Now. Istaria is a hard game. I know that, already. I've played enough of it to figure this out. It's tough, it's challenging, it makes you get involved with the community, and I love that. I really do. I love how complex it is, how much I have to learn about it to play it. I'm totally fine with this.
What is NOT okay is the fact that, as I leveled up Symazok... I started to face severe problems with the game.
My first clue was when I went to see Djawn's assention(sp?). The game crashed like 6 times trying to get up there, following Silverth through the terrain. I was starting to feel anxious, afraid they might go on without me. Thankfully, they were patient and allowed me to get there in time to see it.
My second problem occured when Symazok became essentially crash-locked. I went to the Floating Isle under prompting from another friend... and it crashed. And crashed. And crashed. And crashed. Each time I logged in, I'd see only a glimpse of Symazok, before it crashed. Eventually I hammered the recall button and managed to get ported back. I tweaked a few things, hoping to fix the problem... and went back. Crash. Crash. Crash. Crash. I couldn't even see Symazok anymore, it crashed in the loading screen. So for two, maybe three days, I was effectively locked out of the game. Which, by the way, I have paid for to use for this month.
I sent a ticket, and we've been trying to find the problem for a while. I asked for a recall, so that I might be able to play Symazok, intending to use an alt to keep an eye on the floating isle. The reason why I'd gone up there, the second time, was to get to a quest NPC from the ROP questline. As I was told it was accessible in a different method, I began to go the long way around. I ported to Tazoon, and started the long trekk up to the Sanctuary. And right as I hit the foothills, chased by several treants...
Crash. Crash. CRASH. CRASH. CRASH.
The game has become unplayable. I cannot fix it. The devs are having trouble finding the problem. I paid for a game that I can't get very far in, if all the 30+ areas are locked out, for me. I cannot ascend to adulthood with this character because of it. And it's not just Symazok; none of my characters can go to these areas. I'm starting to get really, really, really pissed off. And that takes a lot for me, because I'm tolerant when it comes to glitches. I can normally find the problem and fix it. But this defies fixing. I'm quite glad I only paid for a single month, rather than put in a subscription. Because, if this cannot be fixed before my time is up ......?
I'm not coming back.