Concern: Lack of RB Progress vs Free Alternatives – Time to Evolve?

[MoogleM]

Hi everyone,


I've been using RebornBuddy for several years now, along with premium addons like PandaFarmer, which I genuinely love and support. I’ve always been happy to pay for tools that make my life easier — no problem there.


But I’ve reached a point where I’m seriously questioning the direction and development of RB itself. Over the years, a lot of issues — like basic movement limitations (including flight) — have remained unchanged. I remember accepting it at the time because we had to rely on external tools like Lisbeth to fill the gaps. But Lisbeth is often inactive for months, and having to buy multiple addons just to make RB usable in all zones is starting to feel unreasonable.


Meanwhile, the game has seen a rise in free community tools and mods that offer very similar automation or convenience features — sometimes even more polished — and they’re updated frequently. That contrast is becoming harder to ignore.


As a paid product, I believe RB should evolve. The base should improve — whether that’s better movement, modern APIs, QoL upgrades, or fewer dependencies on third-party tools. Right now, it feels like it’s standing still while the rest of the ecosystem (both paid and free) moves forward.


I don’t mean this post as hate or a rant — I think the work behind RB is great and I’d love to keep supporting it. But at some point, a paid tool needs to justify itself again — not just live off its legacy.


Is there any info or roadmap on planned improvements? Or a way the community can help push this forward?


Thanks for reading,
— Moogle

 

[mastahg]

Hi everyone,


I've been using RebornBuddy for several years now, along with premium addons like PandaFarmer, which I genuinely love and support. I’ve always been happy to pay for tools that make my life easier — no problem there.


But I’ve reached a point where I’m seriously questioning the direction and development of RB itself. Over the years, a lot of issues — like basic movement limitations (including flight) — have remained unchanged. I remember accepting it at the time because we had to rely on external tools like Lisbeth to fill the gaps. But Lisbeth is often inactive for months, and having to buy multiple addons just to make RB usable in all zones is starting to feel unreasonable.


Meanwhile, the game has seen a rise in free community tools and mods that offer very similar automation or convenience features — sometimes even more polished — and they’re updated frequently. That contrast is becoming harder to ignore.


As a paid product, I believe RB should evolve. The base should improve — whether that’s better movement, modern APIs, QoL upgrades, or fewer dependencies on third-party tools. Right now, it feels like it’s standing still while the rest of the ecosystem (both paid and free) moves forward.


I don’t mean this post as hate or a rant — I think the work behind RB is great and I’d love to keep supporting it. But at some point, a paid tool needs to justify itself again — not just live off its legacy.


Is there any info or roadmap on planned improvements? Or a way the community can help push this forward?


Thanks for reading,
— Moogle

I was held back for many years being the sole developer without the means to fund external aid. Allowing RB to stagnate due to my health issues has been a major stressor for me, and was a large part of the decision to split from bossland. Now that I've gone independent and gotten a few months worth of sales data I'm reaching out to have funded profiles created. I'm also receiving some help on working on flying which has been no small task to solve. I'd love for kupo to get some love as well, I've often considered seeking about including magitek as the base routine, but I think it tries to do "too much", if thats a good way of putting it where it's hard to tell if an issue is with magitek or a quest behavior etc.

A lot of behind the scenes work has been done lately to lay the ground work for more advanced systems. With the builds that were released a few days ago RB now supports mesh variations which will allow for improved navigation in areas that change like cosmic exploration and dungeons.

One thing I am still very proud of is the response time to new patches, for the last few expansions we've been available on launch day and I don't see that changing anytime soon.

Things That are actively being worked on


Profiles for leveling and end game content
Enhanced flying navigation
Enhanced avoidance

Things I know need improvement


Kupo
Built in crafting system

Thanks for taking the time for this post, please let me know if you have any specific things you'd like to see.