When they announced a 3 months early access I think it was because they estimated the game would have been in a playable state for that date. The community forced them to change plans so now we are in for a bumpier start than expected.
The complaining crowd are not being very helpful in this phase of the game’s life. Creating new threads about the same issues over and over and each one of these consisting in not more than 2 sentences, most of the time in a barely understandable english only helps to clutter the forums, making it harder for the devs to listen to the actual contructive criticism and helpful suggestions.
On the other hand, the players do have a point in being worried about the game. Even if we accept the fact that it won’t be flawless product for months to come, it is hard to be optimistic about how IMC will fix these issues.
For instance all the restrictions we have in place just to stop RTM make the game barely enjoyable, and we don’t even have the consolation that this helped us getting rid of the bots, because… well you know.
Personally, if I look back at all the things they did since the beta, what worries me in particular was how they made potions not tradeable and removed 1:1 trading completely to cripple RMT. It’s like breaking the nail of your toe because you bump the foot on the door, and cutting off the foot because the nail might get infected.
We will see what changes they will bring in the coming weeks to counter the current situation. Hopefully they will realize that the western market is different than what they are used to, and listen to right players’ comlpaints.
