Not to say TA isn't a problem (it's one of them), but this thread isn't really about TA.
If the 'end-game' dungeons were fun, it wouldn't matter what happened on TA, people would play.
If there was actual end-game content that was good, it wouldn't matter what happened on TA, people would play.
If there was any sort of replayability of current dungeons for normal players, it wouldn't matter what happened on TA, people would play.
TA is a part of the problem, but as others have said, almost any change in TA currently will just eliminate the players who currently rely on it (for materials, or for PK-fun). Make other areas of the game fun, and people won't be forced to go to TA, then complain about it ad nauseum. Fix TA once there is some positive movement with game content.
Please don't hijack this thread about TA, make your own.
To me, Auction House should be way down the road. You can trade, you can arrange times to meet by mail, or even trade by mail if you trust. Auction houses can have their own way of destroying games (anonymous, exploitable, etc).
My personal opinion is that guilds need to be added yesterday. Okay, that's not reasonable, but they need to be added as soon as possible. Shovel all available staff into making guilds work within a week. Give people a way to connect with friends, and meet new people.
Once guilds are up, make the new content replayable. Give the bosses in the level 50 dungeons 3-5 phases of attack, mix that with 3-5 different add spawns/environment effects/etc. Combine them randomly to make boss-fights less tank/spank. Make the lead-up to boss phase of dungeons more dynamic, throw in more of those environment effects, make creatures that are aggro different than normal, make some new status effects that force players to change skill rotation (Arena has some of these in some phases already). For goodness sake, make it so that dungeons can't be run by a macro (I'm surprised no one has done this yet).
After 50 content is up, do similar things with the rest of the game so new players aren't so discouraged.
Before I delve into further ranting, as I said above, please don't hijack this thread into a TA-fest.
Edited by Ood, 01 June 2015 - 02:20.