Quote Originally Posted by Zfz View Post
When a 2015 book talks about political systems and use the Roman Empire as an example, it is still as relevant as ever. It is talking about an actual example of a talent tree, and the (even though old and no longer in use) WoW talent tree system is one that is very widely known and one that has been experienced by a lot of potential viewers of the video, hence a good candidate to use as an example.

If the video was titled "a sample of current MMORPG progression systems" then your reply is relevant. But that isn't the case.
They definitely talked about WoW talent trees as if they were a thing that still existed. If someone talked about the Roman Empire as a thing that still existed today, then the credibility would be destroyed. And if they actually do know that Talent trees were taken out, but then don't discuss why they were taken out, it'd be similar to saying the Roman Empire is superior to today's republican governments, without discussing why the Roman Empire fell (or even that it fell at all). In either case, they either literally don't know what they are talking about (ie that WoW doesn't use talent trees anymore) or they are hiding highly relevant information (that WoW has decided that talent trees as progression system in an MMO don't really provide customization in the way they are trying to argue).

If the first thing in your argument is just blatantly wrong, then I don't need to read the rest of your argument.