*** new content, we need them to fix client/network stability and the unoptimized state of the client first. that way it will be a better experience for all INCLUDING new players.

P.S i understand that this is an ongoing process but you guys really need to spend more time on fixing these issues.
there should now be enough content for the time being, so please start some hardcore client/network fixing.

you make a fair point atticus.

I'd actually like to hear what AC has to say about it.

let me put it this way. you pay each month to have access to the game, while having access to that game you accumulate EP REGARDLESS of how much you play. EP as we know is NOT accumulated by grinding.
your paying that fee is what supports Avatar Creations most. so if ALL i want to do is buy the EP i lost while not subbed, for the SAME amount as you payed what is the issue?

im still paying Avatar Creations which helps them out a lot, and im not getting all the fun from the time i lost, im not getting any NIC from it that i might have otherwise accumulated while subbed the whole time. to me that means im getting the shorter end of the stick.

what is your VALID issue?

P.S

this is totally laughable. you just shot yourself in the foot with that one.
let me explain, unlike stEVE you accumulate EP and spend it rahter then train a skill, therefore you are shaping your spark on the choices you make with the EP you will get no matter what you do. you are not required to log on and keep a skill trained, you just choose the extension you want and if you have the EP you buy it(as we all know) how you play the game does change how you SPEND it not how you get it. that means if i get it i can decide what i want and get it right away or decide to save it like everyone else.

please explain to me how this goes against the fundamentals of the game?