Dear Istarians,

We're just about to begin on a new launcher and there's ideas floating around about how to best proceed:

Option 1: Keep with .NET and upgrade to 2.0 or 3.0. We know lots of people have this installed and it will play nicely with Vista. Least amount of work.
Option 2: Go with Java - it's friendly for our Linux players and appealing since we feel just a little slighted with how Vista treated us. Plays well with Vista. Medium amount of work.
Option 3: Full executable with minimal dependencies - no prerequisites other than what ever goofiness we'll have to jump through for Vista. Greatest amount of work.

We know we're only reaching out to only those players who visit the forums (and a vocal lot you are) - but we hoping your opinion will carry to the majority and help us select how to best proceed forward.

Thank you,

Istaria Development Team