Lmao. Since you're asking for an honest opinion, I'll gladly take this opportunity to get some b*tchiness out.

For iZone to get back on it's feet it needs a complete overload. Something like last year's big update that changed the gmap, but a lot more..not stupid. There's alot of promise in the systems iZone has, but they've just been used stupidly.

For instance the whole galaxies interface. There's a lot of promise to add different galaxies and planets. And not just as basing places. There can be an intricate storyline, detailed quests, shops galore (even though iZone is practically already a shopping mall), and as much as the mind can think of. Major idea? Don't know how to thread it in to the current overworld? Blamo. New planet. However this is a hella lot of work, new content to fill up each planet, and every plaet should look different from the others. This work requires a dedicated and experienced staff team, which brings me to my second point.

Staff. As much as I'd love to bash on a few of the staff members, I'll save it. Fact of the matter is, the iZone staff team has been decreasing in quality and experienced Developers since the server's beginnings. I'm not saying the staff now are imbociles (well...not all of them at least.), but the development departments seem to be made up of a lot more novices and freshies, than hardened and experienced developers like they once were. The graphics department is one place I'll take a hammer to though. The quality of graphics I'm seeing iZone push out is horrendous. I'm not calling the artists bad, but the amount of artists who are still trying to get on a decent level, who've somehow found themselves on a staff team already, is ridiculous.Too many cartoony artists on the staff team. Are you making a comic or a MMO? (And before you bash, and start saying many games are heavily cartoony, think...it works for them but not iZone, so what the hell is wrong there, huh?)


Tileset. The overworld tileset has been a problem for a long time. It's just starting to get even worse now, as the quality around Graal is more or less rising. It looks like a futuristic toy set. Like a Barbie playhouse, but blue instead of pink. Why the hell is it all blue? Cartoony graphics can be good here and there, amazing even. But it doesn't fit zone in large amounts. Hell, Starwars Lego sets look better than iZone. A new tileset needs to be made, and by someone with a style reminiscent, or improved from Zone PC. Or anything rather than cartoony tbh.

Trade Tables should be scrapped IMO, and all these little bobbles and trinkets y'all are constantly releasing as items should be stopped. iZone already has it's reputation as a huge shopping mall, don't take the spot of the "come collect items, cuz that's about the only f*cking thing do" server as well.

More focus should be placed on pk, basing, questing, big events (not the event house kind), and such. More guns (some more bang bang, with the pew pew.). Use the planet option to a great extent, we should be able to get lost exploring various planets and galaxies for a few days. Those kids that love socializing and trading and collecting various useless knick-knacks don't like it? Screw em. You can't please everyone. Keep them happy? Stay at the 400s (if you've made it that far). Cut the crap and do some serious improvements? Lose their sorry asses, but progress into a higher playercount and a better quality server.

There should be a ton of jobs as well, and not crappy "here's 100 gralats for cashing in the trash it took you 15 minutes to collect", but real good paying jobs. You'll say...but oh they'll have too much money with nothing to spend it on. Then make sh*t for them to splurge on, and not crappy show-off items. Guns, special useful items like Zone PC has, stuff like...not to brag...but my Riot Shield. Instead of the sh*tty thing clogging up player's inventories that you decided to release so damn early, it could have been something to revolutionize the basing situation. Heavy impacts, heavy drawbacks. A win hard, or lose bad type of thing. (Personal rage, but a serious issue nonetheless)

I can continue this forever, but I'll just cover one last issue. I have no bloody clue what between GhettoIcedTea and the rest of y'all and why he isn't on the Staff Team anymore, but y'all should build a bloody bridge over it, put on your big boy pants and make up. With GIT there was some hope for some good changes to iZone, at least on the firearms level, now y'all are just flopping around stupid as ever.

iZone should be a server where you can get lost exploring and questing and what-not for a long time. And after you've figured out everything, still have fun doing it.

And scene. My rage is vented. Lemme know if you'd like some more.


P.S. Implement food and healing items for f*cks sake. I haven't played in a while of course, but I'm assuming this is still the case. There should be various ways to heal besides a crappy medbot and an expensive ass un-realistic magical staff in the ZC shop. Food, Medpacks and Bandages and sh*t, maybe auto heal turrets that heal when you're in range,can be broken, and work better than crappy medbots. Forcefields that can be broken and then have a cooldown period, god I can go on forever.