Can someone post this for me as a reply to MJS' thread "NC2 is Neocron - Beyond Dome of York"
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Heh, gotta love this community, eh MJS? But some of them do have a
point..
On the one hand, we have the DX9-enchanced version of the engine, new models, features and improvements that are consistant with the idea of an expansion pack. Sure it's not free, but thats not a really big deal for me. It comes bundled with the original client, too, and despite what some people in the community might say, a lot has been added to this game since it first went retail, so I'd say KK has at least earned the right to package up a load of new features and charge us for it - after all, every other MMORPG does that.
But, the concept that this is truly an expansion is still questionable because, on the other hand, things have happened that you just don't do with an expansion. Specifically, I'm talking about the item wipe, and any/all changes to our characters that are destined to happen before NC2 goes live. I've played a lot of MMORPGs in the past, and I have never (and I mean, NEVER) encountered across an expansion that took away 99% of your items. Neither have I encountered an expansion that somehow negated effort on the behalf of every player to advance their character.
I guess I was happy to put up with this because the game was being marketed as a sequel. This was believable because I can see the marketing sense in this tactic (in general, but not for NC. PC Zone and Gamer are going to be *very* scathing with this apparant "sequel") and we are getting a new server-setup.. and with sequels, keeping your character is rarely an option, let alone a right.
But if you're saying that this game *is* being marketed as an expansion, and you really mean it.. then accepting a serious item loss, as well as some tertiary character attributes (Faction Sympathy, perhaps SoulLight) becomes a little harder to swallow."
