Changes to Shatter

[Archeron]

This new version of shatter is still a steaming pile of garbage and this re-work is proof enough that they KNOW it sucked and wasted months of time dragging their heels to put a fix out to something that could have been found if they had PLAY TESTED their maps prior to implementing them. Heres my take, as the number one official hater of Shatter ever since it was reworked months ago.

The update;
Is there more PvP? Generally speaking, yes.
Does the team that dominates PvP fights usually win the match? No.
Is the map balanced (including node spawns?) Usually.
Is it fun to play on, compared to; Original shatter, Onsal, Seal rock? NO.

Don't get me wrong this map is a step in the right direction, though I have a feeling thats purely accidental at this point, as I refuse to believe the devs responsible for PvP changes are capable of implementing anything positive if they tried. I don't think they even understand PvP at a fundamental level. Or really care about PvP at all at this point, it's just another minigame to them. Wasted potential.

The common theme persists with this map, which plagues all of front lines, and will continue to do so until they abandon this MMO. We need a developer in charge who genuinely respects PvP, and wants to see it succeed rather than sidelining it, pushing out bad map re-works like THIS. They NEED to listen to community feedback, The JP Community was ridiculing the shatter re-work the day it came out, they could AT LEAST listen to them, if they're not even going to think of having public play testing. There are so many creative PvP maps they can make, and they instead insist on pushing this garbage our way. Disappointing, to say the least. My Shatter hate campaign will carry on into Dawntrail, or until it gets removed from the game.

[EZGIL]

I don't think they even understand PvP at a fundamental level

or worse, the "team" they have on PVP THINK they know PVP far more than what they actually do and feel justified with these clownass changes.