bozia2012
Arcane
This pic is special because this item is not in the game anymore - I give you: The MankinigateThe ones you showed directly were all banal. Now this is Codex-grade material:
This pic is special because this item is not in the game anymore - I give you: The MankinigateThe ones you showed directly were all banal. Now this is Codex-grade material:
This pic is special because this item is not in the game anymore - I give you: The Mankinigate
I'll give you the one correct answer to why this is: ninja roping. So much awesomeness in WA, rope racing maps, amazing roping tricks, etc. It was always about the rope. When I found out the 3d ones didn't even have it I was devastated.I'm not sure why WA is more popular these days. I also have no idea how well WWP runs on modern OS. If I really had to pick one I would probably keep WA.
WHY ARMAGEDDON IS MORE POPULAR
IIRC people just got refunded in game points, probably a few ragequit because of that and no specific explanation was given.This pic is special because this item is not in the game anymore - I give you: The Mankinigate
Normally I don't care about stuff like this, but - how did this end? Did anyone ever give a solid explanation for this? Were there any serious consequences?
nusquam said:Many of you have been asking why we decided to pull the Mankini outfit on Friday last week, and I understand some of you have been very frustrated by that decision. I have been avoiding commenting until I could be sure I had spoken with all involved and gotten all the information correct.
To be clear: the Mankini outfit (and the wetsuit) was definitely an April Fool's joke, and it was always my intention to have them be available for a limited time only in the store. However, it was never my intention to pull them from players who actually bought these items.
Unfortunately, there was a miscommunication between my team and Funcom management on how this was to be handled. Funcom management feels strongly that the Mankini outfit goes against what The Secret World intellectual property (IP) is all about and they did not want this item to stay in the game permanently. We all agree on the fact that The Secret World should be the best urban contemporary horror MMO out there, and they want to make sure that everything we bring into the game stays true to the setting and the atmosphere we have created – however it is safe to say that there is sometimes disagreement on nuance.
For that reason, Management made the decision to pull it from the game entirely.
I do not think we should have pulled it from those of you who had already purchased it. I have made that very clear, and I have also voiced your opinions to everyone involved. I am making sure we take every step necessary to make sure we do not end up in a similar situation again.
The wetsuit has also been removed from the store, as planned, but we are not going to remove it from those of you who already own it. However, if you wish to be refunded, please do contact our customer service for assistance.
The Gender Equality outfits were supposed to be a commentary about poor choices in the past and our commitment to being a better company in the future. The item was pulled due to concerns over the integrity of the IP - not because of the gender or skimpiness of the outfit. Let me reassure everybody that we take gender issues seriously (the entire point of the April Fool’s joke was to make fun of ourselves and respond to some comments that you have made in the past in a lighthearted way)
We all apologize for the inconvenience this has caused. I hope that this has explained the situation to you all, and reassures you that we won’t allow anything like this to occur in the future.
Joel
Addendum - Feel free to continue discussing it in this thread, of course, but if anyone has further concerns or feels that something hasn't been addressed, please contact me via PM.
I'll give you the one correct answer to why this is: ninja roping. So much awesomeness in WA, rope racing maps, amazing roping tricks, etc. It was always about the rope. When I found out the 3d ones didn't even have it I was devastated.I'm not sure why WA is more popular these days. I also have no idea how well WWP runs on modern OS. If I really had to pick one I would probably keep WA.
EDIT: That was actually a quote from Astral Rag, but fuck me if I am gonna go try to fix that quote.
WHY ARMAGEDDON IS MORE POPULAR
>not blood related
HEYA! IT'S ME, IMOEN!
Now imagine an entire game of nothing but Imoen and Aerie.
Every single day I long for death to take me away from this videogame.