@Campitor: Implementing KVM is not going to solve Classics issues, merely silence the one person who has been asking for it repeatedly (and further reinforce the idea that whining on the forums is the only way to get anything done). What you need to address is the fact that of the three servers you are currently running for iRO Classic feels like it gets very little attention or support. Late last year you started a project to add a game system to replace/change the cash shop, it took a handful of months to turn into what it is now and still doesnt feel finished. Lost has been asking in the other thread if the system is finished or if we're still getting other tiers of boxes that were being alluded to earlier. Things get implemented slowly and never feel finished, as someone who has played on and off for the length of Classic I really dont believe enough thought goes into Classic outside of your few hours a week of maintenance where it seems like all of the development and content creation gets done.
Unfortunately you guys dont understand the game quite as well as we do, which makes it hard for you to make "good" decisions because you need to listen to the community and people are frequently wrong or misleading (intentionally or not). The best way to combat this is to plan ahead, collect community responses the way you are with KVM, publicly announce a decision (with some reasons and compromises) and then actually act on it. If you can do this and do it in a timely fashion you will start to earn players trust back.
For Classic to get "better" in the eyes of the players it sits on your shoulders as the Director because things need to change from the very top and filter down to us. Most of the people here are passionate and enjoy the game/server, there's plenty that can be done to make it a better place, everyones idea of better will be different. But what everyone can probably agree on is that we need more players, for people to want to come here or to stick around community response needs to be more positive. So show us that you also care, lets talk about the future, lets see some finished projects.
If you need some ideas for things to open some dialogue about here's a couple off the top of my head:
- What's the deal with your box system, is it "done"? New Tiers? Are people happy with it? Has there/will there ever been any events that award the Silver Keys?
- Hazy/Challenge Dungeon revisit these?
- New player experience, were you ever going to change Janeway or the other TI quests?
- End game experience, would you consider some new content for people to do?
- BG/PvP enhancements?