Amontillado

Whether you want it to be or not it certainly is in my opinion. If we're not aiming to provide a superior product/service than eA then there is really no reason to be doing this. Seeing that our presence is a response to eA's I personally feel that this is a competition, however, I also believe that you're entitled to look upon this as you wish. I still feel as though we are in our infancy and have much to prove when compared to eA which has been around for much longer. In that regard, I view this as a competition in which the victor will establish themselves as the future of RO private servers. That being said, your second arguement holds true.

An excellent point, Daisy. The majority of our players will have little knowledge of kRO and will most likely have migrated from iRO or other private servers, meaning that they will not be fully aware of the differences in content. We should initially aim to provide them with the most KNOWN content (meaning iRO) and then work up from there. In the meantime, kRO will be refining its updates and providing us with more quality changes than if we'd implemented them upon their initial release. In the longrun, this will likely save our developers and contributers time and frustration and lead to higher quality (and hopefully less imbalanced) updates. Let us not forget as well that rA is in it's infancy. We need to flesh out rA asap so that it has a clear definition and is able to stand on it's own. We must always have a goal in mind, and the most reasonable goal at this time is to get ourselves up to iRO standard and establish rAthena as the future of private servers! kRO emulation is the end goal, but biting off more than we can chew brings an untimely end and unrealized potential. At times like this it is easy to get caught up in the excitement, but please do not overdo it.