I could cry at what you wrote, Mensar............because I finally feel vindicated, for all the times Ive tried to inform people about powerlvlling, for the times Ive sat in New Tris trying so so hard to stop certain players from filling the air with the F word, calling players the C word, generally being as foul mouthed as they possibly can.............knowing that the Devs will just give the stock response of "Ignore them, DONT RETALIATE" .......sorry Devs, but that is actually against the LAW in the UK now, and basically they are being told that hey, it's fine to go ahead with the foul language and abuse and bullying, because nothing will be done. Myself and others have been told (usually in foul language) to butt out and leave them alone, that the game "allows it", that the "Devs dont care, lol", whenever anyone tried to inform them about how powerlvlling means clueless adults and even more clueless ancients.
I truly adore this game, have played for many years now - but to be perfectly honest, the "new" playerbase is destroying my enjoyment of the game now, the ones who believe bullying and bad language is the way to go, that their way is the only correct way, that "lvlling is boring, of course I am going to powerlvl to endgame!" (Umm, WHAT endgame, no raiding here??? :/ So then of course, they quit at lvl 100 when they discover this) ), The ones endlessly moaning and whining that "craft SUCKS, someone do it for meh!" (umm, its a game reknown for it's crafting??? o.0 ) And even being told NOT to be in New Tris, as "it's only for lvl 5 players!".....yeah fine ok, but this behaviour is also now to be found in Kion, Dralk, Dalimond, Bristugo..............etc etc.
I see by the EULA there that this sort of behaviour IS in fact, against the game rules, so why arent the rules enforced? Why are these people ruining the game for us, and for the few decent ones that do run up the slope from the starter isles into NT and see whats going on, and promptly quit? Being told to "ignore them" is NOT a solution - yes it stops one person seeing it all, but it doesnt stop everyone else from being subjected to it!.
Please Devs, please don't be apathetic about this, please don't let this game degenerate to the extent that the only people playing it are the free accounts and 14 day trials, and the few die-hards who dont turn chat on
Sorry for the wall of text, but the bad language issue and powerlvlling are inextricably linked, as it is usually (always) the ones with the powerlvlling mentality who seem to use the worst language. And not all of use are "sheeple" who will just mindlessly hit the ignore button and just carry on watching the community disappear down the toilet...........