I mean, those players you've listed have logged hundreds of hours in SS. You can't conclude a game is dead just because a veteran player got tired of it eventually.

Just seeing the work of devs this whole uni, is what is making me quit.
Quite a shame, since I did really enjoy this last year playing comming from nothing to, Ada Base Gear, with Ada Kits; T22 and what not. Had fun, for how long it lasted.

literally everyone is quitting. the devs/OWNERS of the game need to do something and listen to the people that are paying the bills.

I almost quit when i got directed to the "ice area" and then "the lava area", if it went on like that for much longer i would have gotten bored and gone. Felt like i was playing a garbage fantasy mmo trying to prep me for more of the same.

I'm certainly not aware of any such offer. Perhaps, as is said later in the thread, it is assumed that I, like anyone else, naturally would be online when shit like this happens. So bullshit.

My bases? Yep, generally just one dem t20 for stm, then supporting t18 hps. Most of my kits were t16. It was what I could afford to do. Considering it was the first time I had built since the Traders/SP debacle, (which I still consider an exploit, t21/22 players just overpowering & capping t20 bases), so I started with no base gear and thought I was getting there. But I have always been very aware of not putting anything on a base you can't afford to lose. but I've just started from scratch. To have it happen again means I'm pissed off and yes, rage-quitting.

If someone doesn't understand why I'm quitting, well fuck you. I can name a shitload of people that this has happened to at various stages through my playing time and each and every time it's because someone is making it harder to play.

It's not the endgame players that need to be catered for, it's the newbies and midgame players. That's where the dollars are for game development and ongoing improvements. Many people simply don't want to go on to become emp, or do Oly, or the Avesaka thingies that I've never got around to doing. I'm trying to constructively criticise here and a lot of what I see is self justification from some of the main offenders. It's not Jeff, advertising and lack of content that's killing the game, it's them alienating the low/midrange player base through bullying tactics, no matter how they try and justify it. Until that gets sorted the game is spiralling downhill.