14 Aug 10, 12:04AM
(13 Aug 10, 10:52PM)Drakas Wrote: I (and some prominent players) do not recall ever being asked whether any of the changes that were proposed and finalised are at all a good idea, or at least how significant they should be. Especially the armours, the changes in weapons, and anything major that has not been really changed so drastically, say, from .93 to 1.0, as an example.
The devs have no obligation to ask for our opinions. The game is first and foremost theirs, ours secondary.
The changes to armor turned it into the pickup it was supposed to be from the start. Had armor always existed this way you wouldn't be arguing that the devs ask your opinion. No one would argue that this is a game-killing feature, we would have just come to love a different kind of AC. If then, the armor was altered to its 1.04 state there would be players crying foul over the devs "killing" the pickup. I don't believe the disdain over these alterations is related to their impact on the gameplay, but to the notions of how the game should be, held by long-time players.
Frankly, I think the suggestion to leave 1.04, unedited, available for play online is ridiculous. Cry about the current bugs of 1.1 if you like, but these [mainly]minor annoyances pale in comparison to the faults of 1.04.