[konidias]

The problem with Gold isn't even that the two gold servers aren't updated enough... it's that there are only TWO gold servers. There is not enough variety. I don't like either of the servers so why should I upgrade?

Also... honestly.. some of the benefits of Gold should be free. It's silly. Why should we have to upgrade our account to play some flash games in the lobby? Why should we have to upgrade our account to be able to use the communication center fully?

Some things I think that would benefit Graal that wouldn't take much work:

1. fixing up the website and putting updates on it again
2. forums re-opened for everyone. it's a communication center for the players of Graal and more than 80% of them can't communicate here very often.
3. if there is ever a gold server with a decent economy, you could have items that can be bought with real money

The only other options to encourage upgrading is to just cut off the unlimited classic access to expired accounts. But there again you're taking away something that you've already given the players, and it would cause the population of Graal to drop even more. You can't punish the players by making them pay for things that were once free... Especially something like the forums where it's all about communication.