Marroman
It would allow for the devs to restart the game as new and hopefully attract new players as well
The attraction of new players would be a wonderful thing, yes, if Ryzom were advertised at all. The closest thing we've seen to advertisement is postings on Reddit and the addition of Ryzom to the Apple Store (that includes the introduction of the FtP system). The only advertisement done now is word of mouth by current or past players. Winchgate can't afford to advertise any more now than they ever could.