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just pointless, play the game how it is, enjoy it or stop paying and do us the favor of not having to read all the pancakes and moaning!
Um, for one, we DO play the game as it is, but we also feel like we can help make it BETTER.
You can't HONESTLY sit there and tell me that you've NEVER had a thought that something ingame could be better than it is now, that something is bugged, or overpowered, or underpowered, or could be more enjoyable, more fulfilling, more rewarding than it is now.
Sorry, but not all of us are "robots" chanting "We are happy and fulfilled in our well rewarding game" (Trivia: Quote lifted and tweaked from the Ultima 7 Quotes section)... even those of us who are quick to praise the dev team when things are going well.
The Dev Team a year ago was one of the most active and creative I had the privilege to play with in ten+ years of UO. Since then, the quality we have seen has dropped. And I understand what the situation with the team right now is, but that doesn't change the fact that the development quality of the game has suffered... and that's something that SHOULD be voiced.
If we can't voice the negative issues in the game (in a reasonable manner), then how can we expect the game to improve?