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Guess the devs don't care about Hami anymore because the stickied Hami thread is gone. 
Just one more reason to leave this game
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A better comment might be that the entire forum is borked rather than give into more paranoia.
Fight My Brute
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Guess the devs don't care about Hami anymore because the stickied Hami thread is gone.
Just one more reason to leave this game
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A better comment might be that the entire forum is borked rather than give into more paranoia.
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The boards were purged but unlike when Ex Libris was in charge we weren't notified of it. So any threads they felt were unnecessary were deleted. Usually a stickied thread is still in the list however, they deleted ALL threads that hadn't been posted in this month.
I never thought I'd say I'd miss Ex Libris....but boy do I, you guys are.....
The "You Know You're in a Pickup Group" thread has been lost.
I hope it's a mistake. The amount of threads in different AT forums is inconsistant, some have numbers in the tens of thousands, some have numbers like 45. So odd.
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The "You Know You're in a Pickup Group" thread has been lost.
I hope it's a mistake. The amount of threads in different AT forums is inconsistant, some have numbers in the tens of thousands, some have numbers like 45. So odd.
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According to Mod8, the threads were purged however unlike when Ex was here we weren't notified of it, go figure
might have to do with the new forums and them not moving some threat make a new one
TSW
Krovus - Templar - Arcadia
Infinity & Virtue
@WAR HAWK
New forums? Don't hold your breath.
Promise me that if I am ever in Tampa - the OSHA's will let me buy them a drink at The Hub....
Seeing as how we live in Central florida wouldn't it just be easier to go to Disney 
And your welcome to hang with us anytime 
Say hi to the OSHA for me.
umm, okay? i understand if you guys want to leave and all, but i dont understand how a forum would be the last straw.
That's because your brain is full of fish.
Infinity and Victory mostly
dUmb, etc.
lolz PvP anymore, Market PvP for fun and profit
the forums it the true soul and heart of a the game
TSW
Krovus - Templar - Arcadia
Infinity & Virtue
@WAR HAWK
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Ignoring anyone is a mistake. You might miss something viral to your cause.
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umm, okay? i understand if you guys want to leave and all, but i dont understand how a forum would be the last straw.
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Hey Paul!!! Welcome back... Missed you pal...
Now you have been been playing this game a long time but have been gone a while. I haven't really stopped playing save the last several weeks due to a vacation out of the country and a new business contract that has kept me very busy that I haven't had the time to play. In the past 5 years of playing I have seen the devs do many things to tick off the community. Nerf after nerf. Create Enhancement Diversification. Remove game features (ie: Cathedral of Pain Trial) Introduce IOs and the Markets, Completely change PvP to a state that anyone who had left in issue 9 for a hiatus wouldn't recognize it today, and now the biggest outrage of them all deleting a players characters retroactively.
I am sure the Devs have their arguments for all of the above. Some are valid. Others are not.
It is human nature to want to attain the brass ring in the shortest time possible. If you give people a choice of the easy or rough road with no risk involved the easy road they will take. That is human nature. In the past the devs have left many easy roads to the brass ring (Lvl 50, badges, influence, prestige) You and I know this all too well. Many of those road have been closed. Rikti Portals no longer give XP, Influence or Prestige. Nor do the Behemoths Spawned from Circle of Thorn Portals. But when they did I can remember spending HOURS leveling up people in those missions on characters I just wanted for certain tasks at Lvl 14 for my travel power or Lvl 22 to get Stamina. Heck some ran all the way to 50... And in a Behemoth run it was endless so you could just sit there and basically set a Fire tank to taunt and burn and kill them all as long as he was being healed. Ahh the good ole days.
What about people who leveled characters from 35-41 through the sewer trial? Does anyone actually run that anymore? I'll never forget the time I spent killing Krakens in the Sewers. For mad money.
What about the Winter Lords during the 1st Winter event?? Anyone remember how many 50s were made during it? It was farming platinum!!!
All of the above were not bugs.... these were people taking advantage of the game mechanics the devs allowed. When they felt they weren't in the best interest of gameplay they updated the game and changed the game. There was no punishment for the players.
Now I bring up the Cathedral of Pain trial... Why? Because it's dead. Never fixed because it was exploitable and cause many basically built "FREE" lvl 50s... THERE WAS A BUG. These 50s were created by a violation of the EULA and TOS. What action was taken? Only one... The Trial was removed from the game.... Was any action taken again the players? No.
What about the Prestige Bug? When SGs could buy an Item for Free and sell it for Prestige.... Didn't happen on this server but did on Freedom and many others.... SGs got 100s of millions of prestige in days. Devs repaired the BUG but was their any retribution? Nope they are the SGs on some servers that are #1 in the Top 100 SGs list. Not on Infinity though.
OK, lets jump way forward.... Skipping several issues including the i13 PvP changes.
We come to Issue 14 Mission Architect. Previous to this point I had been posting for a rebox of this game for the past several issues... Here it was.... Finally, something to get new subscribers into the game. People are excited about MA. I finally get to create The OSHA Guy Task Force. Woo Hoo! While slightly disappointed about MAs limitations, some of which I voiced in Beta, other were voicing yet other concerns about MA. The possibilities of exploiting the system to create extreme farm missions. Mind you, the Devs, well before i13 had been released when they postponed MA the 1st time, said this would not be possible. Many in beta advised that the system allowed for rapid leveling and other benefits. Which the devs felt wouldn't be exploited too much... They forgot human nature. Problem here is they didn't just remove the exploitable content. They PUNISHED THEIR SUBSCRIBERS. For the 1st time in 5 years. They Deleted Characters that were leveled up in a way that they felt wasn't "part of the grind" They punished people for publishing arcs they felt were made for that purpose or for gaining tickets by deleting those arcs and removing that slot from their account. Therein decreasing the value of that said account to the paying customer. I understand their excuse "It was only the most abusing players" But truthfully, I don't see a violation of the EULA or TOS. These weren't bugs. They released an issue after a through beta test and with great feedback. Then after release because they didn't feel human nature would take over started to punish some in the community. What really upset many was the fact that it happened after the free weekend when many had come back to look at MA and thought it would be a good way for them to come back and level up those toons that they could never get to 50 and they wanted to get them there. They resubscribed, only to find out that after they had that the changes were going in to effect. Many feel they were Bait and switched.
This community is a very close community. Many in it are NOT just internet friends. The gatherings that Deb and I have set up bring 20-40 people to each and every one. We travel the country and meet other players in different SGs and on different servers. Heck Paul, You and I have broken bread.... So you know this to be true. People are hurt by the current situation and I feel their pain as well. Many of our friends have left this game over the past issues for several reasons.... PvP was a big one. This issue 14 situation has been the biggest. I know of many people that have at least 2-3 accounts each that have either left the game or cancelled their subscriptions to it due to the negativity in the boards and in game over MA. I thought MA might be the Savior for the CoX franchise, it may cost the franchise more than it bargained for.
Now regarding your original question....
I spend many hours in the forums. Reading, commenting and sometimes helping people that need help. One thread that I spent Hours of painstaking work writing was the Hami thread. Both of my post i9 guides were there. All of the history of Post i9 Hami Raiding for Infinity Server was there. Including our first successful defeat announcement when The OSHA Academy, CoD, The League of Debt, and the Seers came together to win. That is history my friend.... Good times... Lost... Because no one had bothered to announce that they were going to purge to forums. When Ex Libris and Lighthouse Purged the forums they announced it so you could make sure threads that needed to be preserved, were posted in as to protect the threads. It is with a heavy heart that I do this. I have enjoyed this game for 5 long years... No one can argue I didn't get my monies worth. My subscription runs out in 59 days. Unless the devs can somehow change my mind I won't be renewing my subscription. I am hoping to have an open discussion with the devs over ventrilo like I did when Jill/Ex Libris was here and Deb was at the Helm of PERC to help and improve this game and its customer relations.
Currently, for those interested, we are playing Guild Wars and have an OSHA Academy Guild there and our next MMO will be AION another NCSoft product.
Good gaming my friend it's been fun
Well said OSHA, well said.
i see why your mad, i understand that, but i still would have blamed somthing els. maby the fact that i can NEVER find a team or somthing.
in my opinoin, im glad they purged the forums, it was like i had to go to page 2 just to get past the stickys.
Indeed there were quite a few stickies, bad timing IMO. New people are gonna have to take the helm for things like hami raids. OSHAs hami guide was a great boon to people who want to attempt a hami raid.
I'm sorry, but i just have to mention....
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That's because your brain is full of fish.
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This is the greatest response ever. Cod, lmao.
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That's because your brain is full of fish.
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It probably doesn't help matters that he happens to be Homer Simpson.
Paragon City Search And Rescue
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"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."
"One day we all may see each other elsewhere. In Tyria, in Azeroth. We may pass each other and never know it. And that's sad. But if nothing else, we'll still have Rhode Island."
Mish, will you marry me?
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Guess the devs don't care about Hami anymore because the stickied Hami thread is gone.
Just one more reason to leave this game