I totally agree with Vidarr ; important to the niche, not to the market.

Since every single hardcore aspect trumpeted completely repels me, I don't much about the innovations side... but even if it is in fact just an old school MMO with current generation graphics then that still sounds like a lucrative little makret to tap.

I don't like the WorldIV article finale though ; biggest playerbase & profitability ever is hardly the MMOs industry's "feudal dark ages", and I'm skeptical that reviving features previously eliminated by natural selection constitutes shiny new thinking.