Classic Servers

[Alhanelem]

I am all for people playing whatever makes them happy, so I am not necessarily opposed to a "classic" server. My only fear is that this would divert the small development team XI currently has and split the resources between two projects. That would be terrible.

Well, this is my primary concern. Given that they've discussed the idea before, clearly getting additional resources to do something like this so they could do it without compromising the current game is a hard sell to SE corporate. It really can only work if they can get SE to invest more than they currently do (And really if they could get substantial additional investment, I'd honestly like to see it go towards a remaster, but of course that's entirely my opinion.)

I always wonder why people voice such strong opinions to something other players would like. It wouldn't affect you so just don't play it if it came out.

The problem is, it would affect me. Resources would have to be diverted from the game I play to provide the one you want to play. Thus my experience would be degraded for the benefit of yours- and additionally, it fractures an already small community without any promise of bringing in new members (I sincerely doubt that people playing on private servers now would suddenly come over here and start paying money to start over a third time).

I have a strong opinion about it precisely because it absolutely will affect other people besides the people that want this feature. It's as I said above this quote- The only way this can happen is for SE to give more resources than they're currently willing to give. A favorable cost-benefit analysis would be needed from the dev team to convince HQ to give them those resources. Call me cynical but I don't think a handful of people arguing on a forum is going to swing SE corporate.

The whole basis of my arguments is that, under current conditions, developing and implementing a special version of the game on a special server would in fact cause harm to people who play the current game as it is. This is not simply "stop liking what I don't like." And that's not how I feel at all- I just want to see solutions that work for everyone.