Very well. I have noticed a great deal of discussion on why this game is or isn't dying, people leaving, why World of Warcraft is or isn't better, and so on and so forth. Midnight's post was an admirable thing. She, like me, is another person who plays her character well and wants to see this game continue into a future where things will be more agreeable to the community. However, said post was, in the end, a bit inconclusive, visa vie this thread.
I am interested to hear what you feel the main issues with this game are at the moment and how said issues can or can't be fixed. Is the community just dying a natural death, or is it the game itself that has wounds to be patched?
Personally, I believe that it is a combination of several factors; namely a lack of content, a lack of resources, and a lack of interest.
Now, with regards to content, I am fully aware that the Archive Missions were just released, and perhaps I will sound a bit ungrateful. Oh well. The fact of the matter is that we have waited for months to have these missions implemented. They are implemented, and yes, the rewards are cool, but the missions themselves are rather glitchy and fuzzy at the moment. It seems that every piece of gold Sony offers us ends up tarnishing once dug up.
In addition, you would do well to remember that none of these missions are really new at all. In fact, I find it 'deeply' ironic that the only way Sony can seem to provide us with 'new' content is by giving us 'old' content. Doesn't that just seem...paradoxical? For me, it seems emblematic of the overall state of the game at the moment; stuck in a hard place.
Next comes the resources, or lack thereof. I admire what the developers do for this game, and their community relations on the whole have been stellar. Yes, there was the whole Champagne Room throw, but really, come now. In the end, the developer-community interactions with regards to the Matrix Online have been unbelievable, and I deeply applaud said work. That being said, the simple fact remains that Sony does not see the Matrix Online as being 'worth' its resources or funding. It will give the wall a new coat of paint, certainly, but will it insulate it? Fix the drywall? No...it won't, because there simply isn't enough return on the deal. The main reason we don't get new content, and the content we do get is so recycled and dry, is that the developers have nothing to work with.
Finally comes the lack of interest. This is a timeless and simple issue, and is to be expected with any game community. The reason it is so irritating in the Matrix Online, however, is that the solutions are just out of reach. People are simply bored with this game due to lack of content and resources to add said content. This lack of interest causes people to, understandably so, leave, which simply augments the main issues for the community members that are giving or stupid enough to make the attempt to stick it out.
If you were to ask me, I wouldn't say the Matrix Online is dying. I would say it is trapped in limbo. It is caught in a hard place, a sort of gray, null area where the community is in place, but its toys and resources are forthcoming.
So tell me...what would you do?
~V
I am interested to hear what you feel the main issues with this game are at the moment and how said issues can or can't be fixed. Is the community just dying a natural death, or is it the game itself that has wounds to be patched?
Personally, I believe that it is a combination of several factors; namely a lack of content, a lack of resources, and a lack of interest.
Now, with regards to content, I am fully aware that the Archive Missions were just released, and perhaps I will sound a bit ungrateful. Oh well. The fact of the matter is that we have waited for months to have these missions implemented. They are implemented, and yes, the rewards are cool, but the missions themselves are rather glitchy and fuzzy at the moment. It seems that every piece of gold Sony offers us ends up tarnishing once dug up.
In addition, you would do well to remember that none of these missions are really new at all. In fact, I find it 'deeply' ironic that the only way Sony can seem to provide us with 'new' content is by giving us 'old' content. Doesn't that just seem...paradoxical? For me, it seems emblematic of the overall state of the game at the moment; stuck in a hard place.
Next comes the resources, or lack thereof. I admire what the developers do for this game, and their community relations on the whole have been stellar. Yes, there was the whole Champagne Room throw, but really, come now. In the end, the developer-community interactions with regards to the Matrix Online have been unbelievable, and I deeply applaud said work. That being said, the simple fact remains that Sony does not see the Matrix Online as being 'worth' its resources or funding. It will give the wall a new coat of paint, certainly, but will it insulate it? Fix the drywall? No...it won't, because there simply isn't enough return on the deal. The main reason we don't get new content, and the content we do get is so recycled and dry, is that the developers have nothing to work with.
Finally comes the lack of interest. This is a timeless and simple issue, and is to be expected with any game community. The reason it is so irritating in the Matrix Online, however, is that the solutions are just out of reach. People are simply bored with this game due to lack of content and resources to add said content. This lack of interest causes people to, understandably so, leave, which simply augments the main issues for the community members that are giving or stupid enough to make the attempt to stick it out.
If you were to ask me, I wouldn't say the Matrix Online is dying. I would say it is trapped in limbo. It is caught in a hard place, a sort of gray, null area where the community is in place, but its toys and resources are forthcoming.
So tell me...what would you do?
~V
