they said SA will be non tilebased and it will allow better moving and item placement and also everybody knows how ugly boats move, it will change that too. and yes only KR will be allowed to SA and then when players go back to other worlds they will be tile based but if they later will be abel to throw 2d away, then whole world can be non tile based. and it depends about how we like about KR.

and reason why we were abel to go to other worlds with 2d was because old 3d was trash!

Well from an efficiency standpoint, moving towards a single client would make sense. They would be able to put all of their effort and concentration into a single project, and not worry about compatibility right? So in theory if the game was to entirely switch over to the KR system in the future (who knows when ) it could be a very good thing.

*Quickly covers his head and prepares for a stoning from the 2d fanatics*

UO switching over to KR only will never be a "good" thing. Unless you consider shards even more barren than they are now being a "good" thing.

and KR isnt? Sure the client on technical matters is safer than 2d. BUT
KR is slow as hell , Meaning casting spells and using certains skills is just slow. Many people do got problem with lag in it as well, Client lag not computer lag. These are things they need to sort before. Im not going to go on KR to visit SA when I know my spells will be useless slow. I need my speed to survive on my mages. I hate playing a warrior or a tamer for that matter.

KR is still a mess I know many agree with me. SA will be another UOTD unless major fixes are coming up.

The KR client has promise but I still don't think they're anywhere near a playable state. It should still be in beta!!

Personally I don't think they should release Stygian Abyss until the KR client plays as well as the 2D one. But we all know EA won't give them the freedom to do that - EA will make them rush SA out the door so they can get started on the next expansion after that

Laggy clients can be fixed and I can get use to a new user interface. What I really don't like about KR is the graphics. The new spell effects are cool and all, but I can't stand the way everything looks and feels. It feels like everything has been smeared across my screen, especially while running through a forest. And for many of the graphics it feels like they simply enlarged them rather than adding actual detail.

Does anyone know if they plan on reworking any of the artwork or is that pretty much here to stay as is?

Edit: Forgot to mention that I run it at max resolution, so that's not the problem.