I'll take the fact that we're not being censured as a sign that this might be ammenable.
For this to occur at any time in the near future, at the least we would need the existing server configs. They're considering deleting them anyway, so I don't see much of a loss there...
They could release the individual character/account configs to each player reguardless. Unique keys/encryption algorithms could be used to prevent (or make very difficult) altering of said character data. Retention of said keys until the character was used would be even more secure. This would offer at least some return on the player's time, effort, and monetary expense.
However,
Please consider this as a last resort.
If the current publisher will reconsider and take more considerate and professional measures towards its players, these options might have a chance to be implemented in a much more intelligent and professional manner--not to mention ethical, and artistic. It would seem that the idea of artistry has been lost on them recently.
Furthermore, any (or all) of the ideas expressed in the threads pertaining to this merge can/could be used at a later time in any number of ways that are better (and far less rushed) than this.
Atys (Axys) is alive. Living things should be preserved, and allowed to live out their existence...not destroyed.
For this to occur at any time in the near future, at the least we would need the existing server configs. They're considering deleting them anyway, so I don't see much of a loss there...
They could release the individual character/account configs to each player reguardless. Unique keys/encryption algorithms could be used to prevent (or make very difficult) altering of said character data. Retention of said keys until the character was used would be even more secure. This would offer at least some return on the player's time, effort, and monetary expense.
However,
Please consider this as a last resort.
If the current publisher will reconsider and take more considerate and professional measures towards its players, these options might have a chance to be implemented in a much more intelligent and professional manner--not to mention ethical, and artistic. It would seem that the idea of artistry has been lost on them recently.
Furthermore, any (or all) of the ideas expressed in the threads pertaining to this merge can/could be used at a later time in any number of ways that are better (and far less rushed) than this.
Atys (Axys) is alive. Living things should be preserved, and allowed to live out their existence...not destroyed.