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Originally Posted by StrykerTFFD
I'm not aware of this, like I said I've pretty much stayed out of the all of this and have just been observing development itself for the most part.
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You're probably aware that we don't have many talented developers on Graal anymore at a whole, and for those that do exist there's various different situations.
- We've got the talented developers that are external to the server and don't really take notice or care much about its going-ons. I spoke to a few when DC became Development Administrator in an attempt to get him some staff to work with and the first thing they inquired about was if Storm was still Manager. People don't want to waste their time on projects like this that have very little prospects or an attractive future in sight. Classic has had a longstanding reputation for having a bad direction, Storm is the driving force behind that reputation, and people are well aware of it.
- There's those developers that do keep up with Classic, have had experience on there before, would and could help the server out, but dislike the administrative setup. For example Dusty worked there, Storm was less than helpful, and Thor tried to publicly humiliate him for no reason. I can't see why anyone would return to help either of them in that regard, because working for DC or not, they're still working under those two.
- Then we have those developers (and this is a minority group) who play Classic on a consistent basis. Developers such as Luda who do have talent, but have no respect for any of the administration on the server because of who they are and what they have (or haven't) done. Luda might work with people like DC and Night, but good luck trying to get anything out of him if you're Thor or Storm.
So here we are with very limited options and two Managers who log on sparingly, contribute very little towards the massive hole that Classic has got itself into, and create a block for the possible introduction of talent. DC is going with a trend of recruiting developers who might show an ounce of ability in an attempt to help them nourish their talents, but without talented people around them they're not going to improve much. Is it possible to develop content - either short term or long term - in the standard that everyone expects with such limited resources? I really don't think so, and that's because Classic is a server that has a mass amount of problems, and the two people who contributed to where it is today are on the top of the food chain. It's not going to work out.