A08 has achieved a lot from my perspective
There has been
The creation of the MDNP, a paper run by MD people for MD people,
a short if unconclusive election of loreroot
Inner Necrovon opened up
The Prision!
Leadership of Archivests changed
Nature of Bug Finders
Public Stoneing
Second MD Festival
Slaves
On the technical Side there has been
CTC - a big change
Tons of Items
Tokens that make creatures unique
MD Script (that needs some globals )
Basic Look at AI
Overall these have been some pretty big changes that have effected How we interact with the world. I feel this is the time for a movement into the next "Stage" as some wonderful things have been achieved in This one.
[quote name='King Manu' post='29859' date='May 1 2009, 06:50 PM']And speaking of names, means A10 = 1.0 Beta ? will there be a FINAL version ever? i don't think so, but i want to hear what you think about it.[/quote]
Magicduel is not likely to ever be Perfect. I think of the Stages more as time periods where you can see what things have happened. It will ever be changing but these changes will be defined in different changes.
Alpha 8 is for me the enhancement of the Role Playing System and a shift from simple grinding to something more in line with what (i think) you wanted.