Ok. Yseterday I posted my theories about why ED has occured, and moments later the entire thread was deleted.
To recap:
1) to "encourage" teaming. In order to receive what we lost from Enhancements, we should "balance team" and receive
buffs that will counter the loss. I am sure we have all tried this and it hasn't worked.
2) To lengthen the time it takes to reach level fifty and hopefully legnthen the amount of money they make from
longer subscriptions. I find this to be unlikely, )as for me at least) I am going to play a toon regardless of the level.
3) To intentionally piss us, the subscriber base, off completely beyond repair. Although this has been an unintentional side effect, I doubt strongly, this was the intended result.
4) To prevent the Hami-O effect. My problem with that is...
why do the majority have to pay, for the gluttony of the few 45+'s who, due to sheer boredom (due to the lack of anything better to do) did the Hami raids repeatedly, and recived the prize. It's not my fault they were allowed to get multiples, it's the Devs fault for not programming code to prevent this from happening.
5) Now I may be giving the Devs to much credit, but I would like to think this was the prelude to something very cool.
If they were smart, they would have used good story writing
and imagination to institute ED... check this out:
Lord Recluse has hatched a plan, through evil genius, he has created a device that is weakening the powers of Paragon's heroes, and until we (in a game wide event, think Crisis on Infintie Earths type event) banded together to stop it. But like a bull in a china shop, they hit us over the head with it, leaving themselves no other way out. (Sure woulda been cool the other way huh?)
It baffles the mind to think that Statesman and crwe would intentionally sabotage there baby, but for whatever reason they have. I for one have been vocal in my oppistion of ED.
Hell I lost my main, to unplayability due to ED. A 41 level Kat/Invul scrapper, done with, down the tubes...which leads me to my last theory...
5) To create "diversity". Since ED I have done something I would have never done. Created new toons. In an attempt to find an entertaining and playable toon I have been experimenting, the results aren't in yet, as I am having trouble finding the class that can replace the fun I had with Sha' do.
I am trying to switch up my thinking on this and be optimistic,
and in that mind set, I am looking forward to Issue 7, where( Devs are you reading??) I expect to see a slew of cool new changes, New AT's (the avain AT shouldn't be Epic, just give it too us, we have put up with alot, and frankly we desreve it.)
The pistol scrapper we have been asking for since launch, and
the removal of ED. Just to name a few. Then there caould be new Zones, for the Higher ups, and maybe the intorduction of a new NPC SG. Write some good stryline stuff, give us some well thought out Game wide events, stuff so good, we lose sight of ED, and (look out!) enjoy the game. It seems to me you (the DEVS) have paid so much attention, to "balancing the game that they haven't done anything to make the game fun for us. PvE is more important to the gamers than PvP, this isn;t WoW and it never will be. Heck, the PvP system isn't even faction based for the most part, sure we get to do "capture the flag"-esque missions, but all in all, the only way to get PvP is to make a special trip to a special zone. I know it was your intention to give everything we have asked for, and for the effort I am grateful. So much so that I am asking all of us players to stop beating the dead horse that the ED debate has become, and look forward to Issue 7, use the Developers corner to speak or mind on what we want. They know we hate ED. No need to say it anymore. They know we think the reduced debt cap, and endurance costs are crap. So why not speak on stuff they aren't tired of hearing about? New stuff.
Stuff we as loyal subscribers deserve. Who knows maybe they will ACTUALY LISTEN too. Wishful thinkngI know. But it's better than complianing to deaf ears.
