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Hmm, seems like they are getting desperate.
Sangreal
Member Posts: 17
Received this email today:
Dear Customer,<?XML:NAMESPACE PREFIX = O />
your European account for Horizons: Empire of Istaria has been inactive for a long time. First of all we would like to thank you for being part of our community in the past and then tell you that the community is still missing your presence between its ranks. Have you ever felt the desire to come back and meet once again all your old friends? If this is what you want then we are going to offer you a great opportunity with this e-mail...
You can return and visit the lands of Istaria again for 10 days for FREE!
All you need to do is to log in with your account (all accounts expired prior 30th April 2004 included are eligible for this offer) and to activate your promotion from the login page (https://horizons.eu.istaria.com)
Many things happened during your absence and many other things are planned for the near future to enrich your roleplaying experience in Horizons: Empire of Istaria. Do you know that now two new races, the Satyrs and the Dryads, have joined the forces of the Living Races in the war against the Withered Aegis? Yes, many things happened... not only in the game, but also about the game. Just to mention a few of the recent improvements we can tell you about a new combat manager, a new training point system, improved client performances, new high-level contents, new plots and communities. But the development of Horizons will never stop and shortly after other features will follow, like dragon lairs and the ancient rite of passage.
Don't wait any longer and come to see all these changes with your own eyes joining this wonderful promotion, we are sure you will enjoy them! Istaria is waiting for your comeback!
If you don_t have the game client anymore remember that you can download the latest version on GamersHell.com at this link: http://www.gamershell.com/download_5499.shtml
With our best regards,
Horizons Europe Staff
Game Network
Comments
I find it sad when game devs get this desperate. When HZ first came out we all thought it would be the bomb, funny how it turned out. How many people are on the servers as of now?
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"Aim at the King and you better not miss"~Omar "The Wire"
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind..-'Jim Morrison"
"When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman
Well many mmorpg have offers to come back to the game and this games are certainly not folding.
Games I remember that offered me free comeback time have been EQ(on 2 occasions!),DAoC,AO and planetside.
This games are certainly not near folding as they are doing very well indeed.
So i see no desperation here really.
Oh thanks for the heads up for the free 10 days getting mine now.
Playing at Horzions
Chiptus
lvl 25 Dragon adventurer,
lvl 20 Dragon crafter
Playing at Horzions as
Chiptus of House of Morrigan (order)
lvl 62 Dragon adventurer,
lvl 61 Dragon crafter
also playing as
Chaim of Order
Belgarion of Blight
Onnidrah- Horizons
Onnidrah- Neocron
Onnidrah- Shatterd Galaxy
Onnidrah- Ryzom
Onnidrah- SWG (trail)
Onnidrah- Runescape
Onnireg- Earth & Beyond
Regnerus2- Anarchy Online
Onnidrah- Anarchy Online
Onnidrah- Horizons
Onnidrah- Neocron
Onnidrah- Shatterd Galaxy
Onnidrah- Ryzom
Onnidrah- SWG
Onnidrah- Runescape
Onnireg- Earth & Beyond
Regnerus2- Anarchy Online
Onnidrah- Anarchy Online
I assume that there are more players now because of the free trial. I still cannot beileve that this game went so downhill.
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"Aim at the King and you better not miss"~Omar "The Wire"
"Whoever controls the media controls the mind..-'Jim Morrison"
"When decorum is repression, the only dignity free men have is to speak out." ~Abbie Hoffman
Actually a great marketing tool, how many have signed up for the "free returns" and then forget to cancel in time and end up paying
the mmorpg market right now is saturated, so all companies are trying to keep their playerbase in light of the competition.
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No you played on the european server.There are still only 3-ice,wind and earth.However,i agree its a good gimmick.Thru return back offers i have returned and stayed for 2 months in AC2 and 2 months in planetside(paying for the months of course).
So it does work.Espically if you feel the game had potential because if you are gone for a while a lot of things are added and you want to see this.
Well,
I've been out of touch with my Horizon account for some time now *shaking a fist at the gods of foreign traineeships with slow Internet connection*.
I'd like to come back for say a 30 day play free over (I remeber AO giving these out before releasing SL) ... ...
'till swords meet again!
V.
'till swords meet again!
V.
I don't know if I'd agree that the free trial offer signifies desperation but it is clear that AE needs to do something to boost its playerbase.
The problem they have, though, is that the game itself is riddled with flaws... the graphics engine, whilst allowing for beautiful landscape renders, is a horrible resource hog and the world model is broken to the extent that they have been unable to add any collision detection- leading to mobs ignoring walls/mountains/all terrain as they beeline for you once combat initiates. So, no 'hold the high ground' tactics, no dungeons, no doors, no point in building walls etc etc.
It really is a shame, as the initial few months generated a great sense of community as we the players organised ourselves to complete some truly gargantuan craft-based tasks that were required to free (unlock) new playable races for future immigrants to the game.
With the parent company now having filed for bankruptcy protection and their hosting company trying to reclaim the use of their servers after several months of unpaid fees I fear the worst for the game's future.
*sigh* all the above notwithstanding, I still have an account and play on the European ICE shard... maybe we'll find a light at the end of the tunnel.