Quote Originally Posted by ThePatriarch View Post
I said alot more than "it was a year ago". If I remember correctly I said enough to warrant 20,000 views, 700+ responses, several hundred likes and developer attention. I can link you this information if you don't believe me (I'm willing to bet you do though, as I can copy and paste some of your tirades that you went through during said discussion).

I do agree, unfortunately SE is trying to guide this game to the a purely instanced content grinder. I have made it apparent that we as a playerbase want more than just instances. The Rep's said they the dev team will be looking at what I posted, so who knows? Maybe we might see more than just an instanced piece of garbage.
I was unaware that 159 qualified as "several hundred." Approximately 1% of the population is clearly "the playerbase" though, right?

This is why most people get agitated. No one is saying "no open content at all evar." But people like you troll along and immediately call instances "garbage" months before 2.0 is out and insist they'll be the death of the game.

Like I said in your thread, I do want HNMs and open world events. I want Hamlet Defense in 2.0 to be more like campaign. I, just like that 80% from the second players poll, just don't want to deal with the claim wars again.

But what Hamlet Defense currently is is a symptom of the current server and engine design. If they didn't put it in an instance there's be a flood of posts with people complaining they're getting killed by or NPCs and objects are being wiped by mobs no one can see.