It seems that renewal will be back on Feb 3, as planned. I am not going to talk about what the updates are here since, well, the other thread is already filled with comments from players with mixed reviews. Personally I am fine with it even if they cant bring big updates that players have wanted for months/years, after all its ultimately Gravity/kRO's say on what WP will receive. However, what I just fail to understand is, why these updates require Chaos/Renewal to go down for 2 months? I've discussed with many other players, including my own friends and strangers. No matter whether they are satisfied with the updates, the one agreement we can reach on is that, these updates should take no more than 2-3 weeks to complete, at most 1 month even if you consider the holiday schedules.
So Id like to ask WP, why you decided to take down the server for 2 months, if these are the only updates you are bringing to Chaos? Even going down for 1 month is enough to make quite a lot of ppls quit and move on from RO, and for us who wish to return to the game after its hiatus, this is a serious drawback since a good portion of our friends and guildmates may not be there anymore. Trying to convince them to come back, will take a considerable amount of time and effort, if its even possible. Losing them is a blow to our gaming experience on iRO, since its a MMORPG, a social game. For a hiatus as long as 2 months, its understandable that most players would expect a real big update. If you cant provide that, its okay to just shorten the downtime and allow players to return to play sooner, at least more guilds/communities will still hold together. Either way I just, cant comprehend the 2 months downtime for all these. Can someone from WP staff team answer this? I'd appreciate an honest answer.
Edited by LordYggdrasill, 29 January 2020 - 06:06 AM.