heRO 2.0

[noah18cars]

Hello heRO!
I have been playing on and off on this server for about 6 years, and let me just start by saying that I absolutely love this server. I really think the hatter was a great idea, I love the wing system, and I can confidently say that ToH and LW vs LoA vs Apoc vs etc WoE during the server's heyday were some of the best experiences of my life. I love heRO, it has a unique feeling that doesn't exist anywhere else, on any other game or server.

Undeniably the quality of ToH, WoE, and the general size of the community has slowly but steadily waned to where it is today. This isn't a blame post. It's expected that the player-base will shrink over time in a game like this as the server becomes over-saturated with cards, gears, and zeny. The GMs are wonderful and no part of the community is to blame. Still, I think it would be a shame for us to resign ourselves to the slow death of RO just yet. I believe there is a real chance we can give heRO the jolt it needs to be the true leader of modern RO. We can start a new chapter for this server where new and great memories like the old ToH ones can be born.

Let me preface my idea by saying I have no idea how the financing behind this server works. I don't know how much it costs Pandora to run this server or how much she gets in donations. Leaving money aside for the time being, I believe that the opening of a new server identical to heRO, but with all zeny and characters erased would provide a huge jolt in player interest and solve most of the problems currently plaguing this server. I'm not talking about a wipe of the server that exists, I understand that's impractical. However, if we were able to finance an experimental project where we launched a brand new heRO separate from the one that exists, that would motivate (at least me as a veteran) many people to really start playing here again seriously. I've seen a few launch projects for RO in the past, and they were all huge when they started but pretty quickly tapered off. However, I believe that the features heRO offers are great enough that this jolt could keep the community alive for a long time to come.

Now, if money is the biggest factor holding my idea back, then couldn't we start some kind of community donation pot to fund it? A pot for donations specifically to this end? This is not meant to be a whining thread so please keep any flaming and "RO ded gaem" to yourself. This is merely meant to be a discussion over the practicality of an idea that I would really really really really like to see happen.
Think about it!