Hi to the handful of players here.
I am a former beta tester who left before beta ended, and once again come back to play on a free trial about half a year ago.
Today I get an invite from DB in my in box and head over to tazoon to see if the hype is something I should believe this time (sorry Dave but your assurances are hardly enough, fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me)
I must say that for what ever reason tazoon was closed, the timing realy makes my concerns that much higher, When you get an invite back to a game considered broken by many, with assurances thak "it's all ok now.. honest" from the person who told you back in beta "oh all the content is there, we're just not showing you it in beta, when you buy retail it will be there...honest" enough flags go up in your mind, but to then see the ONE source for feedback from other players has been closed at the same exact moment and replaced with a ghost town forum (sure I know it will take a day or so) OMG that realy makes me nervous.
the simple point is this realy shows more of the same pattern of poor judgment, sure I understand the reasons without even reading about the cptr 11 stuff for the closure of tazoon, but it's the timing that gets me, this is the time you want your offer to rejoin and claims of improvments backed up by seeing dozens of happy guildies posting about their adventures as well as seeing what complaints still exist. this is essential IMO because Bowman has very little credibility in my book and for the moment his word needs to be backed up by something like a robust happy community.
I very well may try again, but I'm half expecting to find a dead cold server with a handfull of players, although thats not the point,realy I just want to justify the download timeat least. ok so it's free, well dog poop is free too, don't mean I want to go get me some.
how many are still playing?
what shards are populated?
how are the revamps?
is there a whole new life there, or just enough to keep interests goingfor a few weeks longer then last time?
are soloists realy happy?