Rearrange Deck Chairs on the Titanic

[kpak01]

New hairstyles? NEW HAIRSTYLES?!?

Makes them money. Plenty of players care a lot about how their character looks. You know, role-playing.

Does anyone actually remember in this RPG what a *role* is?

Yes, I do, but I'm not sure you do. If you think it means "heals or cc or tanking or buffs", then, no, you don't.

What it actually means is, "I'm Clarita the Halfing. I was raised on a turnip farm in Talenta, but after a priest of the Sovereign Host saved my father's life, I became an acolyte. After I finished my training, I boarded a ship bound for Xendrik, to seek my fortune and spread the faith of the Sovereign Host." It means being "in character". The "role" is who your character is, not game statistics and abilities.

On a deep level, the lack of LFMs is destroying the mechanics of the game.
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This sort of undead status of the game, where a full balanced group is a rare thing, has systematically pushed people to favor self-sufficiency over synergy, soloist DPSing monocharacters...

So, just because I disagreed with a couple of your side points, don't think that I disagree with you overall. Your main point here is spot on.