@Toreth... fully agree with the FS Forum being an incorrect outlet for game decisions. That's my point from stage one.
Josh and Lahona seemed to argue against extrapolation which I fully agree with.
So, we're stuck with what's here. I don't see HCS properly posting an in-game poll on this with less than a week to go.
The real idea behind those "stats" I posted is the fact that there is zero reason to be discussing a date change with respect to the 2XP launch date.
Hoof posted and then disappeared. Can only assume he'll come back at some point and read through all this.
Money... for me that's fine that it runs the game. It's funny cuz some peeps often accuse FS of being PTW. To me, that's an utterly ridiculous idea. Nobody in my 10 years+ of FS experience has "won".
Well, I could say that BotDL has won as being the first and only Guild to complete all 5 GAs, but that would just be a plug (come join! lmao). But yeah, won? Won what?
I do agree that the cows need to buckle their legs to the money. But some limits have to be placed somewhere or integrity gets lost.
I'm not too sure that the 9 voting for a change in an officially announced launch date are the only ones who pay in game. One of them has already contacted me and openly said they don't care. What that player is most worried about is the donation date on the special offer being cut short.
A good number of players (ok, honestly, a few) have suggested that they are NOT going to buy the offer because it will arrive after the event.
Way back at the beginning, I suggested allowing an option to choose a delivery date and the option of bringing that forward to the December 15 start date. Heck, I can say that in the past, I donated to the offer to then distribute FSP as Xmas presents. I have also received Xmas presents from donations.... that to me is the "point".
Now, I'm thinking to not even bother. The offer is, like the ad says, the best ever. Seriously, have peeps looked at those pots? And yeah, forget about the pots. Forget that you get one free for every $30 bucks... forget about the Allegiance Tokens. We are talking twice as many FSP for the same dollar amount. Are donators really gonna pass that up?
I'm skeptical.