18-04-2013, 08:06 PM
Hi, I was wondering if there's any forward progress going on with the project, or has it been abandoned completely?
I've searched through the forums and found that the same few people keep insisting that the project is alive, but apart from those rumors, I haven't seen any functionality (missions, mobs, any actual gameplay whatsoever) added to MxO Emu in years. It seems like every thread I find that might have some updates in it turns out to be some new person asking what works, and then the forum regulars show up to attack him and then pal around with each other.
I think it's perfectly justified for a new person to show up, read the FAQ, and then ask if the project is still alive. The FAQ's insistence that development is continuing runs contrary to the reality - that development has gone nowhere, except for a graphics update a year ago that added no real functionality to the game. Why doesn't the development team expand beyond just one guy? Why even keep the site and server up if the sub-glacial pace of development means the process will take decades before it's finished?
It seems clear to me that without a recruiting drive to put together an actual dev team, this project will remain stagnant like this until one day the project's only staff member forgets to reboot the server and/or renew the web domain. It only takes one look at every other server emulator ever released to see that a dedicated team needs to work toward the release! One man cannot do this alone.
Good luck expanding the team, and here's hoping MxO will live again within our lifetimes!
I've searched through the forums and found that the same few people keep insisting that the project is alive, but apart from those rumors, I haven't seen any functionality (missions, mobs, any actual gameplay whatsoever) added to MxO Emu in years. It seems like every thread I find that might have some updates in it turns out to be some new person asking what works, and then the forum regulars show up to attack him and then pal around with each other.
I think it's perfectly justified for a new person to show up, read the FAQ, and then ask if the project is still alive. The FAQ's insistence that development is continuing runs contrary to the reality - that development has gone nowhere, except for a graphics update a year ago that added no real functionality to the game. Why doesn't the development team expand beyond just one guy? Why even keep the site and server up if the sub-glacial pace of development means the process will take decades before it's finished?
It seems clear to me that without a recruiting drive to put together an actual dev team, this project will remain stagnant like this until one day the project's only staff member forgets to reboot the server and/or renew the web domain. It only takes one look at every other server emulator ever released to see that a dedicated team needs to work toward the release! One man cannot do this alone.
Good luck expanding the team, and here's hoping MxO will live again within our lifetimes!