I will say this; HCS failed to deliver on their promise.
The plan was for then to assist with this game a bit.
Zorg was supposed to retain total control, but HCS promised to aid in seeing this game grow.
They utterly failed to keep this promise and have thus lost the community's trust.
HCS simply never even tried to earn it in the first place really; they went silent a mere week after the merge.
So whether or not they will assist Zorg is up in the air.
I hope you can convince them to do so though.
Because let's face it, you're no longer a 1-man company.
You now have colleges with coding experience; I don't see why the company cannot work together on a new system.
It's time to use the resources available, as was promised.
And as for the overhauls you mentioned, we have the Dev server.
Throw it in there and let the Avatars test it out.
We'll give our feedback on what to improve and whatnot.
It's a system that everyone wants to see a change on.
Get the Elders involved.
I doubt there are people in FS who don't complain about certain updates; that player-base exists for every game.
As of this Post, my account is 10 days away from being 10 years old.
Like you've stated, this game is as old as WoW.
And it still has a community playing it.
Don't let it rot away.
If you do, at least be upfront and tell us that no work will ever be worked on from here on out.
We're hopeless people; we'll stay until HCS pulls the plug.
Even then, I'm pretty sure we'll find a forums to chat on anyways.
We're pretty tight-knit.
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