Quote Originally Posted by Coltvoyance View Post
When it comes to this change, I'll say what I said in a previous post:

"I love that they made the monsters in areas harder. When monsters on a map aren't a threat, they become an annoyance; and I don't like being annoyed when I play... I like being challenged!"
If they become an undesired obstruction to the goal, no matter what 'challenge' they are, they're going to be annoying.

If they become such an obstruction that your average player cannot cross it alone, then you've destroyed your game. Early 2000's MMO policies are not intelligent policy in 2015. Hopefully it's just slightly tuned in specific areas. Otherwise, we will lose a chunk of people over this, when we're already going to suffer retention issues due to gating.