't make Cities. I had talked on the forums (2012 before the move to Pro7) about what I expected from new DLC.. including the opening up of Central City, this is a very old topic, that folks on the forums are well familiar with, but it's 2017 and they ain't goiny do it. the idea isn't going to happen. ever. likewise when I suggested Coast City and gave them a way to do it for near as you can get to free. What I truly expected: for each new City to be the size of Little Bohemia and for every DLC to be a new City. I realized in the last while what I got was: a small amount of content that did not justify the price tag I was paying.
3. PS3 is strangling this game with hardware limitations that I should not have to put up with as a PC user. I know the PS3 user base is somewhat sizeable, however of those, most are children aged 10 to 13 years old. not even legally playing the game. I'm done with that stranger danger babysitting nonsense.. if they want a babysitter they can pay for one. It was meant to be my hobby, and while for the time we have been merged I have been kind, I'm Catholic and believe in being kind to children, I DO want to play my hobby normally with other adults.
4. I don't enjoy being around others in this game anymore.. the DLC's are anti-social in nature, and while I do see DayBreak trying to fix this, they do more harm than good. IF any DB staff read this I'll explain how it works inside that world.. Yknow Gotham Wastelands? people regularly TO THIS DAY* hang out on top of the mausoleum hoping others will land and help them beat Raven as an OW raid boss. DB response: make Raven harder to beat. FLIP ARE YOU STUPID! it brought us together, we made friends!! I personally made around 5 to 10 friends because of that roof and people hanging out and talking. Sorry if I exploded there.. but I forgot DB had done that couple of years ago and suddenly remembered. .. no, no, no, no. DB don't understand how to help people be 'social'.. people need Raven to progress past the doldrums of T5 into their cr 90's.. having a high cr dude come and help you means that T5 is grateful and means you *might* make a friend..but I digress slightly, the main reason, and I do mean *main* is that Gotham Wastelands doesn't feel 'cheap', it's a huge open world, like Metro and Gotham, no invisible barriers in strange claustrophobic places .. its properly sized. which is 'freeing'.. realizing DB don't do 'Cities' ended my love for the game.
5. I have every powerset leveled. can even you imagine what that would be like to relearn every powerset, in a system you don't believe in?.. upsetting. hard work. heart crushing.
no. I'm not doing that.
So you see where I am coming from, selfish or not, I can't continue supporting this game.
I will keep my chars as premium. no harm there, I have already bought everything else, max inventory slots etc, except max char slots, which I will probably buy once I am a few months out of membership and have not been feeling guilty about not buying stabilizers. OH.. I forgot to explain that..
I have been feeling guilty for months, while not buying stabilizers.. see as this is a hobby, I know and believe it NEEDS to be supported, so when the Devs ask something of me, I believe in having their back, which in turn does many things in the community, to many to list here, but basically the propagation of my hobby.. Devs say 'we need this to do this' community says 'yes we'll support you to keep our hobby going'.. well with Time Capsules, something sinister happened, I mean I paid what? around £1000 total over the months?.. I'm not sure but it was a small fortune. Did I want the stuff in the capsules? no. not really. I was doing it because 1. there was nothing else to do. 2. I believed I was supporting my hobby. 3. They dropped more often, and so reminded me that the Devs needed me, but made me feel like a shill instead of DB boosting promethium boxes which cost me nothing to open.
By the end it 'felt' like a neighbour you don't know well, coming round to your front door and asking to borrow money. NO WAY you should be making me feel bad about your LACK of value for money!
Sigma
*(it happened tonight, while discussing why I was leaving with a friend)
