The Time is Fast Approaching

[Rizon]

There is only 4-5 months before SE is scheduled to begin offering downloads of the Ver 2.0 client to the current player base. Most, if not all, the major improvements are now in development and should be completed within the next 2 months. Hopefully we should be getting a better idea of what will be carried over, as far as content is concerned, shortly after E3. I would like to recommend to the population that they start concentrating their suggested improvement for those areas that will carry over and not worry so much about content improvement in the current client as it will be obsolete in 5-6 months. Just a suggestion.

[Akira_Tenshi]

One word, DELAYS, expect them.

[Rizon]

One word, DELAYS, expect them.

Some minor delays are inevitable but Yoshida has done an excellent job of getting things back on track. Everything is predicated upon releasing Ver 2.0 right after the New Year. Unless there is a major snag SE will do everything possible to make that date.

[Matsume]

One word, DELAYS, expect them.

I count five words...

[MystinaValeth]

I CAN COUNT TO POTATOES!

cool... story... bro...

[Akira_Tenshi]

I count five words...

The word was DELAYS, that's why it was in capitals -.-

[Starlord]

With 2.0 end of things they were 1 month AHEAD of schedule last time we heard back in March :P.

[Zaaku]

Still waiting on my Tail.

[Xaimera]

lol im still waiting for the day i can change my hairstyle!! but yay cant wait for 2.0 ^^~~~ and E3 of course~~~!!!

[Hyrist]

I think it was a mistake to have a Welcome Back Campaign at this state - with the engine the way it is and and entirely new story taking up the path of the starting stories and parts. I'm hearing more complaints than even interest in returning - and my guess is that will be the tune of things until well after 2.0 is releaced.

As excited as I am about the game itself once again, I have no illusions that this will be anything sot of a continuous uphill climb socially. There will be no glorious return or miraculous forgiveness. This will be a long and bitter campaign to gather a scrap of the initially interested people and perhaps some new ones.

I'm tempted to 'go dark' on the forums once again and just let this drama play out while I play the game. Personally I found a good group, and am actually having a lot of genuine fun with the game with what we have and that gives me hope with what is coming.

But few will see things that way when they first come in because they're often expecting the social experience of it to just be handed to them. Along with a permanent pointer to every bit of content they're overlooking.