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Funcom
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That's just how Funcom operate. They have these brilliant creative folks creating captivating worlds, pump the hype, try and sell enough on launch before people realize the game is actually garbage and then dump and abandon it and move onto the next thing. It was the case with Anarchy, their first MMO in 2001, it was the case with Age of Conan, it was the case with TSW and it's the case with Exiles.
Fun fact: Anarchy is still running, it's one of the oldest MMO still in existence, it is also the most expensive MMO on the market with 15$/month subscription while also being a P2W with selling items that increase player power. This is the kind of company you're dealing with.
It's literally a Ponzi scheme. Save yourself nerves and never give them as much as a dollar.
I dunno, I wasn't around in the Anarchy days, but the company released 5 expansion packs for Anarchy over 8 years. I wouldn't call that a dump and abandon.
Age of Conan got 3 expansions. TSW got 15 or 16 issues at this point. And a reboot. All of those games are still running.
I understand why people dislike the bugs and performance issues in the games we release, I'm more confused by the insistence that we abandon our games. We pretty much always work on them longer than profit-driven companies would (in terms of player metrics vs profitability).
Fuck no."Battle Royale in Hyboria"