You don't seem to be consistent, dald. Soulfires used for CH clicks is just like mallets used for aggro. Both are classic mechanics, it's just that p99's players use these mechanics in ways and on a scale not seen during the live classic era. You can't change the mechanics and say "it's classic" any more than you can leave the mechanics and call the experience classic. The devs decide when they leave mechanics classic (most recharging) or when they try to tweak mechanics to achieve a more classic experience (ivandyr's hoops on raid bosses)... or if they want to do something inbetween (don't have any examples off the top of my head though).
Imo, for what it's worth, mechanics should generally be as classic as possible and whatever result you end up with is just what happens when you have players in 2014 playing a game from 1999. It's just like with any old thing that people still like to spend time with now. Would you want the author of your favorite book to update the way of writing and the story and the cover art and the names and shit just because you've read it enough times to know it inside and out already? Probably not. You just enjoy it as your favorite book, even though you know how it ends as soon as start rereading it. Would you want a remake of the Godfather with new actors and a tweaked story? Fuck no. Would you want to play a tweaked version of Doom that is designed to foil the strategies and knowledge of level layout and stuff that players have nowadays instead of just enjoying the game the way it was made? I hope not. Etc.
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