Tbh i think encryption on non commercial games is stupid. If people really want to steal a graphics, sound, song, etc. then they are going to do it. I mean look at commercial games. We've managed to extract models, textures, songs, art etc. all from the original game. There is no real way to stop it. Just know that you made it and be happy. I think the reason people are moving on isn't because of the new engines. I just think our age group finally realized that rpgmaker is extremely limited. We are all moving on to bigger better engines. VXA certainly improved over VX, but it is still a fail in some aspects.