
Originally Posted by
Ashanta
Yes, they did have a choice, and I doubt there would have been as big of an Exodus as you imagine there would have been. What they saw was an opportunity to give players a choice: "blargh, I take your city away from you and...throw it away!" and fight petty battles, or build an empire and colonize other players while fighting wars over the historic cities. At no point have they said they are going to make Age I go away, and at every point have said they will let players continue to play Age I, and let them transfer individually over to Age II servers based on what server they came from.
Age I players don't need new additions in order to fight their petty battles while they keep everyone 10-30 miles away from their cities so they cannot be attacked easily. Age I servers end up as a gridlock of abandoned cities and barbarian towns for miles upon miles with a single active city or cluster in the middle somewhere with nothing but blue and green flags for miles around. A flat opens up, and everyone immediately descends upon it to put another barbarian city there so no one can teleport and attack them.
The players have a choice, to either continue playing Age I or try Age II. No one is forcing you to do one or the other, or threatening to take one or the other away. The only people making threats are the players.
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