I joined this game back in November 2011, and since then have held it very near and dear to my heart. It's brought me together with so many wonderful, amazing people that I would give up the world for. It's brought me out of a dark place many times when I felt like I had no one. The people on the game showed me that yes, people do indeed care about me and that I am loved.
I'm not one to complain about anything, as I know that the staff always try their best to keep the game healthy and happy, but as Arctic said, there are some things that I do indeed think need changing. This game is like my baby, I love it so, so much, and although I do get sick of it sometimes I can never just up and leave permanently without coming back for another run. I for one do not want to see it die out like everyone is saying it is.
The staff has seemed to go a bit inactive, yes, and as was already said we understand that the staff are not robots that are supposed to dedicate their lives to the game. We know that the staff have lives outside of FeralHeart and we do respect that. Though it does not cover up the fact that we need more active staff members that are strongly willing to help this community get back to where it was before. We are told by the staff that they're always looking for people who are seen as eligible members of the community to become staff, so my question is: where are they? I've seen numerous people come and go and that are even still here today that would be wonderful staff. We understand that the staff are trying to keep power-hungry people out of the team. There are people who care about this game and want to see it come alive again as it used to be. The FeralHeart that used to have 500-600+ members on a day and that had such an amazing, wonderful community.
With that, there's problem #2: The community. We used to have such an incredibly kind community that was always willing to help those in need. There were so many helpful people on the game that always contributed to making the community a friendly, safe place for people to enjoy playing. What I've noticed, is that since the update, the community seems to have gotten not only smaller, but also more toxic. This isn't me bashing on the update at all, in fact I absolutely adore the update, but that doesn't change the fact that I've noticed the community beginning to go down hill after it was implemented. There are argument in The Grounds in the daily, and surely there are arguments daily in other maps as well. Nowadays people are going around insulting people in local for their designs, rp ideas, beliefs, and everything else. When you try to defend yourself or the person being bashed on, you'll be called disrespectful because of "freedom of speech". Nobody seems to understand that there's a difference between freedom of speech and being blatantly rude anymore, and it's frankly quite disappointing. I've expected so much more from this community and a year or two ago, it was quite possible that they've reached those expectations, but now, it's likely impossible.
I do hope that the staff read these and at least think about them. Think about ways to help better the community. Because all we really want to do is help make the game as great as it used to be.