To our loyal fans:
A letter from Ayrik:
Sadly, after 17 years of running, I am forced to announce the worst news in SAGA history (for the second time). Due to an extreme lack of interest in the game, we are shutting down our servers for good. For most of you, this will come as no surprise, as our population has been on life support ever we came back online from the last shutdown. Now, due to some changes by Amazon's AWS cloud server setup, I was forced to upgrade the virtual server machine SAGA has been running on, which durastically increased the cost of hosting. Some of you know, but most probably don't, that I have been paying for most of the server costs from my own pocket, and this has been a stress in my life that I can no longer justify due to the increase cost of living for pretty much everything.
Having said all that, and without trying to give a false sense of hope, I am going to try to setup a secure, separate network at home with a dedicated IP and run SAGA from it. If you want to keep up to date with all that, please join the Discord. You don't have to be active or anything, just watch out for announcements from me, @Ayrik.
I can't really say it better than I did back in 2016 and so I'll just leave up the letter I wrote back then.
The letter I wrote back in 2016:
What an amazing rollercoaster of a journey it has been running SAGA for you. It has been my privilege to know so many dedicated and passionate people, and it is deeply saddening to see that go. Thank you all who have helped throughout the years. It takes an absurd amount of manpower to run a persistent online game, and without you, we never would have made it this long.
I specifically want to thank our community director, Deszeraeth, who has been a *huge* help in advocating our amazing community throughout the years. Without his help, we would surely have shut down the game years ago.
Also, there are many long-term, dedicated players that stuck with us through the end that deserve a mention and a huge thanks for rounding up newcomers, making them feel welcome, and keeping people coming back to play with their friends.
Leonisi, guild master of The Einherjar, and Grandmaster of SAGA. I commend you for sticking it out until the end and for your dedication to helping out newcomers.
Hamme R, who also deserves respect for sticking it out, raiding territories until the very end I'm sure.
Slyrix, the most dependable guide around, and who was always there to give me advice from the mind of a SAGA veteran.
And to those who didn't stick around but always came back: Woodlanders, Brutal Prodigy, Axe, Twonstermonster, Elrandor, Urwendor, Michi, and even Conan Destroyer.
I'm sure I missed a ton of you, but I really appreciate you playing the game and making the community a great place to enjoy. You will be forever etched in my memories.
Farewell my friends. And may we meet again.
If you would like to contact me for anything SAGA related, you can message facebook.com/playsaga on Facebook, tweet to us on Twitter @playsaga, or email the infamous support (at playsaga email of course).
