Cube wrote:The info gathered from the poll will most likely be biased in the first place. The majority of the people participating are players who've settled on the server, and a large portion of those are donors who likes to make new players leave bg's, since the other donors has either left, or just don't give a fuck anymore. So I wouldn't worry about that if I were you.
The voice of a new generation of players won't be heard, because most of them won't participate in the poll. Since they're not really invested in the server, they'll spend their time exploring what sf has to offer, and not concern themselves with potential changes and the future ahead. They'll be looking for a tbc server, either because they liked the expansion back in the day, or because they want to try it out. They'll land here, and I have a feeling that the current situation isn't all that inviting. No idea if I'm right here, but I have a feeling that sf would've hosted a bigger population if other decisions had been made in the past.
When it comes to gear, I'm not sure Hen could do much even if he wanted to. If he wanted to remove swp gear, he'd have to walk on wet paint. The $5 donation wouldn't be that big of a deal. People would bitch, but it wouldn't be the end of the world. But since specific donations have been available for quite some time now, he's pretty much stuck in that corner unless he wants a major shitstorm on his hands, and I'm not sure he'd want to handle that amount of fecal matter. So I don't think you should worry about a gear wipe.
Some custom bullshit might have a slight change of being introduced, but I don't see a system that would solve anything in any sensible way. However I twist and turn it, a gear wipe is always the best decision if a change was to be made. They could tone swp items down with whatever system they come up with, but wiping the gear and introducing the gear from the previous raids (where 95% of the gear is missing from the malls I might add) makes more sense. More varied gear for a bit more complex and broad character customization would be introduced, and pvp gear would get a much deserved promotion. Releasing the same gear as progression gear for non-donors would even the gap a bit, and make the server a bit more fair overall. Tweaking resilience would be dangerous shit, and would majorly fuck things up, so they can't really "buff" survivability either. And even if a system was found, it would just make people who're not up-to-date confused. Overall, it's just a terrible idea.
But, I could be wrong, would even like to be wrong. Maybe the middle road will be found somewhere in this cancer-ridden muck. Don't think it'll happen though.
I do find it funny that there has even been a consideration of introducing a custom system like this, since in the past it's all been very, very anti-custom around here. But I guess it's a good thing, because it most likely means that eyes have been opened. It's a bit ironic though. For being a non-custom tbc end-game server, it simulates being a custom tbc server better than it simulates being a tbc end-game server.
And Xaru, read what you've written before you press 'submit'. It'll save you the trouble of looking like a class A retarded cunt fuck. Because fucking Christ, you make no fucking sense at all, and your so called arguments are ridden with holes and stupidity.
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