Maybe BB could run a promotion on supporter, setting a goal for total amount of money needed to pay for support that would be needed to create a more advanced game engine. Once the goal is reached, the outside help could be hired, the game engine improved, and then back to the way things are. These additional programmers needed would be hired just for the purpose of creating this better game engine, would be paid for that time, and then they could go back to doing what they normally do for a living. I think if the BBs talked to some programmers who have the ability and the time to do this, get a total cost amount, and then ask us for that amount to be purchased in supporter packages, that you would see the community respond more. Of course, as the paying players, they would have to set the exact goal, and keep a running counter to show how close we are to reaching that goal. Once the goal is reached, they could hire the support needed and start making the changes. I think with a new and more advanced game engine, BB would have a revival, and with the increased users, there would be additional supporters, thus making everyone happy. It would make it easier to have the revenue needed to keep up with user demand on changes that really need to be made.
The way things are now, we can keep going for as long as the game survives, but eventually, all good things come to an end. I’ll play it until I no longer can, but it would be amazing if we had a completely renovated and updated game engine, more in line with today.
Hopefully nobody will criticize this post, I was just trying to think of any way that we could get changes and updates to an awesome game, while still allowing it to have the option of Free to Play.