Taipion wrote:Just look at that ocean of tears... you know it's a special game if someone who "quit" long ago still roams the (admittedly dead) forum (discord > forums) even years later.
It's well worth playing, ofc depending on what you want to do, there still is drama, there still are big scalps getting collected every now and then, and there is a vast, mostly untouched world to explore...
But yes, the forum is not really active anymore, it all moved to discord.
No-one said that it wasn't a special game, it just made a turn for the worse. Also he is not asking if casuals/carebears are enjoying the game. He specifically is referring to drama and the old days, none of that he will find in the current game, alongside its remaining playerbase.
I have long given up on this game and the devs, my last serious game-time was around end 2016, (if you do not count the most recent expedition) but it will forever hold a special spot in my heart. Alongside if they ever were to made another expedition or would actually balance the game, I would gladly spent some fresh time into it. Very little of this can be credited to Mortal Moments tho.
Also I have many memories/experience with drama he is referring too. I was chased on Plymouth by the tribe, I have had interaction with players like Mushibag, Realak, Colesie, Jax, Alloin and so many more. Made enemies of the tribe and Candy Gang on Roanoke. Did some trashtalking and was one of the few wandering around on Jamestown with a cthulhu mask. Some good encounters on Providence such as all the KKK drama, fighting the pirates and wiping them out and blowing large hits against all the other players/factions from then. Lost some against Darwoth and Godtown but ultimately did a decent job regarding the vast majority.
Point is those are the things that were enjoyable and not something trivial as an endless base builder simulator, or a mindless farmgame while raising stats for no real purpose. None of that is present in the current game in any comparable way. In 2016 it still was somehow fun because you had Darwoth and people like Heffernan/Grand Turde trying to resist and people trash-talking or mixing up in drama, but the raid nerfs afterwards just ruined it completely.