Ok I am not one of the devs who works on this, but here what you need to know:
Moving up to next client needs 2 things:
-having emu devs to figure out opcodes to connect that client to EMy server - aka do the entire back engineering process, which can take months, and then YEAR to work out glitches. (They been working on RoF for like 8 years now and its still not finished)
-this client widespread availability to anyone at any moment. Why: because official EQ devs patch the game few times a year, and any client pretty much goes obsolete, which kills the point of getting one specific version compatible, if it no longer works in 3 months. This is why client that were released on disks (T and SoF) were worked on, as well as RoF-2 which was available for download for very long time. (not available officially anymore)
Getting new Content obviously requires client first, and then insane amount of time invested into data collection
Devs right now still working out the perks of RoF-2 and content barely goes outside T era.
In short, unless Daybreak just decides to hand us the code - the next time Emy going to advance the client will probably be 5-10 years from now.
Honestly MOST content currently available for modding in even in T client is BARELY used in most servers. RoF-2 has tons more of content resource that barely any one uses. I don't see any chance that devs would dedicate tremendous amount of effort needed to get more advance client working.
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