i suppose it's just impossible to set up a team to work on a new client, new art, new content for long enough to get something playable, if ever you do in the end.
Many server ops pretend their server will be different, with new content and design. Customizing what's working now is just what WC described : replacing zones by new ones, and adding more models.
As for the work involved to get a client from scratch ... i've been having a look at it and it takes pretty much effort to get something running. Plus time to create the art. Plus taking a player base accostumbred to a new game/ui. Not to mention re-writting a part of the server.
That's a point, ... as you asked. Humble and personal opinion.
I'll continue working on RPG project(s), client and server, and new models ... but just for the fun of it, as i like to tweak and develop. As a player and server op, i'd just customise what works already.
I'd appreciate more points of view on this, though, thanks for raising the question Cysiouc.
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