It would've probably have been smart if they did that, I'm aware that I believe the game engine and so on they use to make games isn't the best, But continuing to build onto it could've made that factor great, And in all honestly It would sync so well with the social aspect of the game, and would allow them to be hands off for some stuff at that point, While like you said, Being like roblox where they would be able to profit off games their players made. This I think would've made it more successful, and possibly even thrive, Though I'm unsure if it was the most appealing part of the game, since I feel a lot of players don't even know of that, no thanks to the management.
The current model the game has, In truth is so bizarre.. I feel they do put a lot of pressure on their GFX more than anything else, more than people who would script and help build on the game aspects. And I doubt they have began to pay them money, or if I recall only the higher ups did. everyone else got paid gralats which is kinda sickening. But I am curious myself what would they do if the graphic teams for classic for example couldn't make hats for stores like the Mad Hatter (Which now thinking Is an odd name, considering that is a nickname from people in the Mafia) They would have nothing to go onto. except hire new people and continue a poor practice.
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Well perhaps now the whole concept of creating your own servers is not the most appealing because Graal has essentially phased that model out. Even when I used to play mostly from 2009-2013 there were still fringe groups of players that would come on here and advertise the servers they were creating on the PC client and try and garner some support or find potential members to help develop. Unfortunately now, the PC client is effectively dead and Graal hasn’t changed in years. I’ve always believed that if Graal had simply encouraged the idea of game development to players that surely they’d find someone to bite. The idea of being paid actual money (not a crappy sum of gralats) to develop a game you love is so enticing and I find it hard to believe that none of us would love to be a part of that.
I think there’s a certain aspect of control that Toonslab has now in regard to the content that is released and how that is managed. Giving more power to the players to create could disrupt the balance they have now and financially of course nobody wants to lose money.
But even before there was a mandatory gold subscription to play the PC client, fees to have your own server. Then if your server got big enough it would get put on the main part of the client (Zodiac, Era, Valikoria, Kingdoms, N-Pulse, UN). The infrastructure is already there for something similar to happen on iOS.