i'm sure there are people who will disagree with me and also have more expertise, but i was always of the impression that pe was too heavily reliant on drugs to do anything at least moderately good. it sure was a happy place for some very skilled players that liked a challenge but having to use drugs just to wear something is ridiculous.

i actually never played any character long enough to get to woc. i found it very tedious and also laughable. lore wise woc is just stupid. ak with poison ticks that's better than a plasma gun? common... woc should have been some experimental stuff with great potential and also possibility for disaster for the people using it. not just a straight upgrade.

i for one dislike the idea of making everything just plain better without its drawbacks. there should be hard choices with fun consequences. not easy goto solutions everyone just uses. skill and dedication needs to be rewarded again. rares should be hard to come by. inflation is a big issue in neocron imho.

that's a far cry from the problems the game really faces though. for all the hard work the volunteer team puts into neocron i have a feeling they've utterly destroyed its base and don't know where to start repairing it. hence the lack of motivation and no meaningful updates in years really. maybe i'm wrong... actually i hope i'm wrong.

there is a lack of leadership or direction. a lack of vision. sometimes something can emerge out of a community but the volunteer team is just to closed for that to happen. this is were a lot of successful open source communities shine but as was said in the past it is most unlikely that neocron will ever (be able) to go that route.

i will keep following the sparse conversations in these forums. it's getting pretty silent over the last months though. this can no longer be attributed to some holidays... i've never encountered something dying that slowly before and i hope for some kind of resurrection before the servers will shut down for good.