And, yeah, sounds like ROM is not going away... that is good. Just wish they put more resources into it... hard to say if they have it or not. Too many people want something for nothing.
- currently there are more developers and sysadmins working on RoM and its integration than in normal operation.
- on a new content update there will be more QA / translation/localization and game design people working on it than now are
- same goes for Phelan as he is currently more involved into RoM as would be at a later point of normal operation ... he estimated ~100 GF people (out of GF 500 total...) are working on RoM at the moment in one way or the other
source of the list above is the german board as usual.
(and probably if you guys would ask actual questions instead of doing meta-discussion or hiding stuff like that somewhere in offtopic you might even get himself to answer such things ... but im pretty certain he's not reading through the whole forum everytime ... want answers, ask questions. since you dont have thepits subforum like the germans (where actually atm still Phelan is the one with the straighter or better answers, IMO) the best bet would be in the thread Phelan already had posted ... yes that kinda goes for both gigi and pinkhat)
(and just to prevent gigi: you have questions then ask the freaking questions again, freaking quote it from somewhere, whatever. if you read his introduction you can be pretty sure that guy usually has other duties than answering questions on forums in persona - nobody is going to read the whole freaking forum again to answer questions from whenever. Not going to happen. Want direct answers (and his answers have been pretty direct and decent so far) - go and take the chance to ask someone higher up in the company while he is still around dealing with the rom integration , getting support trained etc etc AND answering questions from the community.
i do like to rant about how things are or were handled in RoM and especially about Runewakers incredible skills when it comes to maths - a lot - but when you have the chance to get straight answers - f...... take it.) just my 2 cents