Re: Official LC statement about "the infamous hammer" (epic length warning)
Lippy;517416 said:
It is pretty clear .
LC is always right , and if you don't (or can't) participate in events , or if you simply disagree , then stfu and gtfo .
Allow me to reference your above and let you know what is correct and incorrect.
Incorrect "LC is always right": I am not always right nor do I claim to be but I do feel that a level of insane irrationality was achieved because of this event. I personally do not have to explain anything that I do as a staff member to the players but because I am CONCERNED about the hostility presented, I am opening myself up to players to vent, rage, hate, etc.... I am open to criticism and have not once closed myself off to any valid suggestions made by truly concerned, informed players. I believe there is a history of this on the forums to back these statements (requests for suggestions on improvements, etc)
Correct "if you don't participate in events then stfu and gtfo": While correct, there needs to be more clarificatioin ... People who do not participate and choose not to
but still choose to bitch are not people I will bother listening to. People who bitch about everything tend to be irrational and will find something to bitch about regardless - so... why bother? Allow them to remain angry about the initial problem and save everyone time and effort. I also have a very low tolerance for people who choose to act irrationally, speak irrationally, and lash out at people who are not involved in any aspect of the situation.
Incorrect "if you don't (or can't) participate in events , or if you simply disagree , then stfu and gtfo": There are people who cannot participate in an event for whatever reason and have an opinion that I value. There are people who don't agree with what I do and can discuss the topic like a civil human - I listen to them. I also take value away from the opinions of people who participate in the events. Each of the people in these categories can come forward with some basis on which to speak and can sway my opinion on things because (back to point 1), I'm not always right.
The true rares LC speaks of on demise do not belong here because :
no one can get them by normal hunting or trading
they only benefit 1 person
they create threads like this
You should not give away Val hammers because :
they create threads like this
people work very hard at smithing
people get pissed
This is why I play on demise in the first place , because I was tired of GM made items being given to certain people .
with no real hope of ever getting them
(Hooded "robe" (shroud) of Umbra)
(Tabulian sash , which WAS CURSED WHEN FOUND but then CHANGED TO BLESSED BY STAFF SO SOMEONE COULD BANK SIT and show off an item that no one can get )
This is pretty much the best reasoning you have given thus far regarding what has happened and unique items like the robe etc.... However, what I must say is that these items were decided to be given out by admin as was the change from curse (to encourage the PvP aspect of the event so someone couldn't just insure it and run) to blessed (event was over and there was no reason to leave it cursed). These were not my decisions so I cannot take ownership of them; therefore, they don't really apply to my decision about the hammer.
Anyway what we really need are changes to about a million things in game , something that benefits the shard as a whole .
I don't think any one person would deny that Demise needs a lot of changes to move forward towards ML and with other fixes but again, this has nothing to do with events. If I could sit down and code the server overnight, I would... but I can't. I can only control what I was placed on the server to do.
And this is the exact negativity that takes any valid points you may have made and makes people want to toss them to the side. Unfortunately, people will see you for your negativity rather than the valid points you did make.