I don't see how it would be detrimental in anyway to the Graal IP or the community. The community is extremely tight nit(at least those who found out about the extended world outside of phone servers). It would give their moderately sized dedicated playerbase something new to plonk around in for a little bit.
The playerbase has been "dwindling" since Graals inception. iClassic and the phone servers are their own beasts, and the only thing that could be considered successful about wider Graal. They essentially are a seperate community in and of themselves and making any kind of new Graal could never negatively impact that brand.
So in the end you're talking about turning off a very small few who would play it and magically be turned off to the rest of Graal that they've been religiously following for the past decade +?
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If anything this is another argument against Graal 3D. You don't make games for players to "plonk around in for a little bit". If that were the case you'd be spending time and money creating something that aims to supress its own success, which is madness.
Shuri makes some great points IMO.