Despite the fact we aren't sure if KK does or does not listen to polls or read the forums at all, this is a question I'm sure some would care to answer or discuss;
The current game engine for NC2 has two major flaws, those both welll known and very common; fatal run-time errors which cause the game to crash and a memory leak which can lead to the above and other problems.
Now, personally I'm pretty sure KK is aware of these, if not they are living under a rock and need to step out from time to time. But yet we only see the occasional server-side fix (was it patch 120 or 121 that mentioned this?) to help alleviate these two major flaws and yet they remain client side.
So, the community has little we can do. Sure we can voice our opinions over and over and scream and yell "OMG fIX iT pLz" all we want. Sure we can do as some other users suggest and go drop $300+ on a new video card and MORE ram (I know people using 1+ gigs of ram who run time just as often as others using less ram). But that's not a fix. While the game might run slower on less ram, it should not halt to the point of almost negative frames per second and to the point it just flat out crashes with the infamous run time error.
But, the community has something else it can do. I thought to myself after fataling for the millionth time by simply opening a trade screen or using a r.n. terminal, "ya know I'd pay just to get rid of this shit". Then later the thought occured to me why not? I mean, if I am willing to say, pay a few extra bucks a month to get rid of two VERY HUGE game engine flaws that are prohibiting players from normal play, then there's got to be others that are as fed up with it as me.
And I also thought, if people openly saying "hey i'll toss in a few more bucks to get this fixed finally months after the game has gone gold" then KK just might take notice. I mean one person, not worth it. A majority and those few extra bucks add up and it also sends the message of "hey you fucked up when people are willing to pay EXTRA money to get rid of flaws already in the game apon original purchase".
So that leads me to ask my question, would you pay an extra couple bucks, say $5 an account (and for those who have like 5 accounts per person you can even say "ok multiple account users can donate $2.50 per account" as a discount for the extra accounts), per month until this is fixed?
If not, stop for a second and think: Aren't you tired of fataling in the middle of pvp? Aren't you tired of rebooting, refreshing your ram and after 10 minutes of playing you are already using 95% of all your resources? Aren't you tired of even fataling for the simplest of things? (god I personally love synching into the game after starting it up, 30 seconds later fataling back to desktop!). If so wouldn't you be willing to send a strong message to the game's develop team by tossing a few bucks in each month? Sooner or later it's gotta get into their heads.
And am I am going to go out on a limb here and say; it's more important, these be fixed. Sure, Rigger's got their drone bugs fixed, and sure hackers are getting hacknet tweaked and added to as we speak. But wouldn't you agree two HUGE game engine flaws that affect EVERYONE be fixed as opposed to simply devoting more time to adding new content when the game itself is barely standing on it's own legs?
If 7 cents a day can feed some small child in a poor village in South America, a few bucks a month extra should eventually get through to KK, that their game engine needs addressing above all else as of current.