(1) You support it and turn around and complain that they're charging too much. In my mind, I think Gaia could rightly charge more. The size of their operation practically demands it. The cheapest GOOD server available these days cost about 2,000 dollars. That's 200 hundred ten dollar purchases. Because of size, I'd say Gaia probably has at least 300 servers (if they're using the 2k ones, of course, the more expensive ones require less), at least 50 or so back ups... though, I'm nearly positive that's an under-estimate. 2,000 X 350= 600,000. Divide that by ten, and you get a whooping 60,000 ten dollar purchases needed. And that's just the servers. So yeah. I think Gaia has the right to charge. We're all suffering, yes, but that shouldn't be a reason for Gaia to stop. As far as I can tell, there are still people willing to pay... and where those ten dollars don't quite spread far enough across, they get money from sponsors and ads.
(2) My free aquarium works fine actually. Just as promised, my little free goldfish lasted two whole weeks before it died. By that time, I had four other free goldfish ready to be put in just by taking the daily chance each day. There's no need to complain that they "twisted the idea" because its not twisted at all. Its called being practical.
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What you did with the zOMG! boxes was extremely unfair, and it was just a ploy to raise more money. You offered tickets that let others play earlier
(like SCAS and zEta isn't bad enough) so long as you got money. What about those of us that have been waiting since the day you announced the idea of the Battle System? Do we not matter if we can't pay?
That sounds like complaining to me.
(4) Oh, I know its hard. All the EIs I have? bought with gold, or given as a gift. I too, take art commissions for gold, but even then, I don't usually receive very much. There are other ways to make gold on Gaia besides drawing. Making signs is a popular one, graphics, bumping services, contests such as the much beloved Mil-a-Day giveaway run by Peasant in 2007-! If you look, there are ways to get them. In fact, there are many guilds dedicated to helping users find ways to make gold. IN FACT, Gaia even spotlighted one such guild.
(5) But in complaining about the prices and then going on to list plenty of pricy fixes, you are. Nothing is free. This may be the internet, but people are still working their butts off to get the features users want most running. People want the MMO- they're working on it. People want security- they're getting ready to release a whole bunch of new security features. As for the guilds, they'll get to it. They run well enough for now, so therefore, are not quite as high on their list of prorities. People are working on it, and its shown by the mere fact that the forum changes are appearing in the Guilds. Sit back. Calm down. Rome wasn't built in a day.
