New GR Info This Week?

I personally wouldn't be anywhere near as cranky about the lack of news this week if they hadn't dragged out the announcement on the Modified Rikti Invasions as long as they did. It feels like they're trying to distract me, and with my confidence in the development team already at an all-time low after four issues with negligible amounts of new story content, I am in no mood to put up with that kind of manipulation. My own account persists because I still enjoy the Mission Architect feature, but more importantly because I bought a subscription length that was, in retrospect, excessive. And also because, even with my intensely frustrated state with the development team, CO is still too big of a sack of crap to offer a viable alternative.

I didn't mean to stir up a hornets nets, I just wondered when we'd get a new screen shot or something.

What I'm hearing from the people I regularly associate with in-game is a growing sense of unease and boredom. Either one by itself is bad, but both together ratchet up their personal doom-con settings.

From my talking with them, they seem to feel (in general) that the servers are a little more empty and teams are harder to find/put together (note: it doesn't matter if it is quatifiably true, the perception is what matters to the player). The ones who frequent the boards tend to feel that the CS team is trying their damnedest to keep us distracted (the code giveaways, the contests, the hyping up what so far appears to be a non-event event with the Rikti) from the lack of information and new content/additions outside of the for-pay packs, which is a whole different kettle of fish depending on each one's personal take on mictotransactions. Add in the perceived drain and "ohhh new shiney" of CO and other MMOs coming out and they become a little uneasy that they're aboard a ship that may be slowly sinking and the captain and crew are keeping quiet about it.

Now, all of this may be true or just their perception of events, but in the sense of just the player, all that matters is that perception. Some fresh GR info, or an actual event (the Winter Event seemed to distract them for about a week hopefully the V-Day event will do much the same and have some new stuff) would go a long way to alleviating some of the growing boredom and uneasiness.

I can sympathize with them to a large degree. I would love to see some new info, something substantial on GR, or even a peek at the new "pay pack" or a special, new in-game event even if it used elements we've already seen (this Rikti thing with motherships like in the end-of-beta event). Anything to keep the interest/anticipation level high in the game itself rather than in side elements (like the contests and code giveaways).