Heh, let's make a long post..... Just for the hell of it.
RancorSnp wrote:Tbh I didn't play a single mod, since I started playing this game. (This was just after Derp Titan, and his friend were replaced).
I just like the original feel of the game, though I would love more lore friendly + realism additions without any fancy make-the-game-easier thingies.
Been playing the game since around the same time as you and I was in the same mindset for a really long time, until I came back from my 8 month hiatus(Last week). Have tried prior mods before, but always ended up going back to Vanilla.
Tried the current RC mod when I came back, loved it. RC4lyphe. You really should try it

I really recommend it.
I don't think mods(RC mod specifically, and maybe Cyrice mod eventually) makes the game "easier" per say.... It just fixes things and adds features that feng SHOULD have fixed/added to the game himself. I would never use a mod that breaks the game, but I don't get that feel from the legit mods. You should know, as well as I (and most veterans of the game), that with every update, Feng not only adds features, but he also sometimes breaks things. If he doesn't break things, he releases something that has toooo much potential to have been better. And then he disappears for months. No update to the game. No word about anything he's up to.
I appreciate Feng and all the effort he's put into this game, but a half ass update is a half ass update, end of story. And to constantly do that, it's just ignorant. Modders like Josh and Cyrus (and others I don't know of cause I've only been back for a few days), are the ones that actually consider thoughts from the community and fix everything, after the fact.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~As for the forums. I kinda blame feng for its death. Yea, he has a life of his own, but he allowed this forum to be run by Acce, alone, and rarely ever backs him up. Feng was/is never around to face the blunt force of the community, while Acce is ALWAYS around, but has no power to really do anything, except ban people on the forums.... which... is actually nothing, honestly, now that there are so many other good community forums not affiliated with Feng.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Can this forum be saved? Seriously would be hard to get back to where we once were. Only thing would be a HUGE influx of new members. Like noods and others said, AOT 2 would probably do the trick. New members that are just as excited about the game as we were when we all first started playing.
Other suggestions ontop of what others have said:-Updating inactive Staff to currently active (in-game) players... Maybe ones that are well known in the community.
(Willing and able people that care about the community)-Promote One more Admin.
(Acce can/should stay, but we've always need one more admin beside him, whom the community respects)