I hate to break it to you, but that's not how copyright works. This is about as close to a textbook case of copyright infringement as it gets. They have the THJ devs by the balls at this point, and can crush them if they want. Best case scenario would be another p99 situation, where they have to fork over any "donations" they got, and can limp along as a passion project that makes $0.
Yeah I agree. I liked THJ but there’s no way they’re winning this unscathed. They’re going to have to disclaim how much they made and fork it over.
The community could rally for THJ, but Daybreak’s track record shows they value IP control over fan support. It’s likely a lost cause.
Game let you "multiclass"/combine 3 different EQ classes, keeping all their abilities, spells, and AAs. Additionally, items could be "leveled" up to LEGENDARY status, which gave them massive stat boosts, heroic stats, etc. depending on the piece of gear in question.
In effect, yeah. You could stack Warrior AAs with Monk AAs type of stuff. Skill caps used the highest for whichever of the 3 classes you chose had the highest skill cap in said skill. So if you chose MNK/WAR/PAL, you'd mostly be using WAR skill caps for defense, MNK would get you a higher 2HB cap, block skill, etc.
Worse, they likely blame the lack of success on THJ rather than their stupid TLP ruleset.
Rally all you want, but unless that amounts to $$$ into DBG's pockets, and not $$$ into THJ's pockets, expect to be disappointed. Copyright is 100% about controlling the $$$ derived from an IP. If THJ hadn't solicited donations they would probably have been left alone, but they did, and now their future is in DGB's hands. They are going to be taken to the cleaners for any $$$ they took in + DBG's legal fees at the minimum if DBG wants to send a message. If the THJ crew can work out a deal to make them more money than that, they might be able to get a license like P99.
