I'd have to agree with pete ninja. I'm also looking for a team to join (my skillz are in graphics), but wouldn't lend my support to a team that would charge money. The talismans, mounts and gourds were/are not your problem, the bulkers who could afford these things are. i've got a fair amount of work done on the client/server, a new class with more coming, some new items (and not items like everyone else has). My problem is that im new to coding, and by the time i get the coding aspect to the point where i am fluent with it, well, it'll be a while obviously. Something to keep in mind tho, is that removing the bulker as the main antagonist wont stop the problem fully. Then it will be up to who is grinding most, and that will pave the way for botters. So not only does it need to be free to play but it needs to have bot control either available to all, or locked down so that none can use it successfully. At the very least it will need active gm's and pm's with a good IP ban system, if you choose to ban botters. I'll watch the thread and see how this all develops, other than the money thing, we're almost on exactly the same page.