Quote Originally Posted by AmyRae View Post
Calm down. Take a shot of your inhaler if you have to. Breathe.

Who's saying they're closing down communication as soon as 2.0 is released? Not me. Not anyone else. Why are you imagining problems?

I'm just saying they are testing out concepts that will be used in 2.0, seeing how we react to it, if there are any balance issues or exploits. That stuff goes on all the time in normal MMOs. It's just 1.0 is getting thrown away, that's the only difference, so whatever they do now is only an approximation, and not the "real thing." There's really no name for what the last year of 1.0 is. But "beta" is not it.
Should've read it with a calm tone, because it was completely calmly written and... rereading what I wrote, it was calm. Redundancy! \o/ And lolinhaler.

I'm not imagining any problems. I was using the current lines of communication as the only measurement of this being a beta. They're not being closed once 2.0 hits, which you agree will be the case.

Actually, it won't be a complete "scrap" as you make it out to be. It won't be a totally new game. It'll be a changed game. The things that will change will be: maps, server structure, some story aspects, and UI--as well as the addition of a lot of content and fixes to many problems we have. These things will change abruptly from the time when the game is closed again for a period then reopened for 2.0.

The core of the game, along with all the changes coming in gradually, will carry through to the next version. This is the key point most people miss (I'm not sure if you're included, as it seems we mostly agree).