zarozina wrote:Maybe re-emailing all the fomer players again with a tempter might bring some life back again, now that the game IS actually opening. It was a great idea last time and worked well bringing us full(-ish) servers and a lot of much needed life back to the game, but the 6 month lag between that and any actual action drove them all away again. I'm eager to put my money where my mouth is for SW or whatever they are called now, but that "you hae a month free" email brought a LOT of ppl out of hiding, only to disappoint them. Now would have been the time to do that, and well, you can't turn back the clock, but maybe it might work again, albeit with a slightly reduced effect.
Just a thought.
... but it's BEEN free for the past 6 months! Basically what you're suggesting is that it be free for one MORE month.
I'm not sure if they could afford to do that, but I do see the advantage in that it would give all the players joining this month a large, higher level supporting community. Some of them might only be there to hand off Atys to the next generation of players, so to speak, but that's fine. It MAY be a better transition to prolong the free use for old players, but we've had 6 months of it, and new players have been able to join us on the mainland, so perhaps it's been long enough.
While it is in a slightly different context, it's not that different. We KNEW they were bringing back the game, so the uncertain future wasn't the same as the one when Ryzom was still for sale for the 2nd time. I think the only tangible difference is that they've done patches, updated Silan, and put back Kitin Patrols. We're not sure they're capable of growing much faster than that. (Ok, most of us probably don't really understand how much work is involved to really gauge the progress they've done with what they can do.)
livefire wrote:Idea for SW....Ask yourselves, would I download a game that I played 3 years ago and got bored of in the hope that it has gotten better? Many of us would so "no"..Scrap the name or revamp it ie. The Kitin Saga (A homins journey) or SOR Epic 2..Wipe the servers, ADVERTISE and relaunch..you may get a larger population to check it out...GL
... Say hello to the new boss. Same as the old boss. A new title and marketing push isn't really going to fool anyone who left because of the way the game is.
New titles are for expansion packs.
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