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I agree conditionally:
Graal needs a *braces for backlash* Newbie Server. A Best-Foot-Forward in a sense, but not necessarily Let's Make The Best Server Free. Classic was always an excellent hook: Here's this server, it's not great, but look at the potential. Look what Fox did, look at Fuitad's domain, what could YOU do? From this came the playerworlds, the gold servers, and ultimately the money - but only because Classic was free.
I say Free Classic. Yes, yes, here comes the inescapable cluft about how it's not ready yet, it's incomplete, this is somehow unforgivable - Classic has never been complete. Even when I filled in the gaps and fixed the trees it was incomplete. Even when I routed all the quests from the gnome house to the lizardon sword, even when I commissioned the Magic Quest at long last, it was incomplete. It's supposed to be incomplete, Classic's charm is its potential to grow. There's a level without a house, a hera without a quest (Yes, nobody likes Heras, not the point) - as long as there's a horizon there will be a desire to reach it, smooth the path, put in a railroad, start up a lemonade stand halfway there, and put a few towns for prospectors along the way. It's Manifest Destiny.
Rant over: If Classic is made free, Newbies will make houses for Classic. If Newbies make houses for Classic, they'll want to make quests. If they make quests, they'll want their own server... |