Would you be upset if the game went offline?

[DoubleEcho]

Maybe I'm not as optimistic as you Echo, but I honestly don't think things could get much worse than what they are right now.

You say players wouldn't return in a year if the servers were taken offline. What makes you think they will stick around for a full year then if the servers stay up?

I feel that the people who left early on are likely not coming back anyways if they don't come back after 1.18. If you're still playing now you've invested time into your character; When the servers go down for an extended period of time, people's interest will wane and they'll find something else to spend their time on and forget about this game. After you've invested time in another game and are currently playing it, have friends and stuff, are you really going to leave that game and abandon it?