I am cautiously optimistic. There's a LOT going on in this announcement, and a lot of work ahead, should a deal come to fruition with NCSoft. One of the things mentioned is still a bit confusing to me, even though someone has tried to explain it, and that is the concept that APR will be using MWM's CoT build. I am SO not getting that. But, you know what? I really probably don't NEED to get it.
The rest of it makes sense.
I would love to offer help to someone out there, but, about the only thing I am really good at that you might need is proofreading. I am pretty good at catching typos, providing examples of better grammar and better ways to word things. If any of the companies or individuals that are working on these projects is in need of those skills from me, please, feel free to contact me.
Oh, and I think I might have an explanation for some of the folks who are confused about the idea of NCSoft licensing the game engine. It is my understanding (and any part of this might be wrong) that NCSoft does not own the game engine. I believe that Cryptic still actually owns the engine. It is also my understanding that Cryptic licensed the game engine to NCSoft "in perpetuity" (as long as they needed it). I further understood that someone from Cryptic (Jack Emmert, perhaps?) made a statement to the effect that Cryptic would not stand in the way of NCSoft selling the game and would allow them to license the game engine to a third party to facilitate that. So, while the game IP (intellectual property) in any acceptable deal would be sold without (too many crazy) strings to our Hail Mary Team, the game engine would require that NCSoft license it, since it is not theirs to sell.
If I am incorrect, please point it out gently.
-- Storm