For me it was the Bazaar that was beginning of the end of the game.
Taking away the haggling involved in the EC tunnel was the first step towards dumbing the game down by removing mandatory social interaction.
Planes of Power was another step in that direction. Why get a port from a player when everyone can just click on a book?
The EZ mode mentally only progressed from there. Give me pain, and heartache, and tears... anything over EZ mode.
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