So i played SK back then until they decided to do that damn region lock thing, since i live in hong kong, that counts me as well. After some pretty depressing time wisthout SK i learned that they had a asia based sever for regions in asia so im like, yay. But thats about as good as it gets, the asia server is no where nearly as populated as the US server, like the total population is not even 20 percent of that of the US server. Not a good time at all. And to make it worse, apperently they are going to shut it down for good. Source : http://zh.web.gamecyber.net/gcNewsBlog/?p=12739
But it made me think, if they stopped the asia server, could it mean that they are lifting the region lock???!!!(A super teeny tiny chance dont you think)
I doubt that this means they're lifting the region lock and honestly this was somewhat expected for the Asia server.
The game has its charm but isn't anything compared to what most MMOs are and will most likely never be. I loved this game for quite some time and still do but the game was struggling in the Asia server. In fact, if I recall back when it officially launched the Crystal Energy prices (prior to the Battle Sprite update) were almost 58,000 Crowns for 100CE and rising. This is in fact the reason why they added Elevator Passes for Crowns, because no one was buying Crystal Energy in the Asia Server and the economy was seeing issues.
It's a shame to see it go and I do feel bad for those whom are in a tight spot for this game. I do hope that Three Rings works on some form of server for you guys.