Thanks for the responses, that answered my question.
To comment:
Once you start introducing artificial balance to the game beyond the original content it will always effect players outside of it's intended audience.
From a philosophical standpoint its the difference between facilitating a classic eq ruleset to being game developers running a custom server in the spirit of classic.
My hope is that we as the community and the staff, learn as much as we can from blue server so that the proposed Green server will be even better than blue, and even truer to classic.
I think that also means not listening to the community if it compromises the integrity of the game. There will always be another way for someone to maximize efficiency and there will always be the disadvantaged who complain, as well as the ones who stand to profit, advancing their agendas.
In the end its just a game :P and I am constantly impressed by the amount of effort put into the server by staff and community.
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