First and foremost, this is the THE site that I visit to get my information. Plain and simple, it rocks!
@Acleacius
".....In regards to more content and help, could I suggest you maybe invite Indie developers to write articles that interest them. This way you both benefit they get feed back and promotion of their games, you get more content and traffic...."
That is just it, and I think it strikes to the heart of what I am trying to speak about, I am an Indie devloper and I have been lucky enough to have this site talk and promote Layonara. When I first asked to have something portrayed about Layonara I was stunned, and excited, that it happend. It is a rare thing when a sight of this calibur does something like that for Indie companies. I am going to sorely miss this opportunity, and in the long run I think a fair few members of this site will miss a great game.... time will tell.
@Corwin
".....You are correct; with the limited staff we have, most of whom are not really interested in MMO's, plus we get very little feedback from our coverage AND there are numerous other sites whose focus is MMO's it seemed better to focus our limited resources where they appear to be most effective. We frequently invite indie developers to write articles for us, and some do from time to time. Several others post regularly in our forums. We do all we can to assist indie devs to get both themselves and their games well known. Glad all you guys like the place; so do we!!..."
I 110% understand where you are are coming from and I respect it. I am just going to miss having the opportunity to annouce Layonara to the community, and our testing phases that are coming up in the near future. On top of that I do think that Indie companies and games have great potential (within reason), and I do wish the web supported them more; it would only make for a better gaming experience for the players in the long run.
@Dhruin
"....Thanks for your feedback, though I'm sorry we are disappointing you. It's simply a matter of time and staffing. It's a time-consuming labour of love and our core staff aren't passionate MMO players. Many of us have posted MMO news as a service but I personally have reached the stage where I can't justify the time for something I'm not really interested in. While others have carried on, it really takes a passion to continue, day in, day out and after discussion, we felt it was better to focus our energies. Hope that makes sense...."
Man does that make sense, and fully understand the limited staffing issues (of which there are so very many)! Day in and day out it is excatly how we survive! Things are changing in the industry (very slowly, but it is happening) and it is becoming a more "open" world (including MMO's) for players and player options, including RP options. I just wish we Indie developers had a site of this calibur and deciation to be able to speak about opportunites outside of AAA games (or games made with millions of dollars) because at the heart of RP players they are looking for good/solid/quality RP and RP systems, not run of the mill games. This is a rare site, and I really do hope you reconsider your decision but I also understand if you can not/will not.
Leanthar