I must say, I had completely lost focus of Ryzom and haven't been playing in what seems like ages.
Yet, when I read the original announcement, I was as shocked and disappointed as most people that responded to it here on the forums.
Even though I haven't been playing in a long time, I still feel somewhat attached to this game and this community. I always told myself that "someday" I might return to playing it and was grateful that I could trust that my Char was safely tucked away on some corner of the server.
From my knowledge, Ryzom never deleted any characters (except maybe perma-banned players, idk.) and this created some form of trust with the developers. On the day of the original announcement, that trust was deeply shaken.
It made me think if I was ready to completely let go of Ryzom. And I think if you had gone through with your initial plan to delete all characters, then I would have indeed "cut loose" once and for all.
When I read today that you're offering players a chance to save their characters, I realized that I'm not willing to let go, yet. And seeing that you had the strength to crush your initial plan and work out a compromise - one that undoubtly will cause you more effort and cost, my trust in you was restored.
I believe, this can be seen as a leap of faith toward the community, hoping that they will take this opportunity to resubscribe and show their support for the game. So in return, as of today, I resubscribed to the game.
Thanks for listening and reconsidering.
Fand
Yet, when I read the original announcement, I was as shocked and disappointed as most people that responded to it here on the forums.
Even though I haven't been playing in a long time, I still feel somewhat attached to this game and this community. I always told myself that "someday" I might return to playing it and was grateful that I could trust that my Char was safely tucked away on some corner of the server.
From my knowledge, Ryzom never deleted any characters (except maybe perma-banned players, idk.) and this created some form of trust with the developers. On the day of the original announcement, that trust was deeply shaken.
It made me think if I was ready to completely let go of Ryzom. And I think if you had gone through with your initial plan to delete all characters, then I would have indeed "cut loose" once and for all.
When I read today that you're offering players a chance to save their characters, I realized that I'm not willing to let go, yet. And seeing that you had the strength to crush your initial plan and work out a compromise - one that undoubtly will cause you more effort and cost, my trust in you was restored.
I believe, this can be seen as a leap of faith toward the community, hoping that they will take this opportunity to resubscribe and show their support for the game. So in return, as of today, I resubscribed to the game.
Thanks for listening and reconsidering.
Fand