Updating "Old" Content

[Rutelor]

Cue whine from the 'hardcore' about giving the 'casuals' everything on a silver platter, they'll not bother to note the rewards aren't the same.

I think you have a fundamental misunderstanding of what most people here, of the category you'd call "hardcore," write about; also, of what their real issues and concerns are. It might be that those people don't make their points clearly, but it could also be that you summarily dismiss their concerns and arguments even before they have taken you through their reasoning, or their perspectives.

I say this because I advocate an all-inclusive game, and I always end up being pigeonholed as a hardcore in these fora. Having said this, an all-inclusive game would establish paths in which both casuals and "hardcores," plus everybody in between, would find congeniality and comfort. If we complain, it is usually due to two facts: a) That we perceive the balance between these two paths to be askew, and b) that we think the path with enough challenge to satisfy us isn't being adequately implemented. It also seems to us that whatever misconceived "hardcore" aspect, originally in the game (none too pleasing to us, btw,) is being continuously eliminated without evident plans to replace them with something better designed, or more organic.

There are two overlapping constituencies here, and it'd be better if we both pushed for our issues independently, without feeling that the other constituency is acting in detriment to our issues. There is no reason why the two-avenue game this was originally intended to be has to be hijacked by one of the two groups.

R