115309-supporting-carbine

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A few days ago, I allowed my subscription to lapse. I was very disappointed at the news of a dry spell, over the next few months.But, I decided that this is the wrong way to approach this issue, for me.Carbine has built something great, here.
 
 
Wildstar has the potential to be one of the greatest MMO's of all time.So, I've re-subbed, to show my support.
 
 
I believe in you Carbine.Show us what you've got.	
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A few days ago, I allowed my subscription to lapse. I was very disappointed at the news of a dry spell, over the next few months.
 
 
But, I decided that this is the wrong way to approach this issue, for me.
 
 
Carbine has built something great, here.
 
 
Wildstar has the potential to be one of the greatest MMO's of all time.
 
 
So, I've re-subbed, to show my support.
 
 
I believe in you Carbine.
 
 
Show us what you've got.
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Yeah, that's why I'm sticking around.  As long as they're still subscription, I'll give them all the time in the world.
 
Mostly because I love playing the game as it is, but I hope the people who have more serious complaints get them addressed.
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I would be more willing to support Carbine more than I do now if they pay their developers local average and stop pushing for so much overtime. As it stands, Carbine is just NCSoft under a different brand running on the same money first philosophy that doesn't deserve even all the support from the remaining community has continued to show.
 
While I disagree with how this game would best survive, I do respect your willingness to support something you believe in. I just wish you don't lose that fire you have on future endeavors to coming news about Carbine. 
 
As for the game, it is very polarizing. I'm sure it'll eventually settle into a niche and leave the mainstream backlash no worse than many other "flops" in MMO history.
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A few days ago, I allowed my subscription to lapse. I was very disappointed at the news of a dry spell, over the next few months.
 
 
But, I decided that this is the wrong way to approach this issue, for me.
 
 
Carbine has built something great, here.
 
 
Wildstar has the potential to be one of the greatest MMO's of all time.
 
 
So, I've re-subbed, to show my support.
 
 
I believe in you Carbine.
 
 
Show us what you've got.
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			I'm a filthy CREDD casual player, I wanted to support them too so I redeemed playable until March and then inhaled more so I can still admire my stockpile of 12. 	
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A few days ago, I allowed my subscription to lapse. I was very disappointed at the news of a dry spell, over the next few months.
 
 
But, I decided that this is the wrong way to approach this issue, for me.
 
 
Carbine has built something great, here.
 
 
Wildstar has the potential to be one of the greatest MMO's of all time.
 
 
So, I've re-subbed, to show my support.
 
 
I believe in you Carbine.
 
 
Show us what you've got.
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I would be more willing to support Carbine more than I do now if they pay their developers local average and stop pushing for so much overtime. As it stands, Carbine is just NCSoft under a different brand running on the same money first philosophy that doesn't deserve even all the support from the remaining community has continued to show.
 
While I disagree with how this game would best survive, I do respect your willingness to support something you believe in. I just wish you don't lose that fire you have on future endeavors to coming news about Carbine. 
 
As for the game, it is very polarizing. I'm sure it'll eventually settle into a niche and leave the mainstream backlash no worse than many other "flops" in MMO history.
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A few days ago, I allowed my subscription to lapse. I was very disappointed at the news of a dry spell, over the next few months.
But, I decided that this is the wrong way to approach this issue, for me.
Carbine has built something great, here.
 
 
Wildstar has the potential to be one of the greatest MMO's of all time.
So, I've re-subbed, to show my support.
 
 
I believe in you Carbine.
Show us what you've got.
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And Human knows this.......how?
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And Human knows this.......how?
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			I actually did the same thing and resubbed and bought a CREDD to show my support. They've got something awesome. Just hope its not too late for them to fix all the quality of life issues that have cause people to quit in the first place	
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The part of me that thinks about unsubbing remembers that when I look around and wish there was more people, my unsubbing makes me the thing that I have a problem with.Carbine knows they need to fix things, they've already taken their beating and there's valid concern that any more loss of subs might result in the plug being pulled.
People keep saying 'vote with their wallet', that vote has already passed. They get it. Now's the time to show that we want the game to improve instead of dissapear, which is also done with ones wallet.	
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			If you are not playing OP, I don't suggest you stay subbed unless you can really afford the sub cost for no benefit.  I did this one for a game (SWTOR) and it turned into a year and a half worth of subs for nothing.  In the end the game completely disappointed me with F2P.  Not saying WS is going that route but, the same steps are taking place.  Launch like gangbusters, drop off in popularity after a month or so, content dries up and mergers happen then ... F2P is the next step.  I am not saying that Carbine "will" take this tact de facto but, I am very cautious.  For me I am still playing for now.   Once bitten twice shy and all that.  The gaming climate has changed.  MMORPGs as a genre have pretty much been homogenized so much that the entire genre has plateaued and flat lined.   	
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			I'm CREDD subbed till July 2015, but havn't logged in, in over a month.	
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Le sigh... After I read the OP, I facepalmed so hard that I nearly smashed my nose into the back of my head.
 
 
Carbine Studios is not a charity for starving children: it's a business. In fact it's a wholly owned subsidiary of NCSoft, which is a billion dollar company and one of the largest video publishers in the world.
 
Carbine it does not need support, it needs to provide a product/service in exchange for money. In order to get that money, the consumer needs to find value in the product/service equal to Carbine's asking price. If the consumer finds value in the current product at the current price, great; if the consumer doesn't find value in the current product at the current price, then the consumer should take their money elsewhere until such time as Carbine offers the product at a price that the consumer does find value in, or offer a new/improved product that the consumer does find value in. 
 
If Carbine makes changes to their product that their consumers like and flourishes, that is fantastic and I would love nothing more than to see that.
 
If Carbine doesn't make changes to their product that their consumers like, or is unable to make them fast enough, then the game (and probably studio) will be shut down and that would suck; but that is what is supposed to happen if you make an unsatisfactory product. 
 
It is not the consumer's responsibility to prop up a business that is not providing a product of value so that it might possibly be able to improve it's product. 
 
The only thing that throwing money at an unsatisfactory product for purely emotional reasons (ie. "supporting a company you believe in") does undercut Carbine's need to tailor their product to the consumer's definition of a valuable product.
 
That's how our free market economy works. 
 
 
 
To the OP, I'm not saying you should or shouldn't unsubscribe again. I'm not saying that Wildstar is bad or good. If you've decided that Carbine's product does have present value to you, that is great. But if Carbine's product is disappointing to you at the present time, then giving them your fifteen dollars a month waiting for them to improve is a waste of your money: you can get disappointed for free just about anywhere.	
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