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ctown28
ctown28
Huntsman

Jun-28-2008 08:39

There have been some recent events on this game that warrant some concern. It’s no secret that there has been a lack of interest. Much of this may be attributed to the release of Shades of Mystery. If that is what people want to play, far be it from me to tell them not to play it.

That being said. I am still a paying customer of Sleuth Noir. As a paying customer there are some things that I expect. Ben has done a decent job at keeping the server up and running. We had a slight issue earlier in the week with not being able to travel and Ben did a great job of addressing the issue and getting it corrected. He always has done a great job of taking care of things. He has not however kept the game fresh and interesting. We recently had the expansion of the USS Sleuthetania. There was a buzz before the initial launch of it and we couldn’t wait to see what was in store for us.

Well what did we get? The opportunity to pay $20,000 to get on board of a ship and do nothing more than play cases. Sure there are some new characters and new items along with 2 new “coming soon” links. That’s it! I can’t help but to feel disappointed in the way this has played out. Two weeks later, the links are still coming soon and the interest of the boat has already gone away. I know I have no plans or reason to get on the boat and be cut off from my agency completely. I don’t know this for a fact, but I think a lot of people are disappointed with the boat as well and some may even be irritated and feel cheated by the whole development.

Maybe I’m being a bit harsh and we are missing some secret that still needs to be unlocked on the boat, but if people aren’t playing, the secret will not be unlocked. I know that Ben is just one person and can only do so much. He has a lot on his plate right now with running both SOM and Noir. I’m sorry, but SOM means absolutely nothing to me as I don’t play over there.

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Anikka
Anikka
Babelfish

Aug-20-2008 09:35

I think it would really personalize the whole thing if the escapee happened to be one of the arch villains the player had hunted in the past. And it would also give us a chance to have one of those villains become a nemesis who plagues our career and (perhaps) eventually the rewards for capturing them grow.

turtledove
turtledove
Gopher to the Sleuth Gods

Aug-20-2008 11:13

I think this idea is just great Breitkat. Different from VHs that we know and will probably take more time to complete but would be a welcome relief for those of us who are almost always on VHs. The idea of making it worth our while to visit Big Lucy is very interesting. Right now I don't bother anymore because once you have visited her there's not much more to see or do there.

I'm all for this and I hope it gets implemented one day. I was listening to the radio broadcast on Sunday and Ben seemed quite open to new ideas so I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Aknas
Aknas
Con Artist

Mar-11-2009 03:57

Bump? :D

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