Yarr! Map Updates!

[Revan]

hehe, i finally get to say this  :

well, back in my day, oh 8-9 months ago when this game was practically still in it inception, with only four maps and none of them with camping. shield walling was an alien term used only by the higher elites of the game (sphinx, clickeverywhere in his super cool banded armour[was the thing back then], coldness, and others i cant remember) leveling was much harder and gold only came when you killed something or got a really lucky drop. we were lucky to get on a pub server that was able to get past skirms, let alone troopers. the people who defeated prince went into the lore of nordinvasion as mighty heros that would never be forgotten. for those that could make it beyond the 4th wave of hard mode you were a hero, and those few gods who made it all the way to teleporting tricksters.

when i think about this I laugh about how difficult it was but also realized just how much fun it was. the rush of adrenaline as your fellow swadians died around you knowing that your death was near as well. I actually miss those times, hard as they were. this is why I laugh at all the whining of people these days saying how its too hard to win now that we cant just spam behind a shield wall and afk while other people do hard work. 

so, like mr file said, pull up your panites boys, or even better get your big boy pants on and look for better ways to slay the nords. and have fun while doing it.

Again, I do not object to the map changes, and everyone server-jumping and flocking to Outskirts was quite annoying, but to say "man up and don't get your panties in a knot" is making things a bit too easy. Not only does it make you sound like an old fart who says "When I was your age, young man, I was walking 20 miles to school. Barefoot. In winter. While working two jobs. Simultaneously." It also doesn't take into account the people who never knew those "old times" and are now a bit shell-shocked.

So to summarize: While I support the map changes and am sure the Devs know what they are doing, I think it would calm down and reassure parts of the community if there was some more communication going on. But that's just my two cents.