Alright, so. I've never posted on the forum before, but I've been an avid player of FeralHeart for a while. I decided I would share my thoughts on the termination of General chat.
I really hope that this is just for testing, as people have said. Everyone is saying you just have to adapt to the change, but what if we can't? And I'm not trying to be some whiny little punk who just wants things to go their way by saying this.
My game has a severe problem with lag... It takes thirty minutes to an hour to load into a map. Sometimes it freezes, and I have to force shut down my computer. I can't watch movies well, those lag too. I also cannot go into overpopulated areas such as Stone Bridge, because my game freezes up. I can't even look in the general direction of SB. My case of lag makes movement in-game very limited. I've been hoping to get a new computer, since the issues are most likely being caused by it's low memory space... but my family has no money. I've been waiting a long time for a more updated computer, but I realize now that it's not going to happen. So I'm trying to work with what I have.
But let me get to my main point: If I cannot watch videos, cannot go into populated areas to join a roleplay, what else can I do? I've tried making videos to find a roleplay, but recruiters aren't the ones watching them. I've tried the N/Z, and hoped a roleplay would be there. I've tried to adapt. Roleplay is the reason why I play the game. It's where I met my friends. I've had great experiences in this game. But now, with General gone, I actually can't do anything. It sounds pathetic but I don't know what to do. If General never returns, unfortunately I don't think I'll be able to return as well. If I can't roleplay, can't make friends, connections, etc, I have no use for FH.
This pains me. I don't want to leave FH, I have had the best of times on here. I've made so many connections in-game. So many real friendships. I see why people would want to take the chat out of the game, really I do. However I can't help but feel like there can be another solution that won't affect the community as negatively as this one.
And, lastly, before this was ever decided, the community should have had an opinion. I know I had one.