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Originally Posted by bwe
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Baler was like this in the GINA thread, he's purposely being obtuse about the classic "spirit" in favor of "well it was technically possible back then" so he can keep his toys
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Baler is just "repeating the party line" here. There's no need to fault him for speaking the truth, and the truth is that 99 times out of 100, if not 999 out of 1000, Rogean and Nilbog go with classic
mechanics over a classic
environment.
But there
are exceptions. Look at Ocean of Tears, where they decided "screw how it worked classically, our zone will not defy the basic rules of cardinal direction!" Or look at Siren's Grotto, where people were still glitching through the zone in Planes of Power, but here it's considered an exploit and has already been fixed, even though that isn't the classic mechanic.
To stay true to their vision I think R&N can make very few changes to classic mechanics here, especially on Green, and the majority of those exceptions have involved "fixing exploits" of one sort or another ...
... but maybe Soulfire is worth making such an exception, both because of it's in-game (dare I say "exploit") impact, and because of it's historical significance? Then again, maybe changing such a significant item's mechanics in any way is too much?