This was an earlier post of mine to show why people like myself are skeptical of this situation. I would just like to see Jagex set a goal and stick with it instead of jumping back and forth and splitting the focus.
In every type of organization, when a large change in the day to day operations occurs there are always three groups of people. The first group, is a large group made up of people who support the change and are willing to go ahead with it. The second group, also large, is made up of those who are unsure about the change but go along with it anyways. The third group, which is somewhat smaller than the other two, is resistant to change and will refuse to go along with the decisions made by management.
Successful companies have found that the only way to move forward is not to try and appease everyone, because that is illogical. Instead they take feedback and try to get people on board and those that refuse are removed from the organization.
The same exact thing happened when EoC was released. The difference is that you, Jagex, are trying to appeal to everyone when it is just not a viable solution. If you continue on this path and split this game you will only hurt your player base by dividing it even more. Not everyone can get the game they want exactly and no matter what decision you make there will be people who hate you for it.
I do not really support one version of the game over the other, but I think the idea of making basically an entirely separate game will hurt all parties involved. Please make a decision on the direction you would like to go and stick with it.
The concept I mentioned above was from a Harvard Business Case Study on a Dutch petrochemical company that made a transition into life sciences btw for anyone who was wondering where this came from.
15-Feb-2013 17:58:03
