I am all too aware that we need to close the books on the old Janeway, Treasure Cache and other projects. Once we can get those knocked out would the community be willing to help Ozzalia balance a few challenge dungeons so they feel properly classic? He doesn't know this yet but I am planning to massively increase his work load in April.
The Challenge Dungeon is a great thing. I really liked the first one.
What I would prefer to see is a new update. I will be done with school in exactly a week and will have a ton off free time again... I would volunteer to help out creating a full new update. The Challenge Dung are pretty cool and the concept should stick around, maybe rotate the monsters like spotlights. With a new update though, it would be permanent which means you could introduce new gears. For example, the new MVP in the update could drop immune shields, which would be perfect for Classic. Hell, even an update to incorporate Bio 4 and have the Bio 4 MVPS drop some new gears.
Classic needs updates in order to survive. That is why every pre-renewal server ends, because we run out of updates before renewal hit... There are a few options.
-Put in renewal updates, but modify it to classic mechanics. Offer the same content though.
-Create your own unique updates. Take certain aspects from future updates (anywhere in renewals timelines), such as instances, specific gears like immune shield, towns, and MVPs to create new content so the game doesn't "end".
-Do nothing and let the game end.
I don't know if it is even possible to do full unique episodes, but without it I don't see a future without future content.
Again, if you need help with ideas let me know.