[Lady-Loki]

What confuses me is why can't they just hire some frigging developers of their own so they can fix some of this stuff? True, they might not be able to fix all but they should be able to get some stuff at least.

I'm thinking Outspark can't hire dev's to fix the bugs because the Korean company "owns" the program. If Outspark hires devs they would have to "develop" an game specific to Outspark. Lotta legals around ownership of that programming.

Here is my two cents.
I think it all depends on who is playing, what they are looking for, and what they expect. ~~~ But, for others, it is about the community, the friends, the bonds that you build, not just the graphics, the skills, the bugs.
So, maybe the question should not be what is it that makes it the best game ever, but more of what do you get out of it. The game is fine for me, even with all the bugs and everything else. ~~~ If I get to the point that all the problems bother me that bad, I will simply quit playing, end of story.

Yeah, the highlighted stuff.


KK - This one was rather long so follow my color-match for responses to specifics on this next one plz.

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Either that or the enemies have gotten stronger. I came back only to find out that I could barely fight anything by myself without dying or coming very close even as I constantly used potions and stones. I doubt they've fixed the cool down times either. If they ever do get around to that they also need to amp up the damage for Mages. I'm sick of shooting spell after spell just to kill an enemy five minutes later.

2. Cash Shop: I told people that it would end up like this. They would be more focused on the Cash Shop than anything else and so far, i've been right. I understand they're trying to make money but making money is far less important than making your players happy. If your players aren't happy then your game is doomed to fail and no matter how low your prices go it won't bring them back. They need to focus more on fixing bugs and less on adding crappy items to the Cash Shop. Oh and the items need to be permanent, none of this dumb timed stuff.

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4. "Epic" Monsters: You know those special little monsters such as King Marlone or the Zombie King? Well, we all know that they get farmed because of their "rare" items. However, this denies any casual player (and even players like myself) from getting these items without paying ridiculous prices. Either ban all foreign players or start making these damned mobs spawn faster! And put a limit on the amount that you can kill or something.
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5. Kill stealing/Bots: Kill stealing just sucks and something needs to be done about it. Some people are just too damned rude and there is nothing we can do to stop them. There are numerous games out there with a system to prevent kill stealers, Final Fantasy XI has one so why doesn't Fiesta? As for the bots... well... this game has the most bots i've ever seen (or at least noticed). Constantly farming stuff, spamming this damned sites, and overall just being a general annoyance. Come on, it isn't THAT difficult to get rid of them.

Summary: This game has a lot of issues and Outspark isn't even making an effort to fix them. This game is still in Open Beta yet its already doing horrible. How people can still play it is beyond me but I do know that if no one says something this game will continue down this very road and eventually end up with no players at all. Fiesta is fun to play but lately its becoming more of a chore to play it than just a fun little game to sit down and relax to. I want to play this game for a long time but how is anyone supposed to when these problems affect the game in such a negative way?

You might wanna talk to Spirit about your build then coz she tanks like a machine on her mage. She kills fast and pulls aggro from many many tanks. I don't know that they need to add more damage for mages or she will be a one-woman show.

Fact is, Outspark launched as a business and the investors threw money in to get money out. That's how business investments work. The Outspark founders may have loved to put a feature rich full blown f2p game out but that was not a possibility because even for a f2p game there is overhead. If the Outspark founders had unlimited financial resources they may have done just that. Hell, I'd like to make available a feature rich full blown f2p game, but I have no funds so I would have to find investors who want a reasonable if not decent ROI. Well, hell, there went my dream of launching a feature rich full blown f2p game.

Yep, and I see them farmed by live players just like you and me. All I can say is go farm them, they are out there for you to farm too.

I don't know how it works, but I think the best way to fix this issue is to block IP addresses, I just don't know how far down in an IP address blocking can be managed. I suspect the bots are all from a common IP at a higher level of the sub-net mask, but exactly how far up that sub-net mask you can block without affecting innocent players I'm not sure. And Outspark may have some IT folks working on this. Being a newly formed company it may take a little longer for that to be worked out.

Point in fact is that the very things you are looking at as negatives are what keeps you from enjoying Fiesta as "a fun little game to sit down and relax to". I play and enjoy in spite of the issued that are yet to (and I do expect they will) be resolved. Stop focusing on those issues and concentrate on making friends and just enjoying the camaraderie of those friends and you will enjoy the game more.