This change was one of the worst decisions made thus far. Like many have stated it's impossible to bring this sever back to what it was like in 1999 and even if you could nobody wants to stare at a 640x480 spellbook for 35 levels.. People are here for the content of the world itself and to have fun with other people, not silly ui nostalgia. We came back because live was too big and empty and many of us didn't get to experience enough of EQ back in it's prime. I can remember when they did ui or gameplay updates I never thought "that was a bad idea." Even live UI right now is good it's all the new world content that killed it.
Many more people can appreciate that the devs will leave in some great ui changes while we get to experience classic content.
Lets take a small look at some of the things that are still here and some that are gone and see what the benefit of removing them is for the players.
/autofire - removed - benefit: now rangers can't be super OP with the awesome bows that are available, instead we can work with the CD bug that will reset your button CD if you hit it too fast.
Right click spell listing - removed - benefit: ?? we're closer to staring at the book for 35 levels but without killing the entire population.
Detrimental spells wearing off message - implemented - not 99 - benefit: self explanatory. great update
Pet buff window/buff wearing off message - removed - benefit:none Now without the spell explinations we just get to guess timers on every beneficial spell cast on any npc.
/melody - removed - benefit: ? 6 second durations are awesome to have to spam
new merchant windows- implimented -not 99 - benefit: players can arrange wares by name, price, or quantity. Great feature
There are many many more features to go through but the principle is the same. The devs keep removing good things about the game trying to get closer to classic to what end? We will (hopefully) never get back to that point, and if we did; it's my personal opinion that the server would be worse off for it. We aren't going to get more people here because the UI sucks more like classic. Furthermore there are many updates that can be "fixed" but were left in the game because it just makes it better and even the devs see that.
/rant off
disclaimer: I appreciate all work the devs/gm's do and am in no way discrediting them, only providing constructive criticism. lolz
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