fare the wellFollow

Due to the Station Exchange, I am leaving EverQuest, for good. I can not suppot a company that cares so little for the people who pay their paychecks. Even though the Station Exchange may never come to EQ1, the damage is done. I can no longer trust SOE's morals. Any company that would violate their own EULA does not deserve my time nor money.

EverQuest has been a part of my life for over 5 years. Even though I had to leave shortly after Luclin came out because my computer would not support the new graphics, and did not get to come back until recently, I have kept an eye on the message boards. I have watched with interest as the game grew, and waited eagerly until I could afford a computer that would run EQ.

EverQuest was, in my opinion, the best thing that ever happened to video games. It had every element that describes a good game. Excelent game play, involved story line, constant challenge, etc. It is a shame that SOE has discarded its morals in favor of the eaiser, more profitable route.

I hope the Exchange does not ruin the game for the rest of you, though I can not see any good coming from it. To me, it represents a huge break in the trust I have for SOE. Not to mention the huge impact it will have on the in-game economy. I wish you all the best of luck.

Peace,
Mr. Tie Dye

Edited, Sun Apr 24 02:12:34 2005 by mrtiedye

John Smedley Discusses Station Exchange

Exchange FAQ

"one of the worst decisions in the history of the MMORPG industry."

Edited, Sun Apr 24 02:11:47 2005 by mrtiedye

Well my mistake maybe. I quit wwhen I logged on and they offered it to me before server selection. Since I never have logged on again I assumed it was live. You know what you get when you *** U ME.
HEHE.

if you quit a game every time you realized the company was heartless, you'll run out of games pretty damn fast

While it's admirable to boycott a company because of values or actions you don't agree with, Czae is right in that virtual sales are quickly becoming mainstream.

I guess if I learned that SOE was exploiting child workers or illegally and knowingly spewing, unchecked, highly noxious life threatening chemicals into the environment or something I might consider sending my business elsewhere. (they very well may be doing these things but it hasn't made the news eh)

There will obviously be more and more gaming environments where you can legitamately advance by spending RL cash. As long as I can choose whether to participate or not I guess I'll be satisfied.

I'm always sad to see someone leave this game though.

Good luck to you Mr. Tiedye

I am never leaving EverQuest. It's a game that my family can play no matter if we are in the same room or across the country. Now maybe latter if things really change and make a huge difference I will but for now I will continue to pay for my four accounts. In fact, I was thinking of starting a fifth account. I never know when the kids will be playing or when they are introducing someone new to the game. I haven't been able to sell in the bazaar for fear of ccutting into their play time.

I am here for the duration.

Anyhow...goodbye. Just more stuff for me to loot!

To those who think I am a 10 year old crybaby who gets upset at every nerf, you are dead wrong. I am most likely old enough to be your dad, but that is beside the point.

As I said in the OP, I have watched EQ grow almost since it first came out. I fell in love with the game very shortly after Kunark was released. I have seen my share of nerfs and other things that made a lot of other people quit. I was not even deterred when I finally came back and found that most of the servers were ghost towns.

But I feel that I must make a stand on this one. This is not a nerf. This is not SOE making the game more difficult to play, or anything like that. This is SOE going against everything they stand for.

I see this as something along the lines of the Pope telling you God does not exist. Or the president of the USA telling you that you should join the confederacy. When one turns away from their own values, there is nothing left but darkness.

And yes, I do realize that SOE is a huge company, and as such has to keep their profits up, despite their moral values. But I do not have to, and will no longer, support them. This is something I feel very strongly about. If you want to flame me for standing up for something I believe in, flame away. As I will no longer be playing EQ anymore, I most likely won't come back here to listen to everyone degrade me for my opinion.



SOE should go after these people, and put a stop to it. Not make it ok. Again, this is like telling everyone that Crack is now legal, as long as you buy it from the police.



I do



Not to be rude, but could you please explain how this relates to anything?

Edited, Mon Apr 25 05:03:21 2005 by mrtiedye

[quote=mrtiedye]And yes, I do realize that SOE is a huge company, and as such has to keep their profits up, despite their moral values. But I do not have to, and will no longer, support them. This is something I feel very strongly about.
[quote]

Good on mrtiedye for sticking to their guns on this one. Personally I do not agree with mrtiedye, however, one must stick up for what they believe. That's the beauty of being human, we are all different with different beliefs.

It is sad to see another one go.

It seems they ran polls before the one you are talking about because they mention before they even begin to talk about the in game poll which seems to just be deciding exactly how many servers to add. There is also some more about it at http://eq2.allakhazam.com/news/sdetail5482.html?story=5482.

Clearly this in and of itself is a bad thing. I won't fault SOE for trying to make money, since that is the reason for their existence, however I don't think many posters here will say that the exchange is a good thing that will help the ingame "feel" overall.

However, it may have some positive consequences...

Say they fire up a few Exchange-enabled servers on EQ1 (at this point I am still hoping they wont, but anyway)..

Then say a lot of people who want that type of gameplay will move over there, and the people who don't (i.e. me) will migrate towards the traditional-style servers...

Then, the e-bayers and money-for-plat uber twinks can run around like mad, littering their server's landscape with uber-corpses because they don't know how to play.....and the REST of us... can have a server with more old school players that is free of all that stuff.

Keep in mind, we are already playing on servers where this is happening, not servers where it is legal, but it is certainly happening...

So possibly, if this happens, we actually may end with less uber-bay toons killing their whole groups than we have now.

/shrug

Joujouka

Probably true, since old farts are the ones who say "It's not the xxx, it's the principle".

If you want to quit a game because of something that doesn't directly affect you or how you play, more power.

So what's next on the menu? WoW?

Hats off to mrtiedie.

At least he has the courage to vote with his feet and not stand by and say well if it dosent affect me "I dont care". I do care, but dont have his courage on the EQ front .. yet.

I quit my EQII subscription within hours of hearing the news, I am waiting to see what happens with EQ and this whole thing before I decide on that.

What really saddens me is the ambivilence and shear meaness of some of the replies in this thread. Two years ago this board would have been up in arms over something like this ... now..sheesh

Ohh and for those of you saying "what poll" I can only think they are referring to the poll they ran summertime last year but I expect those of you that dont give a damn just clicked a random button and moved straight on. Guess most of you dont even get the vote yet, so it probably flew right over your heads anyway.