Classic Conversion

[Polo]

Originally Posted by Deophite18

If you REALLY offered this and he REALLY didn't accept, then i don't really know what to say about him at this point.

I don't recall the offer specifically (certainly at least not in great deal), though plenty of people have offered so there's a good chance it happened. I probably said the same as I did to Luda, that until I could see some concrete progress I'd be very skeptical about committing to a project with such a high risk of not delivering.

If people genuinely want to put the time in to convert the old stuff then this is fine, but understand that Classic was losing players before we switched to NPC server. Regardless of whether the old content is better or not, I have reservations that it will attract players in the long term. This is why I'm much more positive about quests and landmarks being converted rather than the whole lot. It's much less total work whilst still getting the majority of the benefits.

Originally Posted by Deophite18

This sounds good to me. To bad classic's MANAGER stopped posting on this thread all a sudden. Some feedback from him would be nice *looking at you Storm*

I've never been one to make a lot of posts. But just because I don't post in a thread does not mean I'm not reading it. I have my own views on where I think Classic should go, and anyone who has taken the time to ask me about them has gotten a full and honest answer. Classic has never been about what I want though; it's a combination of what the players want and what is realistically possible. There have been some good suggestions and ideas made in this thread, but it's clear to me that there's a massive variety of views. Whilst ultimately we all want a better Classic, no-one seems to agree on one definitive way to achieve it.

I was playing Classic before the millennium; we didn't even have events or an events team back then. Those were some of the times I enjoyed most: not because of the content, but because of the community.

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Polo

I was playing Classic before the millennium; we didn't even have events or an events team back then. Those were some of the times I enjoyed most: not because of the content, but because of the community.

People pretty much made their own events.

[Mark Sir Link]

Originally Posted by Polo

If people genuinely want to put the time in to convert the old stuff then this is fine, but understand that Classic was losing players before we switched to NPC server. Regardless of whether the old content is better or not, I have reservations that it will attract players in the long term. This is why I'm much more positive about quests and landmarks being converted rather than the whole lot. It's much less total work whilst still getting the majority of the benefits.

I'll interpret the beginning of that paragraph has meaning you've given permission for people to begin converting older content.

[Polo]

Originally Posted by Mark Sir Link

I'll interpret the beginning of that paragraph has meaning you've given permission for people to begin converting older content.

Yes, more than once. I encourage the updating of old quests/landmarks heavily. Converting the whole old server entirely is a different scale of job altogether though, and one needs to consider if it will actually bring players in (given that it was losing them before).

[DustyPorViva]

Originally Posted by Polo

Yes, more than once. I encourage the updating of old quests/landmarks heavily. Converting the whole old server entirely is a different scale of job altogether though, and one needs to consider if it will actually bring players in (given that it was losing them before).

Pretty hard when you don't actually give anyone anything to work with.