I am convinced of this. We are the loudest, most vocal, most critical pain in the asses for them. Less then one percent of the population and probally 95% of the complaints. Casuals generally do not complain because they do not know any better. Now before you casuals go off the deep and start flaming me hear me out. Take a look at most of the posts on this board from the class sections to the general and zone sections. It is all about raid mobs and hit rates and class balance. A casual would not even notice this and they are better off for it.
Ask ANY buisness owner and they will tell you its the conisuer that they could live without. From the food buisness to the computer buisness its the most knowledgeable that give the largest headaches. A casual diner will not really notice nor complain the difference between medium rare and medium. Nor would a entry level pc person notice 30 fps vrs 32 fps.
SOE has been shoving LON down our throats because of the ease of administration and larger money pool. Sad to say but I personally know someone who has spent over 1k in lon cards. That equates to what 75 months of subscription ?
I think they are driving the raiders away on purpose to alleviate a ton of their headaches. Without us they do not really need to add or fix much of anything except some spelling errors in quest lines.
And its working. Raiders do not really care about the game anymore. Take a look at the nexona thread as well as a ton of others. Last expansion no one would have uttered a word of guild strats as early as this especially since the encounters are constantly changing these days. WW 1st does not mean shit. The encounters are shit. No one cares.
Good job sony you are getting your point across. You simply do not care anymore.
SOE does not want raiders.
