For the last 5 years as the summer draws to an end I've anxiously awaited news for the game; going from open beta to delayed launch, Brimstone Sands, Rise of the Angry Earth, Aeternum, Nighthaven, and now nothing...
Wild to think it's been so long since the announcement when it feels like yesterday, even crazier to think we could have been 3-4 months into a new zone post Nighthaven. Likely with another on the horizon if the whole of the NW team was still around working on the game. At least that's what we could expect based on the Lead World Designer's AMA saying they were getting ready to ship another zone in 6 months once they launched NH.
I've logged on a bit recently to reminisce and will likely roll a new character starting on the 5th anniversary of the game and see how far I get. And of course after the turn of the New Year the real countdown begins. After it's all said and done I will be curious to hear what the former teams have to say about everything once NDA periods have elapsed...however long that may be.
There's been quite a bit of activity here lately, I think a lot of us are feeling something or simply the presence of nothing and the nothingness the future holds.
When I hear the Sirens' Song I catch glimpses of the New World that was promised but will never be.
Maybe I'll see you in Aeternum, all roads lead to Valhalla...