alright then, here are answers:
1. if only I had more time on actual work on the server and this time wouldn't be eaten in 90% by stupid trolls/cheaters/dramaqueens/players with demands
2. become what? I don't understand. we'll improve the game when we have time and will to do that.
3. the state of the game community is the result of:
- what the game currently is,
- how players play it,
- how developers maintain/improve it.
If you think that it only depends on us, then you are wrong.
4. yeah there were some events but with each event some people always got butthurt about something ridiculous and made-up. so I guess nobody wants to waste his time (and preparing events takes a lot of time) just to read more crying in game and forum.
5. I don't know what do you mean by "more active stuff". should I play the game on 10 characters to entertain you? this is the game where you have world, features and tools to do various things, how you play it is mostly up to you. if you expect others (or game staff) to improve it, then maybe you are just bored and should take a break.
Now question to y'all devs - is it hard to implement automatic events with some prize? I.e. 5v5,10v10 hinkley automated pvp on weekly basis? With ie. prize such as clean 5x/10x CA MK II for the winning team?
Make sure not to blame the idea immediately you see that - I'm just curious what all can devs here do.
What stops you from organising such event by yourself? We did it in 2009 on fonline: 2238 without any problems and without any help from game staff.
ok, now the most interesting part in your post is "
PLAYERS DESERVE" phrase.
lemme clarify something if FAQ wasn't clear enough:
- by maintaining this game, we offer FREE service.which means you don't have to pay if you want to play. also, you don't have to pay if you want to win. you can enjoy a free ride and it's perfectly fine. we don't make any profit on this game.
- we don't expect anything from players in return. of course you could say that we expect players following game rules but you have to realise that if there are no rules, the game will be much less playable. and via forcing game rules, we again invest our own time for you.
- we don't play the game for our own fun though I remember DocAn played for some time in 2013, until he was bored of pvp-obsessed people accusing him about all sorts of made-up shit. maybe we could play the game on some unknown nicknames so nobody gets butthurt about it. so as you see, developing and maintaining the game kinda ruined our own gameplay (remember we played FOnline 2238 from 2009 to 2013).
if you dig deeper, you might come to the conclusion that there is no good reason for us to maintain/develop the game. AND YOU WILL PROBABLY BE RIGHT! I'm pretty sure that every fonline dev will tell you after few years that he feels like some sort of sadomasochist. so what? will you tell us that we should shut it down?
so again, "
PLAYERS DESERVE" part.
what do players deserve?
and what do we get in return from these deserving players? except neverending crying about everything?
I bet that even this post will cause butthurt for some. of course instead of being honest I could copy-paste some correct and polite answer which wouldn't explain anything, but is that what you really want?
if you have demands - again, read FAQ, last question&answer.