POTCO - ignoring the obvious problems?

[Tiberius Fireskull]

Originally Posted by The Skirata Clan

The first thing they need to do is fix the connectivity issues like Ukebec pointed out and glitches/bugs. And that can only be done with everyone reporting issues instead of taking advantage or turning the blind eye to those issues.

I agree with TSC. Before I see any more significant updates, I want bug fixes done. The more innocent ones I could care less about (such as glitching through a wall), but fix the ones that actually harm gameplay. I'll give you a small list: Bad broadside aim (especially in SvS), enemies being able to run through walls and kill you because you can't find them, grenades not dealing damage when they hit another player, etc. Lots more, but that's a small list. Oh, and I forgot that POTCO really should really upgrade their servers and get better hardware to run their game on. If they did this, it would most likely eliminate a lot of lag, freezes, crashes, and disconnections on their end. Not to mention that it will support higher quality machines... I think, not positive, but think that they still support Windows 2000 computers and graphics cards. I mean, for the love of all that's good, why do you do that instead of spending your time and money working with newer computers. They've gotta start using some newer and more up to date servers and hardware, because they are going to severely fall behind technology before long if they don't.

One last thing they should do: Fix the report system. There are people who claim to have been reported dozens of times and haven't been banned. Even if 90% of those were false reports, there are still a lot more that are real. It cannot be that hard to fix this. I'm not sure if it's a problem with the actual report getting to the moderator, the moderator not really caring about anything, or if there is a moderator at all, but it needs to be fixed. The main reason I play this game is because of the socialization between characters and because of the community. But I have started to see a lot more rude players lately. I'll report them, but I know it's in vain as I end up seeing most of them the next day, perfectly unbanned. Their autoreport they honesty should do away with, as it tends to pick up things that are perfectly innocent and ban people for them. I say do away with all of it, except anything with a curse word or anything suggestive.

Then of course we have the filters. "Did that go through?" "No." Their intentions are good, but it does more harm than good. They really overdo the filters. For crying out loud, "Porc" is filtered! If that's a bad word, then why is it the name of an island in game? They really should just do away with these filters, with the exceptions of curse words and suggestive language. They are far too excessive and unnecessary. If they don't do away with them, at least let us have a notice when we are filtered so we don't have to worry that every other sentence we type will be filtered because it contains innocent words? A simple "Your last chat entry was filtered because it contained the word(s) _______." will do. By avoiding doing this, they are harming the game and the interactions between players. It has to be fixed. @those that will tell me to report this to them, I've tried. And my response is to email the "Suggestions for Dictionary" section.

There are a lot more things I could bring up, but those are the three big things. Before I see any new big updates, I want all those fixed.