I bet IMC is having huge buyers remorse right now for their decision to go alone for western market. IMC should have focused their full attention on developing the game properly for the Asian market and establishing decent cash flow before attempting to go for such a difficult market. This is besides the point that f2p MMO is no longer is viable business in the western market.
I expect huge ddos attacks from the “fairness” crusaders unless IMC agree to subsidize $10M+ per year to provide a free game with no cash shop to everyone.
Even if they had launched the “founders” plan, it would have been crushed by DDOS attacks and hackers.