Glaz
Times sure have changed. I remember when Ryzom was going thru bankruptcy a lot of us were just hoping we'ld get Ryzom back in some form.
At least Winchgate isn't ( as far as we know ) waiting till they are out of money and have to go into bankruptcy.
I doubt Winchgate is doing this lightly or just to maximize profits, they most likely feel they really need to do it in order to have a chance to develop Ryzom they way they would like to.
It's very hard to take a character wipe, certainly gonna be tough for me.
However, after I just accepted that Winchgate would most likely go thru with their stated plans -- I sort of got excited about the prospect of starting up new on a fresh server, and I'm getting more and more excited about it myself.
I just remember it could be a lot worse with maybe a year tied up in bankruptcy courts and then a new company ( if we are lucky ) and then maybe a fresh restart anyways.
I hate to say this as Ill just get flamed again im sure but someone needs to...
Ryzom will _NEVER_ be what WG wants it to be. It will Never be popular. It was always be novelty. This is the year 2012 folx. The competition will just smash ryzom into utter obvlivion without even trying. The MMO on my phone has 100x more subscribers lol.
None of this is a bad thing. Its what I love MOST about Ryzom. I dont want to login to Ryzom and have it feel like im in Stormwind. But the thought that WG has a chance here and thats the reasons for these changes is just unreasonable.
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Tgwaste