Feral Heart

You have no idea how absolutely disappointed I am in this update.

For a very long while now, I have been waiting and hoping for an update from Feralheart. Since the last update was in December of 2011, I was expecting some huge spectacular update, like perhaps hunting prey, or more public maps! More markings, more manes, or maybe even a new body model!

Instead of a great update, I was greeted with... silence! I was so confused in general when absolutely no one was talking. I thought something was wrong with the game, like a mod had gotten mad at everyone and whatever had happened had gotten them so angered that no one spoke. Earlier today, I simply thought that general was incredibly oddly dead. It gave me an eerie feeling like we'd all done something wrong. I sat and waited around in general for a good ten minutes waiting for someone to speak. I don't see movie messages, so I had absolutely no clue this was going on... I didn't even know there was apparently movie spam happening until I decided to visit the forums to see if anyone was experiencing this "Dead general glitch", and I found this topic. Upon reading it, I absolutely and entirely disagree with this change. I don't like it at all. I use general for so many things! I look for roleplays on a daily basis there. I both ask for roleplays (I never advertised because I never make roleplays myself) and I join roleplays. I have met multiple people who became great friends with me in general! Because of this "update", roleplays are going to die quicker than ever. People are unhappy with the game.

I also like to use General for just, like the name states, general things! Not just for roleplay, but for entertainment as well. Making friends, talking to people, reading about their favorite whatevers and occasionally hearing a rant or two. I never minded any of that! That's the way general has always been. I find that people are always, for the most part, happy in general. Conversations are very silly and they bring a smile to my face when I'm in a bit of a foul mood. They do get  a little out of hand, yes, but there are warnings everywhere about these things. Isn't this game for 13+? If someone can't handle a little bit of adult humor, they either shouldn't be on this game or should just learn to deal with it. I have never once seen someone that had an actual problem with a conversation in general. I'm sure there's been a little bit of a tussle over a conversation, but I've never seen someone actually hate it. I've never even seen someone say that they actually, legitimately hated general and wanted it gone.

I say that the general be chat used as it would normally be intended for. General use! General doesn't mean anything specific, I believe. It can be for talking about food, complaining, just chatting, roleplaying, friend making... anything! You're taking away an important part of the game.

Sorry if I'm getting a bit repetitive, but I'm just typing what I think.

And, back on the topic of roleplaying... I know that there is a section for advertisements in the forums here. Some of you may say that we can simply use that, but it is most extremely easier said than done! For one, a lot of users don't even go to the forums. I, myself, don't usually go to the forums. I go to them to browse through maps and that is simply it. I also check out the website when I think something is up, like why no one was speaking in general. To use the forum ads, you would have to PM the leader of the group. PM them back and forth a couple times, perhaps having a little conversation for a moment or confirming a specific thing for their character, sending a roleplay sample to see if you're cut for the job... however then you have to set up a time to meet them. They may or may not come online for any sudden reason. They might have spelt their username wrong, so you couldn't whisper them easily in-game, they might not be where they said they would be, or anything ridiculous like that. With general, the person who says the ad is usually online after they say it. You can click on their name and can whisper them knowing without a doubt that it is them, and you can speak with them instantly without having to wait for one to log on like you would have to on the forums. In-game, you can join a roleplay within 10 minutes easily. Using the forums could take days. General makes for very fast and easy joining of groups.

Why was there not a poll for this kind of decision? Why was there not a better alternative?

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Well this was a suggestion and a number of people backed the idea.

Is this really true or is this just the opinion of a select group of people you always ask questions to? I haven't seen a suggestion like this anywhere ingame or on the forums.
I suggest that there be a poll. Let the players choose. This can't be something hidden away on the forums that goes almost entirely unannounced. This should be a poll for all to see, right smack dab on the top of the forums. Heck, on every page! Let there be a vote to keep general or to get rid of it. Ingame, there could be an hourly, red-lettered ad in every chat ingame about voting for the poll, so absolutely everyone knows about it. The hourly poll ad would say info about where to vote about the player's opinion. If people vote to keep general, general stays. If the majority vote is that general be removed permanently, so be it.

There could be a different solution to this, however, also. Anyone wishing to just advertise their roleplay would use a new advertising chat. General could be used for, as stated before, any general thing. The advertising chat could be used for the obvious. If someone is screwing around in the ad chat and it aggravates people enough, perhaps they could be flagged in a way. I don't believe there is any way to report people ingame as of now.

I find that there are better solutions to the problem of trolls in the general chat. You're going too far by entirely getting rid of the chat. There were no warnings prior to this whatsoever. If someone is really, truly being annoying, they either need to get kicked or banned. It's as simple as that. A fraction of people shouldn't have to effect the entire group.



Again, sorry if it sounds like I'm being repetitive. I'm voicing my mind on this, and simply trying to state my ideas for making the problem a lesser one. End of post.
 

Just a guess but try changing your rendering system