Nearly unplayable, still.
I tried every way I could to reply in the topic I started a few days ago, but for some reason I could not post a reply, and I was forced to start a new one. Dimitri, I understand that it is your job to explain and put a positive spin on what is occurring, but c'mon man, this is getting ridiculous. Clearly, there is a problem with lag that affects nearly every aspect of the game and the way it is functioning. Ignoring a problem does not mean it does not exist, and deflecting or minimizing does not address or remedy it either. When you have players here telling you something is wrong, and I have my own players telling me something is wrong, then it logically follows that something is wrong. This is the same problem that existed a few months ago and was addressed then, but since then the game has deteriorated again to an almost unplayable state.
For you to say that because you are not seeing complaints of it in the support arena does not mean it does not exist. What it means is exactly what people here are saying, they have given up on support for answers and remedies. Look, we pay Plarium for a product that is supposed to function, and players here are telling you, and my players are telling me that it is not functioning correctly, so why do you imply that we are not being straightforward regarding this issue? Why is it that any explanation implies that we are not being truthful or that we are not experiencing what we tell you we are experiencing? What would be our purpose for doing so? All anyone is asking for is a game that functions without we as players having to suffer a degraded game environment that is simply not working, in spite of what you say.
This issue is affecting nearly every aspect of gameplay, almost nothing is unaffected by it. Denying that the lags and freezes do not exist is not going to change the fact that it clearly does exist, and is causing problems. Most players have been extremely patient with regard to the many shortcomings that exist in the game, but there is a limit to people's patience. I often feel like Plarium has adopted a "if you do not like it, too bad" policy or philosophy towards players and their concerns. Many of the promises of improvements and features to come somehow never seem to materialize, while the rhetoric regarding them is always the same, promising their arrival, but not showing up or delivering them in a timely manner . Sure, there have been some cosmetic changes and cutesy little features that have little to do with improving actual gameplay, but for the most part it seems that real fundamental change to gameplay remains elusive.
As I said previously, until this is fixed I will only do the bare minimum with regard to gameplay, and I will advise my players to do the same until we can play freely without fear of something bad happening because the game simply does not work correctly. This will certainly put us at a disadvantage in the game, but better to be safe than sorry. Look, in my opinion, my responsibility as a player here ends when I pay real money to Plarium to play this game. It is not my job to police the final product or to spend my time doing anything other than playing. It seems that we as players are continuously being advised to do this thing or that thing in order for the game to function close to correctly, when in most realities that is simply not our responsibility. I also think that Plarium has been the beneficiary of some great patience and willingness of players to go beyond what is necessary to play the game.
So Dimitri, it is time to quit peeing on our backs and telling us it is raining and work on getting this problem resolved. To continue to deny that this is a problem, when it clearly and unequivocally is one, is not going to change that fact it exists and results in a very poor gameplay experience everyday it continues. The frustration and annoyance of having our concerns dismissed or discounted will have a negative consequence at some point for most players. Players want and deserve a game that works correctly.
