My advice, for what it's worth, is to bear in mind that the end of Classic is almost certainly not going to be as final as some might think. It will most likely come in the form of an announcement that there will be no further development, but that there will be some support staff around to keep things running and competitions on a regular schedule. The game won't suddenly disappear unless every single player abandons ship and the revenue disappears completely. The servers will continue to run while the game covers its own costs. Take salaries and staff overheads out of the equation and this game suddenly costs a fraction of what it costs today to maintain. For some players, having Classic as it is now for years to come might not be enough to justify buying a membership each year, but for some it might. Personally I think there's enough content in this game to keep new players going for a significant amount of time, so I don't think any money invested now is going to waste. As long as you can play and enjoy the game, then you will get a return from what you put in. But if you need to know that the game is going to continue on the same development path it has for the last 10 years, then I can almost guarantee disappointment. Expansive Worlds will at some point call it a day and commit their resources elsewhere, leaving this game to run as is (with the bugs we get left with) until the last person shuts off the light on the way out.Amauri Di Maia wrote:Hello guys, Im new at the game, you can see by my stats (I have like 130hours played) I bought 6months sub, I already spent 8000em in the game, but honestly I worried about the future every time I see a debate about Classic vs COTW vs future, I would like to invest more in classic but my question is, should I? And if without warning it really becomes a dead end? I know some have the opinion that we should play it and dont think about the end, other already think its dead, but its a bit important to think about the future because (at least) for me spending money in a place that can be dead anytime soon, Im enjoying every penny I spent, I love my dog, I love my clothes and other stuff in the game but now I would like to buy some equipment to setup my maps but I really dont know if I should go ahead and do it (this is my two cents and whats going in my head today) after all I have COTW and all the DLCs but since the first day I tryed classic never played again COTW.
My take is that the recent focus on bug fixing could be a last-ditch effort to clear up some of the worst offending bugs before the development team moves on to something else, so that the players are left with a reasonably tolerable version of the game. This is just my personal opinion, which I'm sure many will disagree with and/or object to. Time will tell I guess. In the meantime, only you can decide whether to invest. I can say that I've not regretted a single cent spent on this game, and there have been a lot of 'em.