I just finished up with my studies and was planning on getting back into RO (for the second or third time).
All this talk about RO is dead and nostalgia is kind of depressing. I'm really looking forward to the mods and the eventual release of RO2. Hope to see you old fogies on the battlefield.
BTW: People complained when RO went retail, and exploded from a small community. Now that RO is going back to a smaller community, people are complaining again. Each has it's own positives and negatives. At least you get to know the people you play with again, like back in the mod days.
Bro, RO is far from being dead...the only people who have left are the trend hoppers, that's it. You know the run and gunners, and the ones who do not play as a team or use VOIP.
They may have moved onto the newest trend, I say so what! To them I say, go away. Please remove RO from you hard drive and do not bother us any more. Just leave, and go play COD4, Crysis, or whatever is the latest flash in the pan. In fact there is more than enough people paying right now. I never have a problem finding a packed server whenever I want to play.
Right now, I am having the best games I have played in a loooonnng time. The only ones playing now are the true fans and supporters. I have news for you. When RO2 comes out, I will still be playing good old RO. You can't beat the gameplay, number of maps, and the community. But then again, I am still playing OGR, and OFP (which has a thriving community despite being over 6 years old) ala FFUR 2007 2.5, even though I can run GRAW (1&2)/ArmA on high.
See you on the battlefield!!!!