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Originally Posted by jsr
I'm wondering if/when eq has reached a point in its life where it makes business sense for them to support the emu community. The project has been around for a decade now and isn't going away. They might benefit financially by releasing a stable emu friendly client to the market.
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That would almost certainly never happen. Though, I do agree that they are missing a potential possibility for a decent financial benefit by not considering something new and similar to EQEmu. I think they could fairly easily put a system in place that would allow normal players to run their own customized servers similar to EQEmu, but being supported and hosted by SOE. If they do it right, they could possibly make a ton of money while letting other people do nearly all of the creative work for them. I think it could be ground-breaking and really push MMOs into their first big jump of Next-Gen games since MMOs were first created. There are games out there that try similar ideas, but it isn't nearly on the level that I would have in mind (which would be similar to how EQEmu works).