I normally don't do this. And my goal for this blog wasn't to do any commentary beyond what's been posted by a DEV. But the latest responses to the new expansion just seem to be off the wall.
Here's what we know about the current plans by the DEVs. We know this, because they've been posted. I've even blogged it in my previous entry, Another Expansion in the Works, and You Can Name It! But some members of the community seem to think that this new expansion is going to mean that there will be no more updates until the expansion hits.
Now, keep in mind that over the past couple of weeks, we've had several updates to the program. Lag issues are being addressed, quests have been fixed, and so on. But, naturally, people want to believe that the DEVs are doing nothing. We often fall into this fallacy when we focus on specific bugs that we think are important but aren't necessarily important to the overall game. Issues like hair, taskmasters, etc., while important to some people, rank lower than issues like lag or missing items. Lag effects us all. Taskmasters effect those who regularly take advantage of them.
The only thing we know at this point in time is that there will be an update to the game to fix some bugs and issues and that an expansion is in the early planning stages. Beyond that, there's only two camps that can make a prediction about what actually will happen--IWG and Psychics. So all of these claims that IWG will do nothing while they plan and work on an expansion that's still in the planning stages are mostly hot air. They know just as much as the next guy. And we've all been told what IWG is working on.
One final note: Stop acting like IWG doing these expansions and so on for money is a sin. We all pay for a subscription to this game. Most of us have bought expansions so we could enjoy more of the game. What I truly find funny is that those people who are on the "IWG just wants to make more money" bandwagon have purchased many things from the store, either with their own money or trading for tokens. So what's the point of trying to levy that attack? We all know that this game isn't free to play (yet). Why complain about a fee that you're already paying? Honestly, if $6.00 a month is putting a strain on your pocketbook, consider that the fees you'd pay playing the other major MMO's are over double the amount you pay for Ashen Empires. How is paying $15.00 for an expansion in AE worse than paying $40.00 for an expansion? Someone explain that one to me.
Seriously folks, stop posting about how we are all screwed nearly a year before anything actually happens. You might just start having fun again.
