[momo the peachy]

Originally Posted by Ginger

I'm not really meaning to rant lol.. but Gaia's monthlies cost $2.50 and they have about 6 poses in the same color. If they had recolor options I would consider staying, but they don't. Instead they keep coming out with recolors of semi-older items so it'll cost more money to get a different color of the same item with the same exact poses. I knew it was a good idea to leave there when I did. Trisphee staff is really good about answering questions and trying to meet the wants and needs of users. It's a really great thing to be able to experience it.

I know what you mean. But Gaia is not only a one trick pony, they also lie to their userbase and want far too much for the items. And don't even get me started on the RIGs...

[Ginger]

Agreed! Whew.. what a load off! Haha. I tried the RIGs when they were first coming out and didn't get crap from them :( It was a waste of money. I think for $25 it should at least buy 1mil on there... maybe more by now due to their hyper-inflation.

[momo the peachy]

Originally Posted by Ginger

Agreed! Whew.. what a load off! Haha. I tried the RIGs when they were first coming out and didn't get crap from them :( It was a waste of money. I think for $25 it should at least buy 1mil on there... maybe more by now due to their hyper-inflation.

And yet Gaia always points the finger at users when inflation is brought up, they never think that the RIGs are also to blame.

[HABIT]

I'm still a loyal Gaian, but yeah, some stuff they do is just stupid, such as their free items from sponsors, they imply that they want to be user friendly and discourage trolls, but you know, there are a whole heck of a lot of trolls and as a result, they aren't as user friendly. I do have some good friends I've made there though, so I probably wouldn't give it up. I do like that this place does offer many recolors of the same item at once though.

[Spazzie]

Warning: This is a rant. You can skip. xD

I joined Gaia in October 2oo3 so I've been there forever. But I was originally there for RPing and art, and the RPing has gone downhill and the art has massively inflated in price. I stick around because of friends and occasional art freebies, but I'm in no way a loyal fan.
Last November, I was perma-banned for accepting a trade from someone that apparently contained an "illegally" gained item. It was just a donation to me, so I had no reason not to accept, and I ended up being severely punished for it. Their policy apparently involves a no warnings, no strikes scenario, where it doesn't matter how long you've been on the site (8.5 years) or that you've had no prior warnings during that time. If they even think you've done something, you're banned forever.
So I opened up a help request ticket and I talked to a mod for two whole months, during which she just copy/pasted the same "tough luck" message to every reply I gave, and then finally she just closed the ticket entirely. Raging, I opened a new ticket and wrote this huge rant/discussion of unfairness/other things, had a new mod assigned to help me, and got my account back in 8 days. So, you know... one mod wastes 2 months. One just 8 days.
Gaia staff don't care about their users at all. Not in the slightest. You have to get lucky for them to even look at you. They just want to make money. My friend lost a Kepler (worth over 5million) when it disappeared after she gifted it from her mule to her main. She's had a ticket open for over two months now, and they haven't responded to her even once. She has screenshots with proof and everything. It's indisputable that she should have it returned.
Well, I didn't really donate in the first place (except for a couple times when cash first came into existence), but I can tell you now, they will NEVER be getting anything else from me. It's a rip off. I even stopped questing, because I'm AFRAID of getting donations now, in case that happens again. I can't believe an item heavy site like that would actually do something to make a user scared of accepting donations. So for my current quest, I sold an expensive item I had and used the funds to complete it myself, afraid to rely on others.
/insert a million of the angriest faces ever

And... the end. I apologize for ranting. I will forever be angry at Gaia, even if I did get my account back.

I stick around to chat with friends, but it's really losing my interest, a lot. Especially after that fiasco.

[XAllurcore]

Wow, things have gone that bad, even with staff, woo.~
I was a fan, way back when.
But stopped after Gaia crashed my computer hardcore. ;o;

[Ginger]

Wow! That sounds like a nightmare, Spazzie :C -huggles-

The free items from sponsors thing really gets on my nerves. Most of them are very poorly made.

[Serra Britt]

That does seem to suck a lot, regarding Gaia. To be honest I've never been there, just played with their dream avy creator years ago. I hear stories like this all the time and makes me glad I'm not there though...

[Miharu]

I was member of Gaia up until early 2008, when I quit. There is so much spam and so many trolls that conversation can be difficult, and with the cash shop starting up I lost interest in questing, so there wasn't much motivation to stick around.

[XAllurcore]

For me, things changed to much at the time I was on there.
I officially stopped after Gaia crashed my computer hardcore, lol.

[Kali_Namir]

Wow. I left gaia simply because I couldn't stand being begged for items. So I decided I would sell off a few and then leave the rest to rot on my account (Steel-Plated Ninja Band included)...

I only go back to check on it occasionally, and even then it's just to be nosy and it's only for a few minutes.

[Spazzie]

wut, a Ninja Band just wasting away? xD;;;
Ah, I'd have so many uses for that... orz

I never have a problem with trolls or begging. I just stick to my usual cluster of threads and friends and we have a jolly ol' time.

I mean, really my only problem was the narrowly avoided perma-ban. I successfully avoid all other annoyances (not counting cash and RIG items) but I'm done questing as of yesterday so I don't have to worry about that anymore. I don't even look at the new items. xD

[Kali_Namir]

I gave up on the site once I got like 12 noobz asking if I can gift them my ninja band. I just don't go there anymore. It's too money oriented and it's ridiculous!

[Spazzie]

It is really crazy... Some people make millions a day too, somehow. I don't understand it.
I had some extra Horns of the Demon on my mule that I ended up selling in order to finish my quest.
I had been saving them to host an art contest someday, but so much for that I guess. Back to freebies. xP

[Kali_Namir]

Freebies are how I go all the way, simply because it helps to spread the word of people's arts. And once I finish my quest, I'm gonna start a charity and then probably buy arts, but that's a long way off...

[momo the peachy]

Originally Posted by Massy Deacon

I'm still a loyal Gaian, but yeah, some stuff they do is just stupid, such as their free items from sponsors, they imply that they want to be user friendly and discourage trolls, but you know, there are a whole heck of a lot of trolls and as a result, they aren't as user friendly. I do have some good friends I've made there though, so I probably wouldn't give it up. I do like that this place does offer many recolors of the same item at once though.

I also can be classed as somewhat 'loyal' Gaian. I have 4 tanks, and am a part of the Booty Grab community there. If you have ever heard of Sparkling Waters Guild? Yeah, I'm like half owner of the guild, but my role is Vice Captain. Plus, due to a girl called AB91 who a month ago sadly passed away, I created a charity guild in her honor. It's small but I don't want it to be too huge. Why I am so fed up with Gaia lately, is because of what they did to the zOMG community. Gaia lied, and in actual fact, cheated people out of actual money, saying "If you buy a bloodstone amulet, it will save zomg, and zomg will get updates, etc". So people bought the item, only to be told a few months down the track and zomg is going to be left to rot, no more updates, etc. And to make matters worse, the zomg community found out that the money that was spent on the bloodstone amulets, had been sneakily funnelled into funding facebook games (like we don't have enough of those annoying things) and in real fact, not one cent of it had gone towards zomg at all. So I have ceased buying any more Gaia Cash from them. I will also not to any of the gaia cash offers, or click on the tree, because Gaia still gets their payout every time you do those. And every time you view those annoying ads at the side of the page (you know, win 1 IPod crap) yup you guessed it, Gaia gets paid for them popping up on the page. So, I turned on my adblock, thus cutting off any and all funds that may have come from me. Why should I fund their site anymore, if there aren't prepared to tell the truth, and do right by their customers? I will still be on the site. I have too many obligations on there to just up and quit. But I will just save gold and buy things that way. It's my giving Gaia Online my money that has ended.