Any community leader - Brand new zones <Can I have it?>

[Jile]

As simple as the question in the title. Can a community leader please respond to this post. While I appreciate opinions of others, I'd really rather hear a response from someone at SE that knows the bottom line of what SE is going to (or not going to) do.

When can we expect to see a new full-expansion with brand new monsters and zones that are not re-washes of pre-existing zones/mobs? Since nothing of great substance was on the latest road map I'm guessing it wont be any time soon.

While your focus has been entirely on attempting to re-establish the old school large group events, don't forget about a large number of your customers who shy away from those large group events and feel neglected by these large-group-only mini-updates you've been doing.

Anyway, any community leader that can provide feedback on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[Shadowsong]

Check out the roadmap they just released. While doubtful we will get another expansion at this late stage, the earliest we will probaby be notified is at this years Vanafest. Them just HAVING a Vanafest is a good sign thought that sonething may happen. I doubt Square will do a Market release annoucement on a gaming forum, tho, but never know.

[Retsujo]

I am very interested to hear from anyone from behind the curtains here on the forums. We all understand that there are no limitations, be it by PS2 or something else, that could prevent a new expansion from arising. So the ultimate idea is that the dev team is so small, they'd rather focus on the balance issues they see and get the game in a better working order before introducing anything new.

My question, in addition to the original poster, is this: Is there anyone working on new zones in relation to new story content? I am perfectly fine with the way Wings of the Goddess was handled. I wouldn't mind story content being released on a tri-monthly basis (for a few years to complete a new story) so long as there was actual knowledge of an upcoming adventure for 2013. All these Voidwatches and Legions and Monster-Parties sound great, but there is no real adventure behind them.

We don't need another layout or timeline for 2013 or a giant list of proposed developments on the backburner. We're just simply asking for a bone of any sort to be thrown our way.