I'm not trying to troll, but after 9 months of the "veterans" giving there opinions and being snuffed out, one might understand why they might be slow to come give it a try.
Yeah that's pretty much it sadly.
It's nice that Classic is finally comming, but it has been too hard a fight getting it here and it's come to late, and after there has been far to much bad blood between both fans and the Dev's, but also old fans and new fans, the whole bloody thing has looked more like a civil war than a game release, and people simply aren't done licking the wounds.
That includes TWI, you definately get the sense that they have been just as hurt by all this as we have, and they haven't been shy to show it, which has just caused even more problems..
The whole thing has been a public relations disaster, and this community is torn apart as a result, people have either walked away in disgust and utterly written both Ro2 and TWI off, they have lost all interest and moved on to other things, they have simply stopped caring anymore after so long of beeing told that they are insignificant (0.001%) and to just sod off if they don't like it, or they are taking an extended break from the game and the community alike, because right now it's just hanging out of their throats and they've had enough, or people still feel this is just not enough, what with features like the MKb still beeing in Classic mode, and dismiss it entirely because of that (yeah people
are refusing to even look at the beta because of the MKb, both because they hate it, but also because they view it as symbolic of TWI still refusing to listen and still trying to "CoD it up").
It's bad timing, but that's just where people are right now, and pretty blue wishes arent going to change this.
This whole damned community is in bad need of a couples therapy session or something, but it's simply not going to happen overnight, the bad blood won't just wash out with a quick rinse.
And if TWI ever wants the happy community/Dev relationship that existed before Ro2 back, then they have some pride to swallow, they are going to need to be very flexible if thease burned bridges are to be mended again (and before anyone says it's "unfair" that TWI has to do it, just realize that they are the only ones who can, the community is an amorphous blob of individuals, it cannot come to a unified consensus or plan of action, but TWI as a company can).
But honestly, i don't even know what succees this can have anymore, i really don't, maybe i just can't see the forrest for all the trees right now, but i'm all out of passion for this game, i'm burned out, and i find it so very hard to care..