Arguments for and against aside, I was under the impression that this was being done to heal underlying problems that we - the players - could not see... not resolve some "BIG" issue that has been ongoing for a while. I'm not familiar with any Sigmascape scenario, so all I recall are the Raubahn/Pipin issues at the beginning which, while frustrating, was not a massive deal when accounting for all the time between 4.0 and 4.4. I can't imagine such a dramatic decision was being made to account for what is essentially a blip in the lifetime of an expansion, so I assumed there was more to it that simply wasn't reaching the surface but needed addressing.

As for 3,000 queues.... I'm not quite sure why that is seen as an issue as it only occurs under two specific scenarios; the first being the moment servers go live following an expansion release... and the second, the same thing, but with housing patches.


To me, those are all extremely petty things to fret over and I had forgiven and forgotten Raubahn EX as soon as I slipped by him because I was simply relieved that I could progress and enjoy the expansion. Would I like for it to be avoided in the future? Absolutely, but I don't hold any grudges. The only comment that makes sense to me is the thing about it not looking good for SE from a business perspective, but other than that, I don't understand where people are encountering all these glaring flaws which I feel like I should be experiencing the most -if at all - being that I am on Balmung.