> Not to go too much into detail over the imm level structure, but from what I understood most imms have to be working on areas or some other projects in order to advance in their hierarchy. While these things certainly make the game bigger and more layered, in my opinion it hasn't made the game any 'better'. <br>> <br>> If I were to be given a choice between an immersive experience with countless imms/religions, roles to choose from, larger playerbase versus tons of new areas and a some new skills, the choice for me is easily the former. <br>> <br>> Surely that has something to do with me, because for me exploring is a means to an end (the end being improving at rp and pk), so for some people the imm structure is wonderful. I guess I'm just nostalgic over large battle royales on Eastern Road. <br>> <br>> During my brief stint as Hero-Imm, I was amazed how 'serious' the Immlife was. Paperwork, politics, a very rigid set of rules. I can understand why they're there (to protect the integrity of the game?) but damn....that didn't sound like fun to me. To be honest, it seemed like a structure that would make you come to hate Carrion Fields more than want to help it along. It seemed to promote a very internalized quasi-world where people are more worried about pleasing other imms rather than staying in touch with the players. <br>> <br>> I remember one moment where I was just shooting the shit with a now resigned imm, and an elder imm logged on and was like 'don't you two have work to do?' Stuff like that just leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Having said that though, the imms do a shit ton of work (it's really unreal and staggering), I just wish they would do LESS work and have more FUN. <br>> We don't need another Mansion of Dawn IV, we need something to get the players themseles excited about logging in. <br>> I hope this doesn't sound unappreciative towards the imms, because again I'm in total awe of their committment, but I think that's the problem. They put too much into the game and have lost some measure of perspective over what the game used to be. <br>> <br>> Anyway, my worthless $0.02. <br>