I joined this game back in 2012, had loads of lag but also made a ton of friends. The rules were pretty simple and everyone was pretty relaxed. I'm not sure how old I was...I'm 19 now and in college...so...I remember having bouts of drama too, and when the game went down like EVERYONE posted it on the forums lol. There were a ton of goofy roleplays and characters. It was nice.
I just recently got a bit back into the game. Couldn't delete my account after all these years because of the memories. I still have some of my OCs and my fursona. I still rp them with a close friend who also used to play this. I know during a high point in my life on the game people began to know my character called Maxwell at Bonfire Island. It was awesome.
I got onto the game last night and I got to admit, it felt a little cold and bland. Not so much the maps, I liked the fresh taste plus I downloaded all the old maps back so...win-win lol.
As for the people in game, they all seemed very serious and quiet. I talked to a few people and made a friend, it was a pretty good time. Was it like it was in 2013? 2014? No, but nothing is ever the same after so many years. I think the staff did what it could and are trying their best to keep the game alive. I remember when I joined, there were the usual 600-700 people online, sometimes 1,000 and hardly anyone could log in lol. Now you have to sign in through the website and keep the tab open, it doesn't bother me too much, I think they said it was for security or something...so I can live with that. I just think that everyone grows up eventually. All of the olderish generations had to move on at some point, the newer generation can be so spoiled that they don't have to dig around for fun games when they have a console with brand new, high tech, gorgeous video games. I think FeralHeart is aging, not dying. And it's aging well. We have survived this long with everything we have been given and if some of us need to let go then we should.
I don't believe FH will ever be as big as it used to be. There is too much technology moving too fast in the world and FH doesn't have the means to keep up...aka SOURCE CODE, ain't that right Kovu? lol
I don't really know what could change about the forum or the game anymore...Maybe a forum app? Logging in through phone on the internet is a little tricky lol. Never imagined getting new maps...I will say, the one thing I wasn't a huge fan of was the new forum layout. Mainly because I liked seeing the banner art and watching it change when you refreshed the page. Plus I got to see who was online and if I went to the right I could see where everyone was at. I still have the original site bookmarked just to see the number of people online but that's about it...I also noticed some of the markings changed on characters from before, had to edit a few OCs to match but no biggie, just caught me off guard.
Maybe create a group where once a week everyone meets up in game to talk about random stuff or do stupid things? Maybe start it on the forum and take it to the game then slowly expand it, so it's like a public party for everyone lol. I dunno, might get more people talking if it was something silly like that. One thing that was fun was store rps, people would pretend to be McDonalds or Burger King and take orders in a funny or crazy way. Another fun sight was when a group of all of the same color, marking, and name would come in and just sit around people in silence before running off. I always liked the mini me groups. Watching the Mate Center was pretty fun too, or making a dance line.
Just some ideas...I guess...
I got a few screenshots from the game if anyone wants to see them. Might give some inspiration for ideas...or something.
Sorry for rambling, it's been a while since I've been on the forums