[imported_Smurtle]

I swear guys, I feel sorry for you all. All these people do is ***** and complain about every little thing they can find... regardless if it has been mentioned 30 times already or not.

So yeah, you guys are busy and seemingly short-handed but you do a great job with the time you do have.

As for people stressing over the playerbase and it dwindling down... maybe we could get some new players if there wasn't so many complaints on the forums, especially in the general section. Try to keep complaints in the suggestions area or something. Oh and there is this awesome search feature too, it lets you see if a topic was already created or discussed elsewhere! Who woulda thought such a feature existed?!

Seriously though, you people need to calm down. They know what they are doing and by now they have an understanding on what needs fixing or tweaking. If you people must continually post the same crap, make it useful. I have seen a good 20 mentions on the crafts being messed up and how they need to be fixed... but nobody really makes sound explanations as to how (minus like two people).

So this is what everyone that really wants something fixed should do... make a chart, a list, or something along those lines. It would be much more constructive and if the staff agrees with that suggestion it would be much simpler to take care of with exact figures. Help fix the problems and they will get fixed much quicker.

Right now I am working on a loot chart, basically hunting new places each day and making note of the drops. This way monsters can easily be compared by their difficulty and loot and be balanced a little better. It would be awesome if someone could make a chart for a crafting skill, say carpentry, and suggest what items should sell for and what they go for now.

I think this would be really helpful and cuts the work the staff has to do down a bit.

Anyways, I am just saying if you must complain do it constructively. The staff is doing a great job I think, considering they have lives, and we shouldn't focus all our forum time on dragging them down and acting like we aren't grateful.

I've already made several charts for the crafting skills. The point is, they're not going to influence the economy nor will they ever now. From logging and smithing for hours over a span of few days, the conclusion is it's just not worth it to do it. Nor is it worth it to purchase materials to do it. The only reason is self-supply and that's about it.