OFFICIAL NEWS

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

Thank God for this email...I almost forgot about Ryzom and now I can not stop thinking about it...see you in Atys my fellow Homins :)

Wow, a company that actually listens to the community. These are the reasons that Ryzom is still alive today, and will continue to live on and hopefully flourish.

wahoo.. they listened and i am very happy to hear that i will be able to do something to retain my chars and revisit the game once again. thank you :)

Will you keep peoples Titles? Like I won the Kami Champion Title in the very first event. Will I still have that?

I dont get the point of the different packs, you say you start with the pack you "won".

Why cant all subbed players start with a premium pack, basically you mugged lv 250 players of their gear and they stand to "win" a "Basic" pack.

Maybe I'm missing something or can someone explain the point of the three tiers of starter packs please.

Cheer's.

basic = the basic necessities and you retain your look + name (subscribed P2P and F2P event participants - in short all ACTIVE accounts)
silver = better items for winners of events - they really won
premium = best items for P2P loosing their skills (retain your skills or get some uber awesome unique items - you decide)

They didn't listne to you. And if you think they did, you got played.

Does it even really matter? People who got what they want will be happy. People who didn't won't.

Interesting comments, Tyk. I too get the perception that all too many people miss out on a lot of low-level fun because they advance too quickly or accept too much help from the vets. With the new server, though, I imagine that the vets won't be showering newcomers with supreme gear and cats to the extent that they were in the past! However, well-meaning vets will probably continue to "help" newcomers by trekking them to the capitols (which is ok as long as the new players are made aware of how much fun they are missing out on if they go along. I think it's tragic that so many players miss out on the heart-pounding thrill ride of solo-trekking the capitols and spawns as a low-level!).

It would be interesting if someone like you would write a guide to playing the way you envision. Perhaps some players can be inspired to follow your lead...

I had almost forgotten about Ryzom and I got an e-mail letting me know what is going on. It has been a very long time since I've played Ryzom but I'm thinking of subbing to save the progress I made on my toons.

I have seen it asked but have not seen an answer yet. Does anyone know if we will keep our titles and preorder items(shield)?

I wish they would let us keep a few items on our toons; I have a few rare items I would like to keep like event items and my little yubo plushie. :)

Neva <3

Excellent! I was really ok with starting fresh, but this is much better, especially for subscribers. :)

Welcome back Neva, a CSR said in Uni last night that you will not keep the preorder shields, titles that are kept are the Elder of Atys ones, and only that other than that they are gone.

~First

Neva! o.O