Why is there so much hostility/dislike towards Renewal?

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but the way they're doing it, by changing RO so much and pissing people off, is not how it should be done.

Which is why heRO exists (RO old-school).

Though, I can't blame them. iRO is popular as it is, but it's population levels is something more akin to a bear market chart (to those who get what I mean), so they need something new to keep things fresh and bring in new players, especially with all the new MMOs out these days. But that's Gravity, not heRO. It doesn't affect us per-se, so I think the renewal is entirely optional.

The only problem with that is that I don't think anything they'll ever do to RO will significantly increase it's population anymore.??Beyond a certain point, games are sort of destined to die.??RO survived longer than a lot of others, even if it was never as big.... but it's basically a dying game in my opinion.??Renewal will change things, and might bring back some players or even bring in a few new ones...??but they're up against so many other newer, more appealing MMOs that I don't think anything anyone could do at this point will "renew" RO.??At best, they can hope to keep their current player base and maybe hope for a small % increase instead of the current bleeding of their player base.??

That's quite the basis of an MMO. It's a never-ending circle of simply getting outclassed by the newer ones that come out. The old game will maintain a loyal fanbase but it won't ever reach the amounts like it had at its peak. Though I'd have to say, compared to some older games (like RO, Ultima Online, etc), they don't hold as much content or have as much depth and immersion like they used to.

To be honest, I'm actually interested in seeing how Renewal actually works. Perhaps a separate server from the current one entirely, though that's purely just wishful thinking.