Ending the game with a Rikti invasion is kind of a book-end, as the first invasion is what sparked the need for the new heroes when most of the old ones died during the war. It's still really stupid because the current story ended with Statesmen dead, a villain with god-like powers, and no one to stand up to him except maybe Lord Recluse (the big bad of the setting).
Honestly, I'm really fucking pissed. There really aren't any legitimate reasons for the closing of the game, but the likely ones are...
- They closed it to funnel the production money into Blade + Soul or one of the other NCsoft games which was bombing. In a choice between keeping a popular but outside developed game or trying to save one of the Korean one, NCsoft is notorious for trying to save the home built ones.
- They wanted to declare the game a loss for the tax credit, similar to what they did with Tabula Rasa (and THAT was a cluster fuck involving lots of illegal shit). Basically, NCsoft hasn't been doing well the past few years because Guild Wars 2 was still in production so they needed a way to pad the numbers to keep the investors happy and to ensure their own bonuses.
Whatever the reason, NCsoft wasn't interested in selling the franchise because they didn't want to look like idiots if someone else was able to make it more successful than they ever did. It'll likely be a year or two before they even consider it, but who knows... if NCsoft doesn't pick up soon, they might have to sell it just to make some quick cash.
I wasn't there at the end, but I did log in last night to get screenshots of my fav characters. So here's Dr. Ashburner, looking to get the fuck out of town before the last invasion hits.
Honestly, I'm really fucking pissed. There really aren't any legitimate reasons for the closing of the game, but the likely ones are...
- They closed it to funnel the production money into Blade + Soul or one of the other NCsoft games which was bombing. In a choice between keeping a popular but outside developed game or trying to save one of the Korean one, NCsoft is notorious for trying to save the home built ones.
- They wanted to declare the game a loss for the tax credit, similar to what they did with Tabula Rasa (and THAT was a cluster fuck involving lots of illegal shit). Basically, NCsoft hasn't been doing well the past few years because Guild Wars 2 was still in production so they needed a way to pad the numbers to keep the investors happy and to ensure their own bonuses.
Whatever the reason, NCsoft wasn't interested in selling the franchise because they didn't want to look like idiots if someone else was able to make it more successful than they ever did. It'll likely be a year or two before they even consider it, but who knows... if NCsoft doesn't pick up soon, they might have to sell it just to make some quick cash.
I wasn't there at the end, but I did log in last night to get screenshots of my fav characters. So here's Dr. Ashburner, looking to get the fuck out of town before the last invasion hits.
