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http://www.change.org/petitions/joh...ervene-on-behalf-of-the-everquest-player-base
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To John Smedley, President, Sony Online Entertainment
With the opening of the beta server, information has come to light regarding changes coming to the game of Everquest, Sony Online Entertainment's flagship product. Serious and significant issues have been brought up by the player community regarding both the lack of additional content added to the game and changes that the development team intends to push through.
The issues are;
- The development team has failed to produce any meaningful and significant content beyond the initially released Call of the Forsaken expansion despite statements that they would do so.
- The development team is arbitrarily “nefing” the abilities of player characters in the game in ways that are uncalled for and affecting the actual playability of those classes. They are doing this either in ways that unduly cripple certain character types or by modifying aspects of the game that have been in place for years – or in both.
- The development team has been completely silent on the above issues. They have also ignored multiple requests from many paying players and important members of the community for an explanation of their actions and the changes coming to the game.
As the President of Sony Online Entertainment, we are asking you to step in and intervene on our behalf.
Our requests are;
- Immidiately reverse the changes to player abilities that are currently in beta and due to be released to the live servers.
- Re focus attention in the game from non-content material (i.e. collections) to playable in-game content, missions, and features
- If the senior development team is unable or unwilling to to do so, re-evaluate the make up of the senior development team
- Begin a true open dialog with the player base regarding both the proposed changes and the lack of content. End what is being perceived as “Ivory Tower” syndrome.
As the President of the company the produces a product that you are proud of that that we enjoy and would like to keep playing, we ask that you step in and make the changes listed above.
We thank you for your attention and action,
The Everquest community
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