This would all be good moves by them , as the game is not very good at this time , glad to see they recognize the need to expand and improve on there world and ideas ..Still a very long way to go , but this is a step in the right direction
Just saw the article on mmos.com earlier. That kind of came out of nowhere. I haven't seen any confirmation of it outside of that article though, and the shards site is currently down for maintenance.
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