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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 12, 2017, 04:45:58 pm »

I see a lot of you talk about retention and lack of content. I'll be the first to admit that this game isn't for everyone and we aren't going to retain everyone that's a fact.

I'll even go a step further to say a lot of people that do stay with the game will leave after they first play it and only when they come back will finally begin to start grasping some of the mechanics. Myself included in that group. It's a tough complicated and wierd game.

In my mind the reason why alliance feels stale after a few months from lack of content or incomplete in a lot of people's mind vs skirmish which could be played for years by the same players is this.

The content if guns of Icarus is the players you play with

PVE just can't replicate that magic that the pvp side creates.


That might seem a bit simple or obvious but so many of us stuck around for our clans or our friends. So much of the enjoyment is fightig and playing with your favorite crew, or battling and beating someone that irks you.


That's why I think free to play would be a success because it will add the most important content of all new players and new friends.

I would expand on this to say that alliance just isn't a stand alone game. Its like a game mode that would be included with a real game.  PVE like that needs a story to make it compelling.

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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 11, 2017, 07:37:04 pm »

You know what's great for building a community? Stifling open conversation about why its dying.

Aye, and sarcasm and insult add such depth to forums.

Yes actually, they do.  Conflict by its very nature is compelling, that's why stories all have problems and resolutions.  Discussion, as it was working on the first page of this thread, is oddly enough very good for discussion forums.  Human conversation isn't stagnant, I'm not sure why the moderation on this forum refuses to accept that.

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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 11, 2017, 06:07:02 pm »

Lets keep things civil and on topic guys.

Too much doom and gloom here...I remember days where the average pop was ~30. Call me an optimist, but I'd hate to see Guns die with final conversation like this. I'm not buying the "end times" talk.

You know what's great for building a community? Stifling open conversation about why its dying.

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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 10, 2017, 08:31:21 pm »

...If you really want to spread the talent evenly you need to break up the circle jerks and divide the high level people among different ships.  ...

And when main engineering for a failing pyramidion rapidly stopped being fun the people who did that either went back to some extent of stomping or left entirely. Meanwhile a bunch more new players also left because of some "teacher" adding 5 minutes to every lobby in an attempt to talk to a brick wall.

As I've said many times, playing with n00bs is awful. However you will never find the people receptive to being taught when they quit the game because every match is a 5-0 slaughter.  If I didn't play almost exclusively with randumbs I would have about 6 fewer months of bans (totally worth it though). 

Now if you're going to make the argument that this was inevitable, that the only possible way things could be was people staying in their cliques because they just can't handle scrubs I'm not going to argue. The attitudes of nearly every high level when it comes to being separated from their preferred lunch table is a convincing argument.  If only people were honest and not so quick to ride their high horse all the way to the servers being shut down.

Anyway, good epitaph for muse, I look forward to dancing on the grave.

Did Howard run over your dog or something 

Send me your address, I'll mail you the 3 ring binder detailing all the absolute bullshit I've gotten from this company.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: 2nd Gunner Midmatch Join

« on: May 10, 2017, 07:01:43 pm »

Next time you get a second gunner just vote-kick them.

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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 10, 2017, 05:01:16 pm »

The player base isn't blameless either, every one of you who runs around with a stack and n00b stomps have a hand in this too.  I hope your little cliques were worth killing the game for.

In the history of Goio, NAY the history of gaming,  NAY the history of ALL COMPETITIVE GAMES, associations - friends - clans - working relationships are always created.  This has nothing to do with the demise of the game.  At all.  Balancing among many other things was on Muse.  Not the community.  Every single Vet here over time I know has tried their damndest to swap ships, be the underdog, until basically they became so salty they just get tired of doing it.  Suddenly they spend more time attempting to balance then paying attention to what the hell they are doing on their ship.  I used to be biggest advocate of training novices till i realized I was fighting a losing battle against the devs..  Those I did put my time into were worth it though.

OK, let me blow your mind here. Swapping one high level ship doesn't balance a lobby.  If you really want to spread the talent evenly you need to break up the circle jerks and divide the high level people among different ships. 

I know, I know, here comes the battle cry of moody 13 year olds everywhere "BUT I WANT TO PLAY WITH MY FRIENDS!".  Bullshit, you want to play with people who know what they're doing. Funny how all this shit i get for how I treat n00bs comes from people who never fly  with them.


Anyway, good epitaph for muse, I look forward to dancing on the grave.

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General Discussion / Re: My renewed argument for Free to play

« on: May 08, 2017, 05:51:08 pm »

It honestly doesn't matter what they do. Alliance is irrelevant. The damage was done years ago, and there is no coming back from that. The opportunity passed.

I'm inclined to agree with this. Current player levels are abysmal, alliance is proving to be the last nail in the coffin for GOI.


I've said in my open letter threads, you cannot go on ignoring your customers and be successful in business.  At some point you either have to develop a little humility and admit that you've made a bunch of bad decisions, or you can go off to the scrap heap. 

The player base isn't blameless either, every one of you who runs around with a stack and n00b stomps have a hand in this too.  I hope your little cliques were worth killing the game for.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Disable mine friendly fire for team mates

« on: April 30, 2017, 07:25:46 pm »

Yes, do let me know when muse actually starts concerning itself with the people who intentionally fuck up the game for others.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Hey here's an idea

« on: April 27, 2017, 08:39:49 pm »

Step 1: read this thread
Step 2: check OPs profile
Step 3: find not a single post that isn't full of bitterness and salt
Step 4: wonder what in the world happend to this poor soul
Step 5: realize that actually you don't want to know
Step 6: wonder why OP keeps jumping ass-ahead into people's faces and gets pissed of if they don't like it

Step 7: feel compelled to inject yourself in the situation anyway, to demonstrate how much better of a person you are

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Hey here's an idea

« on: April 27, 2017, 08:22:43 pm »

Catch more flies with honey would be the phrase, though Muse is admittedly blind and deaf most times.

If more people acted like this in their dealings with Muse we wouldn't have to put up with half as much bullshit.  Jedi was a complete fucking dick and they're still using his ideas, even after he got to-catch-a-predator-ed

You guys brown nose and cheerlead for the people who have bait and switched from the start and then you whine about how they don't listen. Well no shit, they treat you like dirt and you thank them for the privilege. They need us a hell of a lot more than we need them.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Hey here's an idea

« on: April 27, 2017, 08:15:35 pm »

Kind of ironic that you've made a post directed at me about not caring about opinions, assuming that somehow I give a shit about your's

Good luck making an impact then.

Yes, I forgot how I'm the one who went into someone else's thread just to shit all over it. By all means explain how I'm the dick in this situation.

If someone asked you a favor but talked shit towards you every step of the way to asking, would you do said favor?

This is how you're treating muse. You might think they deserve it, and I agree with you to some degree. But shoving that in their face will not make your demands come true - it will infact just diminish your chances. I'm not trying to demean you, this is just how things work.

You're not going to find anyone that has been treated with more blatant contempt by muse than me, and I'll be damned if I'm going to kiss ass to a group of people that has blatantly lied to me.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Hey here's an idea

« on: April 27, 2017, 07:28:36 pm »

Kind of ironic that you've made a post directed at me about not caring about opinions, assuming that somehow I give a shit about your's

Good luck making an impact then.

Yes, I forgot how I'm the one who went into someone else's thread just to shit all over it. By all means explain how I'm the dick in this situation.

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Feedback and Suggestions / Re: Hey here's an idea

« on: April 27, 2017, 03:56:10 pm »

Kind of ironic that you've made a post directed at me about not caring about opinions, assuming that somehow I give a shit about your's

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Feedback and Suggestions / Hey here's an idea

« on: April 26, 2017, 06:32:49 pm »

Since you guys decided to turn alliance (death be upon it) into a cash grab why don't you bring back the not-a-total-sack-of-vile-unusable-excrement UI to the real GOI?

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General Discussion / Another Open Letter to Muse

« on: January 06, 2017, 06:25:15 pm »

So I did in fact receive a response to the letter I posted on here earlier this week, however I did not write it, so I will not post it. Since that was the third email I sent to Muse with no reply, and for reasons I explain in this email, I will be posting my response for the public again.  The suggestion that Muse reads and responds to all emails is totally false.  They have had months to show me examples of the "racism" I was banned for and refused.  It is disgraceful how my original thread was locked. If I wish to conduct this business in full view of the community you have no right to shut it down.  If Muse had nothing to hide they wouldn't seek to silence discussion on any matter.

The barring of language based on context renders any such rule prohibiting it moot. If a word (as you describe them) is profane and obscene then the situation that it is uses is nearly always irrelevant.  Prohibiting the context of it being directed at a person is arbitrary since you prohibit that activity regardless of the language used. In either case you have in no way cleared yourself of hypocrisy, and you can't possibly argue that what isn't OK for the players in informal situations is somehow acceptable when done by an actual representative of your company.  Likewise your subjective opinion as to whether something is harmful or not isn't a legitimate standard by which to judge behavior, I can hardly be expected to know what you consider harmful or not. One can hardly argue that saying "fuck" in a community relations event like a fireside chat is in anyway beneficial. 

I had absolutely nothing to do with the name "Sparkle Dust", I logged in one day to find my name changed to that.  Given the lengthy "discussion" I had with Grimmick  about the inherent flaws or your username guidelines immediately prior to logging out the day before it certainly isn't much of a stretch to figure out who did it.  I am incredulous that you are unaware of it, given that I reported him for it.  Even so when one of you does something in their official capacity, and receives no reprimand, you are all culpable. 

The shortsightedness of such an action is baffling.  Grimmick of course knows nothing about me, including sexual preference. Let's suppose for a second that I was actually gay, do you see how changing my name to Sparkle Dust might have had serious repercussions for your company's image?  It would be the equivalent of changing a black person's name to "water_melon_lover69".  Even with me being straight it reveals his bigotry, you can't possibly argue the intent was anything other than to embarrass me by being associated with something feminine.  So we can safely assume since Grimmick considers changing someone's name to "Sparkle Dust" is an insult he must consider feminine things to be inherently embarrassing. Perhaps rather than constantly telling me how intolerant and bigoted I am you should cut out some of the hatred that exists in your own back yard.

Speaking of your totally false claims of bigotry on my end, I was banned for 2 months for an act of racism that caused a lobby to reform. Despite the fact that I was the one who reported the asshole that was actually being racist!  Numerous time I have called out that kind of behavior in lobbies, and reported it, and my reward has been warnings and bans about how I'm a racist. Yet you expect me to believe there isn't anything sinister with your moderation? What a joke.  This is an obvious case of total bias on your end.  "Bigotry" is merely your catch all, you can always slap that on to any "disciplinary" action and call it legitimate.

I have in 2 cases sent emails asking for the chat log that demonstrated by "racism" and have gotten no response. I waited 2 days for a response to the email I posted on the forums, and short of calling out your misconduct in public I wouldn't have gotten a response to that (funny how your email was a response to my forum post and not the actual email).  As such this email will also be posted on the forum.  Considering the underhanded dealings I have had with your company it is in my own best interest for my exact words to be public, so as to not allow you to fabricate anything else.