Island Sanctuary is being discontinued?

[DisasterGayofCrisis]

Keep putting resources into something in the hopes it'll be good eventually?

That's how you get Diadem. No one wants another Diadem.

I regret to inform you that yes, there are absolutely people who would be down for a new Diadem. I mean, that's basically what Island Sanctuary kind of is in the long run, it's a instanced location where the prime content is gathering and crafting. Only you don't directly do most of the crafting and the end state of the content is meant for automation rather then manually crafting and gathering. I say this as someone who loves the idea of Diadem (Haven't really allocated the time into doing it) and Island Sanctuary (Rank 17 and still loving it).

I kinda wish they would continue to add more to Island Sanctuary like being able to change how the island looks by building a dam at the northern side of the rapids or infrastructure outside of the player owned area, a lightweight town building side would also be nice to say turn the southern area into a small port town. Just something to make the island feel more alive and like your character is developing it.

Though I know my dreams will always be that, I do hope we at least get new landmarks based off our adventures in future expansions, that and an instanced house even if it ends up being a small.

[Jojoya]

I regret to inform you that yes, there are absolutely people who would be down for a new Diadem. I mean, that's basically what Island Sanctuary kind of is in the long run, it's a instanced location where the prime content is gathering and crafting. Only you don't directly do most of the crafting and the end state of the content is meant for automation rather then manually crafting and gathering. I say this as someone who loves the idea of Diadem (Haven't really allocated the time into doing it) and Island Sanctuary (Rank 17 and still loving it).

I don't think RaideDuku was referring to the current version of Diadem. They're talking about the original, which SE kept revising in response to negative player feedback and never did get to a good state. It was eventually removed at the start of Shadowbringers so the current Diadem for gathering could be introduced in 5.2.

Making IS feel more alive could have been easily accomplished. Use La Noscean settler NPCs moving about the Hideaway instead of making the island a mammet sweatshop.